Nigerian Canadians

Canadian ethnic group

Ethnic group

Nigerian CanadianTotal population

112,240 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Brampton, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Regina,((Saskatoon)),Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Windsor, Quebec City
Languages
English, Yoruba, French, Nigerian Pidgin, Igbo,
Religion
Christianity * Islam * Yoruba religion

Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War.[2] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.[3]

There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the Greater Toronto Area.[4] In the 2016 census, 51,800 people identified themselves as Nigerians, of whom about half lived in Ontario. There are many more Nigerians in Canada, who identified themselves by their tribe instead of their country, such as 25,210 are Yoruba, 9,315 are Igbo, and 17,275 are from minor tribes. There has also been a steady increase in the number of Nigerians living in the western cities of Canada, such as Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg.[5]

## Demographics

[edit]

Province | Nigerian Canadians

|

Ontario | 54,515
Alberta | 22,995
Manitoba | 12,155
Quebec | 5,185
British Columbia | 4,770
Saskatchewan | 6,855
Nova Scotia | 3,180
Newfoundland and Labrador | 870
New Brunswick | 1,205
Prince Edward Island | 340
Northwest Territories | 60
Nunavut | 75
Yukon | 35

## Notable people

[edit]

### Academia, science, and medicine

[edit]

* Olusola Adesope professor of STEM education and educational psychology
* Adeola Olubamiji, technologist, specializing in medical applications of 3D printing
* Chika Stacy Oriuwa, physician and advocate for medical education reform

### Athletes and sportspeople

[edit]

* Natalie Achonwa, basketball player
* Simidele Adeagbo, skeleton racer
* Elijah Adekugbe, soccer player
* Sam Adekugbe, soccer player
* Caleb Agada, basketball player
* Mobolade Ajomale, sprinter
* Tesho Akindele, soccer player
* Ayo Akinola, soccer player
* Akim Aliu, ice hockey player
* Olu Ashaolu, basketball player
* Oshiomogho Atogwe, football player
* Albert Awachie, football player
* Nanyak Dala, rugby player
* Hakeem Dawodu, mixed martial artist
* David Defiagbon, boxer
* Mike Edem, football player
* Melvin Ejim, basketball player
* Mohammed Elewonibi, football player
* Cyprian Enweani, sprinter
* Olu Famutimi, basketball player
* Israel Idonije, football player
* Daniel Igali, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
* Jarome Iginla, retired ice hockey player and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
* J. R. LaRose, football player
* Ese Mrabure-Ajufo, football player
* Rumun Ndur, ice hockey player
* Alex Ogbongbemiga, football player
* Amen Ogbongbemiga, football player
* Temitope Ogunjimi, rugby sevens player
* Eugene Omoruyi, basketball player
* Nakas Onyeka, football player
* Demi Orimoloye, baseball player
* Oluwaseun Oyegunle, soccer player
* Djustice Sears-Duru, rugby player
* Oluseyi Smith, sprinter
* Fikayo Tomori, soccer player
* Iké Ugbo, soccer player
* Masai Ujiri, president of basketball operations for the Toronto Raptors
* Stella Umeh, gymnast

### Media, film, and television

[edit]

* Bukky Abaniwonda, actress
* Dayo Ade, actor
* Alfons Adetuyi, film and television director and producer
* Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter and film director
* Aisha Alfa, comedian and actress
* Rosey Edeh, news anchor, former track and field athlete
* Mark Holden, actor, director, producer and voice actor
* Rogers Ofime, filmmaker and producer
* Enuka Okuma, actress
* Oyin Oladejo, actress
* Greta Onieogou, actress
* Raufikat Oyawoye, winner of The Great Canadian Baking Show season 4
* Martin Roach, actor
* Shadia Simmons, actress

### Musicians

[edit]

* Akintoye, rapper and TikToker
* Archie Alleyne, jazz drummer
* Dax, rapper, singer and songwriter
* Debby Friday, electronic musician
* Tebey, country and pop singer-songwriter
* Tobi, rapper and singer
* WondaGurl, hip-hop producer

### Writers and authors

[edit]

* Pius Adesanmi, writer and essayist
* Francesca Ekwuyasi, novelist
* Tolu Oloruntoba, poet
* Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, novelist
* Ken Wiwa, journalist and author
* Nduka Otiono, journalist and author
* Jane Igharo, novelist

### Government

[edit]

* Uzoma Asagwara, Manitoba MLA for Union Station
* Kaycee Madu, Alberta MLA for Edmonton-South West; cabinet minister

### Other

[edit]

* Bunmi Banjo, business executive, head of Google's Digital Skills for Africa program
* Samuel Oghale Oboh, architect, first Black president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
* Shadé Ladipo, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Wawanesa

