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Latin American Canadians
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How it all began,
Latin America refers to a group of republics including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Puerto Rico, the French West Indies, and other islands of the West Indies may also be considered part of “Latin America.” The broader use of the term can also refer to counties where romance languages such as Spanish or Portuguese prevail.
Migration
The first wave of Latin American immigrants to Canada arrived between 1970 and 1973. (Official figures show that Canada’s total Latin American population was less than 3000 before 1970.) The influx of Latin Americans (some 68 000) in the early 1970s can be partly attributed to Canada’s “open door IMMIGRATION POLICY. From 1969 to 1972 it was possible to arrive in Canada as a tourist without a visa and later apply for landed immigrant status from within the country. At the same time, due to a growing demand for labourers (see IMMIGRANT LABOUR), Canada relaxed its immigration requirements. Argentinean immigrants, who before 1970 had arrived at a rate of 200 yearly, numbered 948 in 1973, 1088 in 1974 and 674 in 1975. The vast majority of Chilean political REFUGEES immigrated to Canada by way of Argentina after the overthrow of the Allende regime. From 1963 to 1973, only 2135 persons were recorded as emigrants from Chile; by 1976, there were 4600 people who had immigrated to Canada as part of the Special Chilean Movement initiated by the Canadian government. During the early 1970s about 20 000 Ecuadorians in search of a better life immigrated to Canada, primarily to Montréal and Toronto. By the late 1980s several hundred Central Americans had arrived as refugees.
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According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Peruvian amounted to 29,620.
Consulate General of Peru in Toronto
67 Yonge
Street, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario
M5E 1J8
Phone: 416-963-9696
Emergencias:
(416) 726-7650 (No se atiende consultas sobre horarios, citas ni trámites de documentos)
Email: INFO@conperutoronto.com
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Argentina amounted to 23,500.
Argentina Embassy and Consulates
5001 Yonge ST.
Suite 201, North York
Ontario
M2N 6P6
Canada. Phone+1-416-955-9075
+1-416-977-0475.
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Brazilians amounted to 29,116.
Brazil Consulate Canada
77 Bloor St W #1109
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1M2
Canada
Phone
+1-416-922-2503
Website URL
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Dominican amounted to 23,130.
Consulate of the Dominican Republic in Toronto
121 Richmond
Street West, Suite 301
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2K1
Phone: 416-369-0403 / Fax: 416-369-1685
Email: info@dominicanconsulate.ca
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Colombian amounted to 96,325.
Colombian Embassy and Consulates
Toronto Ontario
M5J 1T1
Canada. Phone+1-416-977-0098
+1-416-977-0475.
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Mexicans amounted to 128,485.
Mexico Consulate Canada
11 King street West, suite 350
M5H 4C7
P.O.BOX 266
Toronto
Canada
Phone
+1-416-368-2875
+1-416-368-8342
Website URL
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Cuban amounted to 29,065
Consulate of the Cuba in Toronto
5353 Dundas West, Suite 205
Etobicoke, ON M9B 6H8
Canada
Phone: (416) 234-8181 / (416) 234-2754
Email: toronto2@embacubacanada.net
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Venezuela amounted to 6,425.
Venezuela Embassy and Consulates
365 Bloor Street East,
Suite N 1904, M4W 3L4, Toronto, Canada
Canada Phone / Fax :(+1) 416 960-6070,6071 | (+1) 416 960 6077
Email: consuven@pathcom.com
According to the 2016 census performed by Statistics Canada, the number of canadian citizens and residents that reported their ethnicity as Salvadorians amounted to 48,075.
El Salvador Embassy and Consulates
425 Bloor St E , Toronto,
Suite 510, ON M4W 3R4, Toronto, Canada
Canada Phone / | (+1) (416) 975-0812