Armenian Canadians (Western Armenian: Õ£Õ¡Õ¶Õ¡Õ¿Õ¡Õ°Õ¡ÕµÕ¥Ö€, Eastern
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Arméno-Canadiens) are citizens and permanent residents of Canada who
have total or partial Armenian ancestry. According to the 2016
Canadian Census they number almost 64,000, while independent estimates
claim around 80,000 Canadians of Armenian origin, with the highest
estimates reaching 100,000. Though significantly smaller than the
Armenian American community, the formation of both underwent similar
stages beginning in the late 19th century and gradually expanding in
the latter 20th century and beyond. Most Armenian Canadians are
descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors from the Middle East
(Syria, Lebanon, Egypt), with less than 7% of all Canadian Armenians
having been born in Armenia. Today most Armenian Canadians live in
Greater Montreal and Greater Toronto, where they have established
churches, schools and community centers.The first Armenians migrated
to Canada in the 1880s. The first recorded Armenian to settle in
Canada was a man named Garabed Nergarian, who came to Port Hope,
Ontario in 1887. Some 37 Armenians settled in Canada in 1892 and 100
in 1895. Most early Armenian migrants to Canada were men who were
seeking employment. After the Hamidian massacres of mid-1890s Armenian
families from the Ottoman Empire began settling in Canada. Before the
Armenian Genocide of 1915 some 1,800 Armenians already lived in
Canada. They were overwhelmingly from the Armenian provinces of the
Ottoman Empire and usually lived in industrial urban areas. The influx
of Armenians to Canada was limited in the post-World War I era because
Armenians were classified as Asians. Nevertheless, some 1,500 genocide
survivorsâ€"mostly women and childrenâ€"came to Canada as refugees. In
1923-24 some 100 Armenians orphans aged 8-12, later known as The
Georgetown Boys, were brought to Canada from Corfu, Greece by the
Armenian Canadian Relief Fund to Georgetown, Ontario. Dubbed "The
Noble Experiment", it was Canada's first humanitarian act on an
international scale. The Georgetown Farmhouse (now the Cedarvale
Community Centre) was designated historic and protected municipal site
in 2010.Overall, between 1900 and 1930 some 3,100 Armenians entered
Canada, with 75% settling in Ontario and 20% in Quebec. At the same
time, there was migration to the United States. Between 1899 and 1917
the number of Armenians who entered the US from Canada stood at 1,577.
Between 1931 and 1949 only 74 Armenians migrated to Canada. By the
1940s the community was still no larger than 4,000. The two early
centers of the Armenian community was in Brantford and St. Catharines,
Ontario, with each having 500 Armenians in the 1920s. The first
Armenian church was established in St. Catharines in 1930, becoming
the hub of Armenians in Canada.Immigration laws were loosened in the
post-World War II era. Through the efforts of the Canadian Armenian
Congress thousands of Armenians were allowed in. In the 1960s some
5,000 Armenians settled in Canada and by the 1970s Canada already
boasted an Armenian population of 30,000. Most Armenians came from the
Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey) and Greece. Migrants from
Soviet Armenia were also increasingly moving to Canada. The Armenian
Soviet Encyclopedia entry on Armenians (1980) by Suren Eremian
estimated some 50,000 Armenians in Canada. The same number was given
by Hrag Vartanian, writing for the AGBU Magazine in 2000. Armenian Canadians Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter