Yoruba Canadians Explained

Group:	Yoruba Canadians
Population:	16,210 (2016 Canadian Census)^[1]
Popplace:	Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia
Languages:	Canadian English, Canadian French, Yoruba
Religions:	Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion
Related:	Yoruba people, Nigerian Canadians, Black Canadians, Yoruba Americans, Nigerian Americans, Beninese Americans, African Americans

Yoruba Canadians are Canadians of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are an ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and southern Benin in West Africa. They represent the second largest ethnic community of Nigerians in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian census by Statistics Canada, 16,210 respondents spoke Yoruba at home ranking it as one of the most spoken Niger-Congo language in the country. Many are descendants of African American slaves while recent migrants come directly from West Africa.^{[2] [3]}

Notable Yoruba-Canadians

• Thomas Peters
• Jarome Iginla
• Bunmi Banjo
• Foluke Akinradewo
• Fikayo Tomori
• Tesho Akindele
• Demi Orimoloye

See also

• Yoruba Americans
• Nigerian Canadians

External links

• Web site: Yorubas in North America.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Canadian Population census, Mother tongue by single and multiple responses).
2. Book: Yoruba Creativity: Fiction, Language, Life and Songs. Toyin Falola. Ann Genova. Africa World Press. 2005. 978-1-592-2133-68. 134.
3. Book: Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, etc. (Yoruba Indigenous Knowledges in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power and the Politics of Indigenous Spirituality). Elizabeth Temitope Adefarakan. December 27, 2012. Library of Alexandra.