A Canadian Brazilian (Portuguese: Canado-brasileiros) is a Brazilian person who is fully, partially or predominantly of Canadian descent, or a Canadian-born immigrant in Brazil. Many Canadians also travel to Brazil for work. From 1925 to 1968, over 11,631 Canadians had settled in Brazil. Canada has always had a significant relationship with Brazil since the 1800s. The countries have had extensive interactions in the financing of infrastructure projects, particularly utilities. Brazil is the largest recipient of Canadian investment in South America and until 1974 was the venue for the largest single Canadian foreign investment. In 1991, Canadian investment in Brazil totalled around CANS 2 billion.

Canadian Brazilians
Canado-brasileiros
 Canada  Brasil
Total population
11,631[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil:
Mainly Southeastern and South Brazil
 Paraná6.423
 Rio Grande do Sul3.511
 São Paulo100
 Espírito Santo10
 Rio de Janeiro277
 Minas Gerais1,000
 Pará310
Languages
Brazilian Portuguese and Canadian English
Religion
Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Other Canadian and Brazilian people, especially European Canadians, Brazilian diaspora in English-speaking countries, other White Latin Americans
West and Northern European or Protestant White Brazilians as Irish, Scottish, English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, German (ethnic Germans also among Czech, Russian and Polish immigrants), Austrian, Swiss, French, Luxembourger and Belgian Brazilians

One of the more interesting aspects of Canadian–Brazilian relations is the quiet nature of the relationship, and a lack of interest in this relationship on the part of scholars in particular and Canadians in general.

As well as Canadian engineer Arthur Cameron MacDonald (1863-1940), Born in Pictou, in the province of Nova Scotia. He was 65 years old and had a lot of experience when he designed and built the railroad between Cambará and the Apucarana mountain range, in Paraná.[2]

[3] In Rio Grande do Sul, many Canadian immigrants and especially the country itself have had a common partnership for years.[4] In the state of Paraná, also in the South Region of Brazil, last week, technicians from the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce and members of the Consulate General of Canada were in Maringá for the first edition of the International Business Meeting (Enit), promoted by Mercosul Institute, Commercial and Business Association of Maringá (ACIM) and Terra Roxa Development Agency. The group, commanded by the Canadian consul in Brazil, Benoit Prefontaine, is looking for partners to promote investments between the two countries.

Notable Canadian Brazilians

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References

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  1. ^ Síntese da história da imigração no Brasil.
  2. ^ Razgulaeff, Alexandre (16 December 2020). "MacDonald, um canadense no Norte do Paraná". Folha de Londrina. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Canadenses intensificam laços com o Rio Grande do Sul". Portal do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. ^ Administrador (2014-03-04). "Grupo canadense escolhe Norte do Paraná para prospectar negócios | Direto do Octógono | Tribuna PR". Direto do Octógono (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  • Buys, Barry Graham 1996, Canadians in Brazil: Brascan and Brazilian Development, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.