## See also

[edit]

* Canada portal
* Nigeria portal

* Black Canadians
* Nigerian Australians
* British Nigerians
* Nigerian Americans
* Nigerian people in Italy
* Nigerians in the Netherlands
* Nigerians in Ireland
* Nigerians in Switzerland

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Visible minority by place of birth and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
2. ^ Ogbomo 1999, Origins
3. ^ Ogbomo 1999, Migration, Arrival, and Settlement
4. ^ "Toronto's Nigerian community makes wider public appeal for tips about man's murder". 21 March 2018.
5. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (2018-04-12). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

## Sources

[edit]

* Ogbomo, Onaiwu Wilson (1999), "Nigerians", in Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6, archived from the original on 2009-10-08
* "Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations", 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2001, archived from the original on 2009-07-25, retrieved 2010-08-17
* Adekola, S (2017). "From Brain Drain To Brain Train – A Transnational Case Analysis Of Nigerian Migrant Health Care Workers" (2017). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). http://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1987
* Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2016, retrieved 2020-12-22

## External links

[edit]

* [1]
* [2]

* v
* t
* e

Ethnic origins of people in Canada

Canada|

* Indigenous
* First Nations
* by band
* Inuit
* Métis
* Canadian ethnicity
* French Canadians
* Acadians
* Québécois
* British
* English
* Scottish
* Welsh
* Newfoundlander
* Irish Canadians
* Black Loyalist

Africa|

| Horn of Africa|

* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Somali

|

North Africa|

* Berber
* Algerian
* Libyan
* Moroccan
* Tunisian
* Coptic
* Egyptian

East Africa|

* South Sudanese
* Sudanese

Southern Africa|

* South African
* Zimbabwean

West Africa|

* Ghanaian
* Nigerian
* Igbo
* Yoruba

Americas|

| North America|

* American
* Mexican

|

Caribbean|

* Barbadian
* Cuban
* Dominican
* Guyanese
* Haitian
* Jamaican
* Puerto Rican
* Trinidadian and Tobagonian

Central and South America|

* Argentine
* Brazilian
* Chilean
* Colombian
* Guatemalan
* Peruvian
* Salvadoran
* Uruguayan
* Venezuelan

Asia|

| Central Asia|

* Afghan
* Kazakh
* Tajik
* Tatar
* Uzbek

|

East Asia|

* Chinese
* Hong Kong
* Japanese
* Korean
* Mongolian
* Taiwanese
* Tibetan

South Asia|

* Bangladeshi
* Indian
* Anglo-Indian
* Tamil
* Nepali
* Pakistani
* Punjabi
* Romani
* Sri Lankan

Southeast Asia|

* Cambodian
* Filipino
* Indonesian
* Laotian
* Malaysian
* Singaporean
* Thai
* Vietnamese

West Asia|

* Arab
* Iraqi
* Jordanian
* Lebanese
* Palestinian
* Saudi
* Syrian
* Yemeni
* Armenian
* Assyrian
* Azerbaijani
* Iranian
* Jewish
* Israeli
* Kurdish
* Turkish

Europe|

| Central Europe|

* Austrian
* Czech
* German
* Hungarian
* Polish
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* Swiss

|

Eastern Europe|

* Belarusian
* Russian
* Ukrainian

Northern Europe|

* Nordic and Scandinavian
* Danish
* Finnish
* Icelandic
* Norwegian
* Swedish
* Estonian
* Latvian
* Lithuanian

Southeast Europe|

* Albanian
* Bosnian
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Greek
* Macedonian
* Montenegrin
* Romanian
* Serbian
* Yugoslav

Southern Europe|

* Italian
* Maltese
* Portuguese
* Spanish
* Basque

Western Europe|

* Belgian
* Flemish
* British
* Cornish
* English
* Scotch-Irish
* Scottish
* Welsh
* Dutch
* French
* Acadians
* Breton
* Québécois
* Irish
* Luxembourger

Oceania|

* Australian
* Hawaiian
* New Zealander

* v
* t
* e

Black Canadians

By ethnic or
national origin|

* African-American
* Barbadian
* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Ghanaian
* Guyanese
* Haitian
* Jamaican
* Nigerian
* Igbo
* Yoruba
* Somali
* South Sudanese
* Sudanese
* Trinidadian and Tobagonian
* Zimbabwean

Canadian settlement|

* Montreal
* New Brunswick
* Nova Scotia
* Ontario
* Greater Toronto

* v
* t
* e

Nigerian diaspora

Africa|

* South Africa

Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* United States
* Dallas-Fort Worth

Asia|

* China
* India
* Japan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Finland
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia

This Nigeria-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about culture in Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template