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Flemish Canadians

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According to the 2006 Canadian census, 12,425 Canadians claimed full or partial Flemish ancestry while another 168,915 people claimed Belgian ancestry.

Notable Flemish Canadians

  • Glenn De Baeremaeker, Toronto city councillor
  • Michael DeGroote, Belgium-born Canadian businessman
  • Lara Fabian, international French-language singer; famous Belgian expatriate of Flemish and Sicilian extraction
  • Émilie Heymans, Canadian diver
  • Charles John Seghers, Jesuit clergyman and missionary; Flemish-Belgian expatriate in Canada
  • Chad VanGaalen, singer
  • Paul Vermeersch, Canadian poet

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    Flemish Canadians Wikipedia
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