 West Central Asian and Middle Eastern Canadians as percent of population by province/territory | |
| Total population | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Toronto, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Vancouver, Coquitlam | |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Middle Eastern Canadians · Arab Canadians · Asian Canadians |
West Asian Canadians, officially known as West Central Asian and Middle Eastern Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to West Asia and Central Asia. The term West Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians and Middle Eastern Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, West Asian Canadians are considered visible minorities and can be further divided by nationality, such as Lebanese Canadian or Iranian Canadian.
As of 2016, 1,011,145 Canadians had West and Central Asian geographical origins, constituting 2.9% of the Canadian population and 16.6% of Canada's Asian Canadian population.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "The Lebanese Community in Canada". Statistics Canada. 28 August 2007.