Canadian ethnic group
Ethnic group
Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War.[2] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.[3]
There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the Greater Toronto Area.[4] In the 2016 census, 51,800 people identified themselves as Nigerians, of whom about half lived in Ontario. There are many more Nigerians in Canada, who identified themselves by their tribe instead of their country, such as 16,210 are Yoruba, 18,315 are Igbo, and 17,275 are from minor tribes. There has also been a steady increase in the number of Nigerians living in the western cities of Canada, such as Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg.[5]
Demographics
Notable people
Academia, science, and medicine
Athletes and sportspeople
- Natalie Achonwa, basketball player
- Simidele Adeagbo, skeleton racer
- Elijah Adekugbe, soccer player
- Sam Adekugbe, soccer player
- Caleb Agada, basketball player
- Mobolade Ajomale, sprinter
- Tesho Akindele, soccer player
- Ayo Akinola, soccer player
- Akim Aliu, ice hockey player
- Olu Ashaolu, basketball player
- Oshiomogho Atogwe, football player
- Albert Awachie, football player
- Nanyak Dala, rugby player
- Hakeem Dawodu, mixed martial artist
- David Defiagbon, boxer
- Mike Edem, football player
- Melvin Ejim, basketball player
- Mohammed Elewonibi, football player
- Cyprian Enweani, sprinter
- Olu Famutimi, basketball player
- Israel Idonije, football player
- Daniel Igali, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
- Jarome Iginla, retired ice hockey player and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- J. R. LaRose, football player
- Ese Mrabure-Ajufo, football player
- Rumun Ndur, ice hockey player
- Alex Ogbongbemiga, football player
- Amen Ogbongbemiga, football player
- Temitope Ogunjimi, rugby sevens player
- Eugene Omoruyi, basketball player
- Nakas Onyeka, football player
- Demi Orimoloye, baseball player
- Oluwaseun Oyegunle, soccer player
- Djustice Sears-Duru, rugby player
- Oluseyi Smith, sprinter
- Fikayo Tomori, soccer player
- Iké Ugbo, soccer player
- Masai Ujiri, president of basketball operations for the Toronto Raptors
- Stella Umeh, gymnast
Media, film, and television
- Bukky Abaniwonda, actress
- Dayo Ade, actor
- Alfons Adetuyi, film and television director and producer
- Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter and film director
- Aisha Alfa, comedian and actress
- Rosey Edeh, news anchor, former track and field athlete
- Mark Holden, actor, director, producer and voice actor
- Rogers Ofime, filmmaker and producer
- Enuka Okuma, actress
- Oyin Oladejo, actress
- Greta Onieogou, actress
- Raufikat Oyawoye, winner of The Great Canadian Baking Show season 4
- Martin Roach, actor
- Shadia Simmons, actress
Musicians
Writers and authors
Government
Other
See also
References
- ^ "Visible minority by place of birth and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Ogbomo 1999, Origins
- ^ Ogbomo 1999, Migration, Arrival, and Settlement
- ^ "Toronto's Nigerian community makes wider public appeal for tips about man's murder". 21 March 2018.
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (2018-04-12). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
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Sources
- Ogbomo, Onaiwu Wilson (1999), "Nigerians", in Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6, archived from the original on 2009-10-08
- "Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations", 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2001, archived from the original on 2009-07-25, retrieved 2010-08-17
- Adekola, S (2017). "From Brain Drain To Brain Train – A Transnational Case Analysis Of Nigerian Migrant Health Care Workers" (2017). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). http://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1987
- Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2016, retrieved 2020-12-22
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