Asian – Canadian

Asian – Canadian

Asian ǀ East Asian

Asian - Canadian

Photo: Dr. Ruby Dhalla is a Asian Canadian politican and Sikh. Photo by Deep Dhillon accessed on Wikimedia Commons.

Asian Canadians are people identifying or identified as Asian sampled in Canada. They make up the largest visible and fastest growing minority group in Canada (15% of the Canadian population).  Asian Canadians comprise of Chinese Canadians, Filipino Canadians, South Asian Canadians (e.g, Bangladeshi Canadians, Indian Canadians, Romani Canadians); Southeast Asian (e.g. Vietnamese Canadians); Arab Canadians (e.g. Kuwaiti Canadians); West Asian (e.g. Afghan Canadians, Jewish Canadians, Israeli Canadians, Turkish Canadians); Korean Canadians; and Japanese Canadians

The Asian – Canadian population data represent DNA samples from 195 Asians living in the nation of Canada. Samples were provided by the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto, Ontario.

Photo: Dr.  Ruby Dhalla is a Asian Canadian politican and Sikh. Photo by Deep Dhillon accessed on Wikimedia Commons.

Source publication: RCMP/CFS (Canadian) STR frequency web site Databases.

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