South Sudanese Canadians are Canadians of South Sudanese ancestry, or a South Sudanese who has Canadian citizenship.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 16,595 (combined North Sudan and South Sudan by ancestry) 715 (Dinka ancestry) (2011 Census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto. | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christian and traditional religions of South Sudan |
South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and a South Sudanese parent.
South Sudanese Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from Second Sudanese Civil War, which was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army.[2]
Notable people
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- Mangisto Arop (born 1990), professional basketball player
- Marco Arop (born 1998), Olympic and world champion track and field athlete in the middle distance events
- Adongo Agada Cham (1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of South Sudan and the corresponding Western Ethiopian border region
- Emmanuel Jal (born 1980), actor, former child soldier, and political activist
- Bol Kong (born 1988), professional basketball player
- Reema Major (born 1995), rapper
- Tut Ruach (born 1985), professional basketball player
- Marial Shayok (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League
See also
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edit- ^ Statistics Canada. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ York, Geoffrey (26 September 2010). "Sudanese Canadians return to heal their shattered homeland". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2016.