Canadians in the United Kingdom, or Canadian Britons, are people from Canada living in the United Kingdom and their descendants. In 2001 some 72,518 people born in Canada were living in the UK according to the UK census.[5] Of the ten census tracts with the highest Canadian-born populations, nine were in London, with the other being Cambridge West.[6] The Office for National Statistics estimates that, in 2009, 82,000 Canadian-born people were living in the UK.[7] In 2011 this was the third largest community in the Canadian diaspora after Canadians in the United States and Canadians in Hong Kong.[8]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
 Canadian-born residents in the United Kingdom: 81,484 – 0.1% (2021/22 Census)[note 1]  England: 66,847 – 0.1% (2021)[1] Scotland: 9,920 – 0.2% (2022)[2] Wales: 2,249 – 0.07% (2021)[1]Northern Ireland: 2,468 – 0.1% (2021)[3] 72,518 (2001 Census) Canadian citizens/passports held: 35,161 (England and Wales only, 2021)[4] Other estimates: 82,000 (2009 ONS estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London · Scotland · South West England | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English · Canadian French · British English | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism · Anglicanism · Methodism Judaism · Islam • Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Canadian diaspora and British Canadians
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History
editBritain, and especially London, for a long time served as the metropole to Canadians of British ancestry — as it did to other English-speaking people across the Commonwealth —the centre of their cultural and economic world where the ambitious would go to advance their careers on the biggest stage. This was still true, to some extent, in 1956 when Trinidadian Canadian theatre critic Ronald Bryden arrived in London for the first time looking to find "pure Anglitude" or the true spirit of Englishness, and remarked that the most imperial-looking buildings were the Commonwealth high commissions and those owned by the Canadian banks, the most Anglocentric newspaper was owned by a Canadian, and the best theatre productions starred Canadian actors (in American productions).[9][10]
Politics
editHamar Greenwood was a Canadian-born politician who served as a cabinet minister in the Lloyd George ministry.
Bonar Law was a Canadian-born politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and additionally held many other government offices including Secretary of State for the Colonies, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Privy Seal.
Lord Beaverbrook was a Canadian-born businessman and politician who served as a cabinet minister in the Churchill ministry during the Second World War.
Notable people
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "TS012: Country of birth (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 24 May 2024. '2022' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'
- ^ "MS-A17: Country of birth - intermediate detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "TS013: Passports held (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original (XLS) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ "Born abroad: Countries of birth: Canada". bbc.co.uk. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign country of birth (Table 1.3)". Office for National Statistics. September 2009. Archived from the original (ZIP) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Canadians Abroad: Canada's Global Asset" (PDF). Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. 2011. p. 12. Retrieved 23 September 2013. See also Canadian diaspora
- ^ Eayrs, James (1976). "The Roots of Irritation". In Peter Lyon (ed.). Britain and Canada: Survey of a Changing Relationship. Psychology Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-7146-3052-6. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Billington, Michael (6 December 2004). "Ronald Bryden". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011.