Saudi Canadians
Canadians of Saudi origin
Total population |
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7,955 [1] (2011 Canada Census) |
Regions with significant populations |
Montreal , Toronto , Ottawa , Quebec City , Calgary |
Languages |
Arabic (one of the dialects of Saudi Arabia), English and French |
Religion |
Islam |
Saudi Canadians ( Arabic : سُعُودِيُّونْ كَنَدِيُّونْ , romanized : suʿudiyyūn kanadiyyūn ) are Canadians of Saudi descent or Saudis who have Canadian citizenship . According to the 2011 Census there were 7,955 Canadians who claimed Saudi ancestry. [2]
Demography
Most Saudi Canadians speak Arabic , English or French . According to the 2011 Census there were 7,955 Canadians who claimed Saudi ancestry. [3]
Until August 2018, there were over 16,000 Saudi students on government scholarships in Canada. [4] There were more than 15,000 Saudi students in Canada in 2007, including 800 resident physicians and specialists who provided care to the Canadian population. [5] In 2015, Saudi Arabian students represented 3% of total foreign students in Canada. [6] Official figures provided by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada (SACB) indicated that in 2014 there were 16,000 Saudi scholarship students in Canada and 1,000 medical trainees. [4]
Notable people
- Ensaf Haidar , Raif Badawi 's wife and children were granted political asylum by the Government of Canada in 2013 and currently reside in Sherbrooke, Quebec . [7] Haidar and her three children with Badawi became Canadian citizens on Canada Day, 2018. On the same day Haidar called for the niqab to be banned. [8]
See also
References
- ↑ Statistics Canada . "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables" . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .
- ↑ Statistics Canada . "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables" . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .
- ↑ Statistics Canada . "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables" . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .
- 1 2 "Fast Facts" . Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada . Retrieved 9 August 2018 .
- ↑ "CANADA-SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS" . Canadian Government . 9 May 2007. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008 . Retrieved 4 April 2009 .
- ↑ "Brexit, Trump election drive university students to Canada, but will they stay here? | CBC News" . CBC . Retrieved 6 August 2018 .
- ↑ "About Raif Badawi" . RaifBadawi.org . Retrieved 14 March 2015 .
- ↑ Kalvapalle, Rahul (1 July 2018). "Wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi calls for burqa ban in Ontario" . Global News . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
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