Yoruba Canadians

Ethnic group

Yoruba CanadiansTotal population

16,210 (2016 Canadian Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia
Languages
Canadian English, Canadian French, Yoruba
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion
Related ethnic groups
Yoruba people, Nigerian Canadians, Black Canadians, Yoruba Americans, Nigerian Americans, Beninese Americans, African Americans
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Yorùbá people

* Art
* Architecture
* Culture
* Language
* Music
* Mythology

Subgroups

* Ana (Ifɛ̀)
* Kétu
* Ànàgó-Kúrá
* Ṣábẹ̀ẹ́
* Àkókó
* Àwórì
* Ẹ̀gbá
* Èkìtì
* Ìbàràpá
* Ìbọ̀lọ́
* Ìdàáṣà (Ìdàáshà)
* Ìgbómìnà
* Ifẹ̀
* Ìjẹ̀bú
* Ìjẹ̀ṣà
* Ìkálẹ̀
* Ìlàjẹ
* Ìshà (Ìṣà)
* Mọkọ́lé
* Ọ̀họ̀rí (Ìjẹ)
* Okun
* Òǹkò (Òkè-Ògùn)
* Ọ̀ghọ̀
* Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀
* Òwu
* Ọ̀yọ́
* Rẹ́mọ
* Ùdoko (Oǹdó)
* Usẹn
* Yéwa (Ẹ̀gbádò)

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Related Yoruboid-speaking groups

* Ìtsẹkírì (Ìwẹ́rẹ́)
* Olùkùmi
* Ígálà

Diaspora

* Okus
* Bahians
* Saros
* Taboms, Agudas & Amaros
* Afro-Cubans / Lucumis
* United States
* Afro-Dominicans
* Afro-Haitians
* Canada
* Ivory Coast
* Britain
* Ireland

Cultural concepts

* Omọlúàbí
* Aṣọẹbí
* Èsúsú
* Agbo ilé
* Alájọbí

Religion

Supreme deity

Olorun
Olodumare

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Divination

Ifá
Opon Ifá
Opele
Odù Ifá
Agere Ifa
Awo & Ogberi

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Orisha, Imọlẹ̀, Ẹbọra

Ọbàtálá
Ọ̀sanyìn
Ẹlẹ́gbà
Yemọja
Olókun
Ṣàngó
Ọyá
Ògún
Ọbalúayé
Ọ̀ṣun
Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì
Ọ̀rúnmìlà
Aganjú
Òṣùmàrè
...

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Legendary creatures

Ẹbọra
Egbere
Iwin
Akudaaya
Abiku & Emere
Oro
...

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Religious concepts

Àṣẹ
Ìwà
Orí
Ìmùlẹ̀
Àkámarà
Ìtàn
Ẹbọ & Ètùtù

Politics / History

Timeline

* History of the Yoruba people

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Palaces

* Àwọ̀fin, Ààfin, Àọ̀fin, Àghọ̀fẹn

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Rulers (Oba)

* Ọma-Jagun
* Eléko
* Ìchà
* Ọọ̀ni
* Alárá
* Alákétu
* Òṣemàwé
* Aláàfin
* Àkárìgbò
* Oníṣabẹ
* Ọlọ́ghọ̀
* Awùjalẹ̀
* Aláké
* Òràngún
* Dééjì
* Ọwá
* Ọlọ́fà
* ...

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Titles (Oyè)

* Olorì
* Òjoyè
* Baálẹ̀
* Ọmọba
* Ọlọ́jà
* Ọwá
* Ìyálóde
* Olú-awo
* Olótu
* Ọ̀dọ̀fin

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Nobility (Ògbóni)

* Ògbóni
* Ìwàrẹ/Ẹ̀ghàrẹ
* Ọ̀yọ́mèsì
* Ẹdan
* Ilédì

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Military and commerce

* Kakaǹfò
* Ẹ̀ṣọ́
* Parakòyí / Bàbálájé
* Olórogun
* Olúkọ̀tún
* Olúkòsì
* Ìyálọ́jà
* Balógun
* Ajagunnà
* Aṣípa
* Baṣọ̀run

