Basque Canadians Explained
Group: | Basque Canadians |
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Pop1: | 7,745 |
Ref1: | (by ancestry, 2021 Census)[1] |
Popplace: | Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario |
Langs: | Canadian English, French, Spanish, and Basque |
Rels: | Roman Catholicism, Protestantism |
Related: | Basques, Basque Americans, French Canadians, Spanish Canadians |
Basque Canadians (Basque: Euskal kanadarrak) are Canadian citizens of Basque descent, or Basque people who were born in the Basque Country and reside in Canada. As of 2021, 7,745 people claimed Basque ancestry.[2]
Basque sailors were whaling and fishing around Newfoundland beginning in 1525 and ending around 1626.[3]
See also
Sources
- Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. "Basques.". Multicultural Canada.
Further reading
- Book: Brad, Loewen . Chapter 3: Intertwined Enigmas . 57-76 . 10.2307/j.ctt22zmcgk.9 . Loewen . Brad . Chapdelaine . Claude . 2016 . Contact in the 16th Century: Networks Among Fishers, Foragers and Farmers . Mercury Series . University of Ottawa Press. Examines the relationship between the Basques and the St. Lawrence Iroquoians.
Notes and References
- Web site: Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories, 2021. statcan.gc.ca.
- Web site: Ethnic origin population . statcan . Statistics Canada . 4 October 2018.
- Web site: Basques. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 13 May 2017.