Nigerian Canadians

Nigerian Canadians are Canadian citizens and residents of Nigerian origin and descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Biafra War.^[1] 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.^[2] In the 2001 Census, 9,530 people identified themselves as Nigerians; of those, 6,575 lived in Ontario (5,275 in Toronto alone).^[3] In the 2006 Census, 19,520 people identified themselves as Nigerians. Again, roughly two thirds (13,325) lived in Ontario, with 10,430 in Toronto alone.^[4]

Notable people

• Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter and film director
• Olu Famutimi, professional basketball player
• Israel Idonije, NFL player for the Chicago Bears
• Daniel Igali, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling
• Jarome Iginla, NHL hockey player for Calgary Flames
• Enuka Okuma, voice actress

Notes

1. ^ Ogbomo 1999, Origins
2. ^ Ogbomo 1999, Migration, Arrival, and Settlement
3. ^ Statistics Canada 2001
4. ^ Statistics Canada 2006

Sources

• Ogbomo, Onaiwu Wilson (1999), "Nigerians", in Magocsi, Paul R., The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9780802029386, http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/n3 
• "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, http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62911&APATH=3&GID=431515&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=44&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=0&GK=0&VID=0&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0, retrieved 2010-08-17 
• Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2006, http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92333&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=801&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, retrieved 2010-08-17 

External links

• Comparing Nigerians and Canadians: Insights from Social Survey Research, 1990-2005