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Bangladeshi Canadians

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Ontario
  
~100,000 (2016)

Alberta
  
2,740

Quebec
  
7,270

Bangladeshi Canadians are Canadian citizens of Bangladeshi descent or a Bangladesh-born permanent resident who resides in Canada.

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Demographics

There is no recent official data for Bangladeshi origin Canadian, however according to the Statistics Canada (2011) there are 34,000 Bangladeshi origin Canadians. Even some reference shows less number of Bangladesh origin in Canada. The unofficial number of Bangladeshi Canadians as of 2016 is anywhere from 50,000 - 100,000,. Most of the Bangladeshi origin population concentrated in Greater Toronto area and Montreal. You will find Bangladesh students in every Big Canadian universities.

Prominent Bangladeshi-Canadians

  • Amit Chakma, president of University of Western Ontario; from the ethnic Chakma tribe in southeast Bangladesh
  • Delwar Jahid, journalist, academic and writer; president of Bangladesh PressClub of Alberta and Bangladesh Heritage and Ethnic Society of Alberta; currently in Edmonton; from Bangladesh
  • Nazrul Minto, journalist, author and media personality; Editor-in-Chief of the Deshe Bideshe and CEO of Deshe Bideshe TV
  • Moksud Mohammed (Ahmed), CCC, chef, culinary competitor, culinary teacher, entrepreneur
  • Ron Mustafaa, Hollywood TV actor, appeared on MTV's Skins
  • Shamit Shome, soccer player
  • Afra, artist, otaku.

    • References

    Bangladeshi Canadians Wikipedia
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