Egyptian Canadian
Encyclopedia
Egyptian Canadians are Canadians of Egyptian
ancestry, first-generation Egypt
ian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to Canada
. According to the 2006 Census, there were 54,875 Egyptians in Canada, while more recent estimates by Egyptian Canadian Associations total 60,000 http://www.ecfriendshipassociation.com/. The largest religious group among Egyptian Canadians are the Coptic Orthodox Christians, who number around 50,000 members in Canada, although there are other groups that have a smaller presence, such as the Sunni Muslims
, Coptic Catholic Christians
, Coptic Evangelical Christians
and Armenian Egyptians
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...
ancestry, first-generation Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. According to the 2006 Census, there were 54,875 Egyptians in Canada, while more recent estimates by Egyptian Canadian Associations total 60,000 http://www.ecfriendshipassociation.com/. The largest religious group among Egyptian Canadians are the Coptic Orthodox Christians, who number around 50,000 members in Canada, although there are other groups that have a smaller presence, such as the Sunni Muslims
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
, Coptic Catholic Christians
Coptic Catholic Church
The Coptic Catholic Church is an Alexandrian Rite particular Church in full communion with the Pope of Rome. Historically, Coptic Catholics represent a schism from the Coptic Orthodox Church, leaving that church in order to come into full communion with the Bishop of Rome.The current Coptic...
, Coptic Evangelical Christians
Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
The Evangelical Church of Egypt , in Arabic El-Kanisah El-Injiliyah , and sometimes referred to as the Coptic Evangelical Church of Egypt, is a Protestant church that started as a mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America among Muslim and Coptic Egyptians in the late nineteenth...
and Armenian Egyptians
See also
- Ethnic groups in Canada
- CoptCoptThe Copts are the native Egyptian Christians , a major ethnoreligious group in Egypt....
- List of Copts
- Coptic Orthodoxy in CanadaCoptic Orthodox Church in CanadaThe immigration of the Copts to Canada might have started as early as the late 1950s. Starting in the 1970s, Canada has been receiving a greater number of these immigrants, and the number of Coptic immigrants into Canada has been growing ever since. According to the census, there were over 10,000...
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada