273:
265:
111:
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129:
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408:
409:"2011 National Household Survey: Data tables – Religion (108), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey"
246:, "if other sects with strong ties to the Coptic community are included, the figure is possibly higher still." (Note: There is likely a typo in the CBC article where an extra zero was added, thereby erroneous stating that there are 350,000 Copts in Canada).
232:, there were 3,570 Canadians who reported Coptic ancestry (this figure combines single and multiple ethnic origin responses). Of this number, 755 Canadians reported Coptic as their only ancestry, whereas 2,810 reported Coptic as one of multiple ancestries.
280:
The immigration of the Copts to Canada might have started as early as the late 1950s with most immigrants arriving in throughout the 1970s, from Egypt to Canada being mostly
Christians who mostly left due to poverty in their home country and job
1905:
1772:
2049:
2034:
350:
2039:
580:
1859:
1700:
613:
929:
297:
In 1964, St. Mark Coptic
Orthodox Church was established in Toronto; this was the first Coptic church established in the
2044:
589:
537:
528:
Charles D. Smith, "The
Egyptian Copts: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Definition of Identity for a Religious Minority" in
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423:
282:
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1279:
573:
549:
603:
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272:
499:
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1156:
242:
The
Canadian Coptic Association estimates that there are 35,000 Copts living in Canada; according to
787:
566:
345:
264:
1635:
1141:
808:
608:
1754:
1736:
1717:
1586:
1112:
924:
236:
201:
197:
193:
1686:
1667:
1623:
1490:
1269:
1237:
1189:
1102:
1094:
647:
1982:
1940:
1657:
1531:
1485:
1444:
1376:
1209:
1199:
1174:
1146:
1044:
985:
975:
965:
813:
686:
253:
229:
70:
58:
33:
8:
1900:
1875:
1470:
1422:
1417:
1386:
1340:
1227:
1184:
1164:
1129:
1079:
1074:
1057:
980:
960:
950:
945:
904:
894:
716:
1992:
1935:
1930:
1829:
1764:
1649:
1591:
1505:
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1460:
1434:
1325:
1310:
1264:
1259:
1232:
1169:
1124:
1064:
970:
919:
909:
873:
834:
829:
792:
769:
757:
752:
742:
711:
664:
632:
424:"Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Ontario [Province]"
370:
82:
625:
449:"Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Quebec [Province]"
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1945:
1920:
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1581:
1576:
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1536:
1526:
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1427:
1412:
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1355:
1296:
1291:
1284:
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1179:
1134:
1084:
1052:
955:
914:
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558:
472:
78:
1786:
1839:
1618:
1608:
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1407:
1350:
1345:
1335:
1252:
1247:
1069:
1019:
1014:
844:
747:
737:
721:
637:
533:
365:
149:
2013:
1997:
1966:
1915:
1885:
1821:
1603:
1596:
1480:
1360:
1330:
1242:
1222:
1117:
1034:
1029:
1024:
999:
899:
696:
681:
669:
360:
298:
180:
170:
166:
162:
157:
1910:
1811:
1806:
1801:
1630:
1217:
1194:
1107:
839:
676:
385:
380:
375:
2028:
320:
174:
96:
1925:
1895:
332:
326:
276:
St. Mina and St. Kyrillos Coptic
Orthodox Church in Mississauga, Ontario.
100:
239:. Of this number, 12,645 were immigrants and 3,365 were born in Canada.
1880:
268:
St. George & St. Rueiss Coptic
Orthodox Church in Toronto, Ontario.
66:
1890:
74:
1987:
1613:
642:
243:
92:
249:
116:
62:
53:
513:
Coptic
Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt
311:
In 2011, there were five Coptic
Orthodox churches in Montreal.
305:
235:
In the same survey, 16,255 Canadians said they belonged to the
217:
134:
87:
1709:
620:
355:
213:
511:
Saad
Michael Saad, "Coptic Civilization in the Diaspora" in
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530:
Nationalism and
Minority Identities in Islamic Societies
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447:
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09).
422:
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09).
323:– singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and voice actor
446:
421:
286:
256:have the largest concentration of Copts in Canada.
471:
2026:
403:
401:
216:descent or people of Coptic descent residing in
223:
1694:
574:
477:"2011 National Household Survey: Data tables"
398:
304:In 2002, a survey showed 22 Coptic Orthodox
314:
1701:
1687:
581:
567:
351:List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Canada
41:(estimated by Canadian Coptic Association)
495:
493:
465:
271:
263:
2027:
490:
259:
1682:
562:
47:Regions with significant populations
13:
590:Ethnic origins of people in Canada
550:Coptic churches in Canada on alert
517:American University in Cairo Press
14:
2061:
2050:Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada
2035:Canadian people of Coptic descent
2040:Coptic diaspora in North America
1785:
293:Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada
287:Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada
127:
109:
538:McGill-Queen's University Press
254:surrounding metropolitan region
543:
522:
505:
440:
415:
308:in Canada, indicating growth.
1:
552:, CBC News (January 4, 2011).
502:, CBC News (January 3, 2011).
391:
7:
1773:Evangelical Church of Egypt
500:Coptic Christians in Canada
339:
224:Population and distribution
10:
2066:
930:Trinidadian and Tobagonian
290:
2045:Coptic diaspora in Canada
2006:
1975:
1954:
1868:
1820:
1794:
1783:
1763:
1745:
1727:
1716:
1708:
1648:
1552:
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1395:
1369:
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1309:
1208:
1155:
1093:
1043:
1007:
998:
939:Central and South America
938:
887:
866:
859:
822:
801:
780:
730:
704:
695:
596:
212:are Canadian citizens of
192:
187:
148:
143:
125:
107:
51:
46:
29:
24:
346:Middle Eastern Canadians
315:Notable Coptic Canadians
1403:Nordic and Scandinavian
1755:Coptic Catholic Church
1737:Coptic Orthodox Church
277:
269:
237:Coptic Orthodox Church
275:
267:
161:Mainly older people:
515:(ed. Gawdat Gabra:
453:www12.statcan.gc.ca
428:www12.statcan.gc.ca
260:Immigration history
21:
633:Canadian ethnicity
371:Coptic Australians
278:
270:
202:Coptic Evangelical
198:Coptic Catholicism
19:
2022:
2021:
1962:Egyptian language
1795:Traditional areas
1781:
1780:
1729:Oriental Orthodox
1676:
1675:
1644:
1643:
1305:
1304:
994:
993:
855:
854:
473:Statistics Canada
228:According to the
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206:
42:
37:
2057:
1789:
1747:Eastern Catholic
1725:
1724:
1703:
1696:
1689:
1680:
1679:
1454:Southeast Europe
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1315:
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1004:
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863:
702:
701:
638:French Canadians
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576:
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560:
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534:Maya Shatzmiller
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519:, 2014), p. 291.
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366:Coptic Americans
194:Coptic Orthodoxy
150:Canadian English
133:
131:
130:
115:
113:
112:
40:
31:
25:Total population
22:
20:Coptic Canadians
18:
2065:
2064:
2060:
2059:
2058:
2056:
2055:
2054:
2025:
2024:
2023:
2018:
2014:Coptic calendar
2002:
1976:Writing systems
1971:
1967:Coptic language
1950:
1864:
1816:
1790:
1777:
1759:
1741:
1719:
1712:
1707:
1677:
1672:
1640:
1548:
1515:Southern Europe
1510:
1449:
1396:Northern Europe
1391:
1365:
1301:
1204:
1151:
1089:
1039:
990:
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883:
851:
818:
802:Southern Africa
797:
776:
726:
691:
682:Irish Canadians
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587:
557:
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540:, 2005), p. 60.
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394:
361:Coptic diaspora
342:
317:
299:Coptic diaspora
295:
289:
262:
226:
210:Copts in Canada
181:Coptic language
178:
171:Sudanese Arabic
167:Egyptian Arabic
160:
158:Canadian French
128:
126:
110:
108:
38:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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2052:
2047:
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1893:
1888:
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1579:
1569:
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1554:
1553:Western Europe
1550:
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1534:
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1524:
1518:
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1399:
1397:
1393:
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1389:
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1379:
1373:
1371:
1370:Eastern Europe
1367:
1366:
1364:
1363:
1358:
1353:
1348:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1328:
1322:
1320:
1319:Central Europe
1313:
1307:
1306:
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1197:
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1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1161:
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1157:Southeast Asia
1153:
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1139:
1138:
1137:
1127:
1122:
1121:
1120:
1115:
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1088:
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1067:
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1060:
1049:
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1038:
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1032:
1027:
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1002:
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989:
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820:
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799:
798:
796:
795:
790:
788:South Sudanese
784:
782:
778:
777:
775:
774:
773:
772:
762:
761:
760:
755:
750:
745:
734:
732:
728:
727:
725:
724:
719:
714:
708:
706:
705:Horn of Africa
699:
693:
692:
690:
689:
687:Black Loyalist
684:
679:
677:Newfoundlander
674:
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672:
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489:
475:(8 May 2013).
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386:Copts in Libya
383:
381:Copts in Sudan
378:
376:Copts in Egypt
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281:opportunities.
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32:(by religion,
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3:
2:
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1860:South America
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