South Sudanese Canadians are Canadians of South Sudanese ancestry, or a South Sudanese who has Canadian citizenship.
South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and a South Sudanese parent.
South Sudanese Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from Second Sudanese Civil War, which was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
Notable people
Mangisto Arop (born 1990), professional basketball player Marco Arop (born 1998), Olympic and world champion track and field athlete in the middle distance events Adongo Agada Cham (1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of South Sudan and the corresponding Western Ethiopian border region Emmanuel Jal (born 1980), actor, former child soldier, and political activist Bol Kong (born 1988), professional basketball player Reema Major (born 1995), rapper Tut Ruach (born 1985), professional basketball player Marial Shayok (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League
See also South Sudanese Americans South Sudanese Australians Sudanese Canadians
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