Geography

* Yoruba country
* Yorubaland

Festivals / events

West Africa

* Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo
* Ọlọ́jọ́
* Ìgògò
* Ẹ̀yọ̀ Festival
* Badagry Festival
* Orosun
* Ọdún Ògún
* Ojúde Ọba
* Orò
* Aké Arts & Book Festival
* World Sango Festival
* Odun Egungun
* Líṣàbí
* Ọdún Olókun
* Yorùbá Drum Festival
* New Yam- Ọdún Ìjẹṣu

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Diaspora

* Odunde Festival
* Yoruba Arts Festival
* Yemoja Festival (Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, USA, Venezuela, Argentina)

Performing arts

Contemporary

* Apala
* Fuji
* Were
* Yoruba Highlife
* Waka
* Jùjú
* Afrobeat
* Afrobeats
* Sakara

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Folk / Traditional

* Bolojo
* Obitun
* Bírípo
* Bata
* Olele
* Ijala
* Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́
* Ekun Iyawo/Rara
* Dadakuada
* Oriki
* Esa
* Alamo
* Ogede
* Gbedu
* Iremoje
* Ewì

Notable personalities

* List of Yoruba people

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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

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

## See also

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* Canada portal

* Yoruba Americans
* Nigerian Canadians

## References

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1. ^ "2021 Canadian Population census, Mother tongue by single and multiple responses)".
2. ^ Toyin Falola; Ann Genova (2005). Yoruba Creativity: Fiction, Language, Life and Songs. Africa World Press. p. 134\. ISBN 978-1-592-2133-68.
3. ^ Elizabeth Temitope Adefarakan (December 27, 2012). 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). Library of Alexandra.

## External links

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* "Yorubas in North America".

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Yoruba topics

History|

* Ifẹ
* Oyo Empire
* Yoruba country
* Western Nigeria
* Nigeria
* Benin
* Togo

Subgroups|

* Ijesha
* Egba
* Egun
* Egbado
* Igbomina
* Awori
* Akoko
* Okun
* Ana
* Ekiti
* Ilaje
* Olukumi

Yoruboid languages|

* Yoruba
* Ulukwumi
* Lucumí
* Ede
* Ifè
* Mokole
* Itsekiri
* Igala

Politics|

* Rulers of Dassa
* Rulers of Icha
* Rulers of Ketu
* Rulers of Sabe
* Olota of Ota
* Ijebu Kingdom
* Egba Alake
* Iwo Kingdom
* Oyo Empire
* Owu Kingdom
* Ondo Kingdom
* Akure Kingdom
* Oke Ila
* Ila Yara
* Ila Kingdom
* Idoani Confederacy
* Western Nigeria
* Nigeria

Geography
(Yorubaland)|

| Precolonial state|

* Yoruba country

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Departments|

* Ouémé
* Plateau
* Collines
* Borgou
* Alibori
* Zou
* Donga
* Plateau (Kétou)

States|

* Lagos
* Oyo
* Ogun
* Osun
* Ondo
* Ekiti
* Kwara
* Kogi
* Edo

Major cities|

* Lagos
* Ibadan
* Ilorin
* Abẹokuta
* Ọyọ
* Ilé-Ifẹ
* Akure
* Ogbomosho
* Owo
* Osogbo
* Ado-Ekiti
* Iwo
* Ondo City
* Porto Novo

Demographics|

* Yoruba people
* Saros
* Sierra Leone
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Canada
* Cuba
* Jamaica
* Brazil
* Trinidad and Tobago

Culture|

* Art
* Music
* Highlife
* Religion
* Calendar
* Language
* Yoruboid
* Numerals
* Names
* Literature

Education & philosophy|

* Medicine
* Architecture

Yoruba Wikipedia|

* Yoruba

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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

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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

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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

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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

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East Asia|

* Chinese
* Hong Kong
* Taiwan
* Japanese
* Korean
* Mongolian
* 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

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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

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