Basque Canadians Explained

Group:	Basque Canadians
Native Name:
Flag:
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

• French Canadians
• Spanish Canadians
• Basque colonization of the Americas

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

1. Web site: Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories, 2021. statcan.gc.ca.
2. Web site: Ethnic origin population . statcan . Statistics Canada . 4 October 2018.
3. Web site: Basques. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 13 May 2017.