population of Iranian Canadians

Banff, Alberta, Canada


According to Statistics Canada, amongst people who provided only one ethnic origin, Iranians number just about 100,000. However, if you add the multiple ethnic origin responses (those who are Iranian AND X) to the previous number, you get about 121,000. That's 121,000 Iranians out of 31,000,000 million total population in Canada.

Also known as Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians, they represent 0.4% of the whole population. In other words, out of a random sample of just over 200 people in the street, one is likely to be Iranian.

This figure is according to 2006 Census, and the information can be found here:

Stats Canada