Some facts on Sikhism in Canada

The World Sikh Organization of Canada and Norman Buchignani, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Lethbridge, points out some facts about Sikhism in Canada. Some of these facts are:

• In 1867, Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald wrote: “War will come someday between England and the United States and India can do us a yeoman’s service by sending an army of Sikhs …”.
  
• Canadian Sikhs are one of Canada's largest non-Christian religious groups forming Canada's largest South Asian ethnic group.
• More than half of all Sikhs live in Asia and approximately 17% live in North America.
• Census figures suggest that there were 278 410 Sikhs in Canada in 2001 (almost double the 1991 population estimate of 145 000).
• Today there are approximately 500,000 Sikhs in Canada.
• Sikhs accounted for approximately 5% of the 1.8 million new immigrants who came to Canada during the 1990s.
• Canada’s 2011 Census showed Punjabi to be the most spoken immigrant language in the country.
  
• There are Sikh communities in every Province in Canada.
  
• Today almost half of Canada's Sikh population lives in British Columbia.
  
  
  References:
  Buchignani, N. (2012). Sikhism. Retrieved from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/sikhism
  
  
  World Sikh Organization of Canada. (n.d.). Sikhs in Canada: The Facts. Retrieved from  http://worldsikh.ca/page/sikhs-canada-facts 
  
  
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