Czech Canadians are Canadian citizens of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in Canada. They were frequently called Bohemian Canadians until the late 19th century. According to the 2021 Canadian census, there were 98,925 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.
Number of Czech and Czechoslovak Canadians Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.
Percent — Total 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0%
Notable people Karla Homolka - serial killer Vasek Pospisil - tennis player Jenna Talackova - model, TV personality Otto Jelinek - businessman, former figure skater, politician Thomas J. Bata - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World" Josef Škvorecký - writer, publisher Ivan Reitman - director Jamie Oleksiak - hockey player Penny Oleksiak - swimmer, Olympic gold medallist David Nykl - actor Vaclav Smil - scientist and policy analyst Karina Gould - politician Travis Konecny - hockey player Michael Czerny - Catholic cardinal and Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
See also
Demographics of the Czech Republic Canada–Czech Republic relations Czech people Czech Americans Czech Australians Czechs in the United Kingdom European Canadians
Further reading Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. . Multicultural Canada.
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