Indonesian Canadians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 28,290 (2021)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Toronto,[2] Vancouver, Victoria | |
| Languages | |
| Indonesian, English, French, Dutch[3] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity · Sunni Islam[4] |
Indonesian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Indonesian descent or Indonesia-born people who reside in Canada. They are one of the smaller Asian minorities in Canada.
Demography
In the early post-
7,610 respondents to the
Religion
More than half of Indonesian Canadians are believed to be Christians, with roughly equal numbers of Catholics and Protestants. In contrast, although Islam is Indonesia's majority religion, Muslims are estimated to make up only about 10% of Indonesian Canadians. An Indonesian Catholic congregation, the Ummat Katholik Indonesia, has been meeting in the Toronto area since 1979; it was first headed by a Dutch priest who had previously lived in Indonesia, and later by a Javanese theology student from the University of Toronto. An inter-denominational Protestant fellowship, the Indonesian Christian Fellowship, also emerged in Toronto in the 1980s.[6]
Community organisations
The first Indonesian community organisations in Canada, the Indonesian-Canadian Association and the Canadian-Indonesian Society, were founded in 1969 in Toronto and Vancouver, respectively. Indonesian consuls' wives also set up branches of Dharma Wanita, a women's group, in various cities. A credit union, Indoka (Indonesian Credit Union) was established in the early 1970s. A group of Muslim and Christian women formed Sanggar Budaya (Culture Workshop), a dance and music group, a few years later.[8] There is also an Indonesian Catholic Organisation comprising mainly ethnic Chinese, as well as INCASEC (Indonesian Canadian Senior Citizens).[9]
Notable people
Footnotes
- ^ "Ethnic origin population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b Nagata 1988, p. 116
- ^ a b Schryer 1998, p. 157
- ^ Nagata 1999, p. 725
- ^ Schryer 1998, p. 155
- ^ a b Nagata 1999, p. 724
- ^ Nagata 1999, p. 722
- ^ Nagata 1999, p. 723
- ^ Schryer 1998, p. 158
Bibliography
- Nagata, Judith (1988), "Religion, Ethnicity, and Language: Indonesian Chinese Immigrants in Toronto", Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 16 (1): 116–131,
- Nagata, Judith (1999), "Indonesians", in Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, pp. 722–726, ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6, archived from the originalon 2009-03-03, retrieved 2009-03-28
- Schryer, Frans J. (1998), "Dutch Indonesians in Ontario", The Netherlandic presence in Ontario: pillars, class and Dutch ethnicity, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, pp. 154–162, ISBN 978-0-88920-262-7
- Citizenship (5), Place of Birth (272), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, 2017-10-25