Iranian Canadians Explained

Group:Iranian Canadians
Population:210,405 [1]
0.6% of the total Canadian population (2016)
262,625 [2]
0.7% of the total Canadian population (2021)
Popplace:Richmond Hill, Toronto, North Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa
Langs:Persian, Canadian English, Canadian French
Rels:Predominantly Shia Islam and Irreligion
Minorities include Agnosticism, Bahaʼi Faith, Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism), Judaism, Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism and Mandaeism

Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians[3] [4] are Canadians of Iranian origin.[5] From the 2016 Canadian census, the main communities can be found in Southern Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec. a total of 97,110 Iranians reside in the Greater Toronto Area,[6] 46,255 in the Greater Vancouver Area,[7] and 23,410 in the Greater Montreal Area,[8] with the remainder spread out in the other major cities of Canada, based on the 2016 Canadian Census. These numbers represent the people who stated "Iranian" as their single or joint ethnic origin in the census survey.

Terminology

Iranian-Canadian is used interchangeably with Persian-Canadian,[9] [10] [11] [12] partly due to the fact[13] that, in the Western world, Iran was known as "Persia". On the Nowruz of 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran, the endonym of the country used since the Sasanian Empire, in formal correspondence. Since then the use of the word "Iran" has become more common in the Western countries. This also changed the usage of the terms for Iranian nationality, and the common adjective for citizens of Iran changed from "Persian" to "Iranian". In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Reza Shah Pahlavi's son, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" could officially be used interchangeably.[14] However the issue is still debated today.[15] [16]

While the majority of Iranian-Canadians come from Persian backgrounds, there is a significant number of non-Persian Iranians such as Azeris[17] [18] [19] and Kurds within the Iranian-Canadian community,[20] [21] leading some scholars to believe that the label "Iranian" is more inclusive, since the label "Persian" excludes non-Persian minorities. The Collins English Dictionary uses a variety of similar and overlapping definitions for the terms "Persian" and "Iranian".[22] [23]

Demographics

In 2021, there were 213,160 individuals in Canada who had been born in Iran, of which 70,395 had immigrated to Canada since 2011. Among all Iranian-Canadians, 103,560 (49%) identified as Muslim. Among immigrants since 2011, about 39,860 (57%) identified as Muslim while most of the rest did not identify with any religion.[24]

Islamic republic politicians/sympathizers

Canada in 2022 banned ten thousand IRGC seniors and officers from entry.[25] Iranian celebrities and government former ministers and officials are often mentioned in the news residing or traveling in Canada as well.[26] [27] [28] [29]

Notable Canadians of Iranian descent

Academia

Art and literature

Beauty pageants

Business

Crime

Entertainment

Journalism

Various Persian-language media (including TV and newspapers) are active in Canada, including Shahrvand and Salam Toronto, which cover local events as well.[33]

Politicians

Sport

Technology

Iranian districts in Canada

British Columbia

Ontario

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]]. Government of Canada, Statistics. Canada. www12.statcan.gc.ca. 2017-02-08.
  2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (17 August 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Canada [Country]"]. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. Web site: PM meets with representatives of the Persian-Canadian community - Prime Minister of Canada . Pm.gc.ca . 2009-08-04 . 2012-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306065933/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=2712 . 2012-03-06 .
  4. Web site: Nazanin Afshin-Jam: TD Bank 'Misinterpreting' Iran Sanctions In Shutting Persian-Canadians' Accounts . HuffingtonPost.ca . 2012-09-12 . 2015-04-27 . 2018-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224910/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/13/nazanin-afshin-jam-td-bank-peter-mackay_n_1671846.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data. Statistics Canada. 2009-10-11. 2008-04-02.
  6. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - Toronto [Census metropolitan area], Ontario and Ontario [Province]]. Canada. Government of Canada, Statistics. www12.statcan.gc.ca. en. 2018-03-13.
  7. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]]. Canada. Government of Canada, Statistics. www12.statcan.gc.ca. en. 2018-03-13.
  8. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - Montréal [Census metropolitan area], Quebec and Quebec [Province]]. Canada. Government of Canada, Statistics. www12.statcan.gc.ca. en. 2018-03-13.
  9. Maryam. Daha. Contextual Factors Contributing to Ethnic Identity Development of Second-Generation Iranian American Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research. September 2011. 26. 5. 543–569. 10.1177/0743558411402335. 146592244. ... the majority of the participants self-identified themselves as Persian instead of Iranian, due to the stereotypes and negative portrayals of Iranians in the media and politics. Adolescents from Jewish and Bahaʼi faiths asserted their religious identity more than their ethnic identity. The fact Iranians use Persian interchangeably is nothing to do with current Iranian government because the name Iran was used before this period as well. Linguistically modern Persian is a branch of Old Persian in the family of Indo-European languages and that includes all the minorities as well more inclusively..
  10. Book: Nakamura, Raymond M.. Health in America: A Multicultural Perspective. 2003. Kendall/Hunt Pub.. 978-0-7575-0637-6. 31. Iranian/Persian Americans – The flow of Iranian citizens into the United States began in 1979, during and after the Islamic Revolution..
  11. Book: Zanger, Mark. The American Ethnic Cookbook for Students. December 21, 2016. 2001. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-57356-345-1. 213.
  12. Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, Carl Leon Bankston,"Therefore, Turkish and Iranian (Persian) Americans, who are Muslims but not ethnically Arabs, are often mistakenly..", Salem Press, 2000
  13. Book: Darya, Fereshteh Haeri. Second-generation Iranian-Americans: The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, and Psychological Well-being. 21 December 2016. 2007. 978-0-542-97374-1. 3–4. According to previous studies, the presence of heterogeneity is evident among Iranian immigrants (also known as Persians – Iran was known as Persia until 1935) who came from myriads of religious (Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Armenian, Assyrian, Bahaʼi and Zoroastrian), ethnic (Turk, Kurds, Baluchs, Lurs, Turkamans, Arabs, as well as tribes such as Ghasghaie, and Bakhtiari), linguistic/dialogic background (Persian, Azari, Gialki, Mazandarani, Kurdish, Arabic, and others). Cultural, religious and political, and various other differences among Iranians reflect their diverse social and interpersonal interactions. Some studies suggest that, despite the existence of subgroup within Iranian immigrants (e.g. various ethno-religious groups), their nationality as Iranians has been an important point of reference and identifiable source of their identification as a group across time and setting..
  14. Yarshater, Ehsan Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, Iranian Studies, vol. XXII no. 1 (1989)
  15. [Hooman Majd|Majd, Hooman]
  16. Book: Frye, Richard Nelson. Richard N. Frye. Greater Iran: A 20th-century Odyssey. Mazda. 2005. December 21, 2016. 9781568591773.
  17. Book: Svante E. Cornell. Azerbaijan Since Independence. 20 May 2015. Routledge. 978-1-317-47621-4. 7.
  18. Book: Barbara A. West. Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania. 1 January 2009. Infobase Publishing. 978-1-4381-1913-7. 68.
  19. Book: James Minahan. Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z. 1 January 2002. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-32384-3. 1766.
  20. Book: Bozorgmehr, Mehdi. Mary C. Waters. Reed Ueda. Helen B. Marrow. The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965. https://books.google.com/books?id=z-y_q4J_eCEC. 2009. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-04493-7. 469. Iran.
  21. Elizabeth Chacko, Contemporary ethnic geographies in America // Ines M. Miyares, Christopher A. Airriess (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, pp. 325–326
  22. Web site: Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition . September 4, 2012 . Collinsdictionary.com .
  23. Web site: Definition of "Persian" . Collins English Dictionary . January 12, 2016.
  24. Web site: Religion by immigrant status and period of immigration and place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories (customized table).
  25. Web site: Canada barring entry to IRGC members in new Iran sanctions push . 2023-08-14 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
  26. Web site: واکنش‌ها به حضور قاضی‌زاده در مونترآل؛ اسماعیلیون خواستار پاسخگویی مقامات کانادا شد . 2023-08-14 . ir.voanews.com.
  27. Web site: Canada Criticized For Welcoming The Rich Linked To Iranian Regime . 2023-08-14 . Iran International . en.
  28. Web site: Ottawa can look into 'shady' Iranian politicians who have wealth in Canada, says former U.S. State Department spokesperson . 2023-08-14.
  29. Web site: Tensions rise in Toronto's Persian community as activists try to expose regime links in Canada . 2023-08-14.
  30. Web site: Payam Akhavan. HuffingtonPost.com. 2017-08-20.
  31. http://hst.mit.edu/public/people/faculty/facultyBiosketch.jsp?key=Khademhosseini
  32. Web site: Mostafa Keshvari Writer, Director, Producer . 2023-07-10 . IMDb . en-US.
  33. Web site: Shahrvand Profile . Canadian Minority Media Database . 2014-05-08 . 2014-06-25.
  34. News: حیدری . فهیمه خضر . 2021-04-26 . زندگی سانسورشده شایا گلدوست؛ «خیابان‌های شهر تونل وحشت بود» . The Censored Life of Shaya Goldust; "The streets of the city were tunnels of terror" . 2024-05-30 . رادیو فردا (Radio Farda) . fa.

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