# Czech Canadians > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Czech_Canadians > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Czech_Canadians.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Canadians > Source revision: 1346875713 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ethnic group Czech Canadians Čeští Kanaďané Total population 94,805 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] Additional 40,035 Czechoslovaks Regions with significant populations Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario Languages Canadian English, Canadian French and Czech Religion Predominantly Irreligion · Roman Catholic (minority) · Judaism Related ethnic groups Czech Americans, Slovak Canadians Part of a series on Czechs Diaspora Europe Austria Vienna Bulgaria Croatia France Poland Romania Serbia United Kingdom North America United States Baltimore Nebraska South Dakota Texas Canada Mexico South America Argentina Brazil Venezuela Oceania Australia New Zealand Subgroups Moravians Silesians Culture Literature Music Art Cinema Cuisine Dress Sport Religion History History of the Czech lands Rulers Language Czech Moravian Related nations Austrians Germans Poles Silesians Slovaks West Slavs v t e **Czech Canadians** are [Canadian citizens](/source/Canadians) of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in [Canada](/source/Canada). They were frequently called Bohemian Canadians until the late 19th century. According to the [2021 Canadian census](/source/2021_Canadian_census), there were 98,925 [Canadians](/source/Canadians) of full or partial Czech descent. ## Number of Czech and Czechoslovak Canadians Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.[2] Percent Canada— Total 0.4% Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0% Prince Edward Island 0.0% Nova Scotia 0.2% New Brunswick 0.1% Quebec 0.1% Ontario 0.4% Manitoba 0.5% Saskatchewan 0.7% Alberta 0.8% British Columbia 0.7% Yukon 0.6% Northwest Territories 0.3% Nunavut 0.0% ## Notable people - [Karla Homolka](/source/Karla_Homolka) - serial killer - [Vasek Pospisil](/source/Vasek_Pospisil) - tennis player - [Jenna Talackova](/source/Jenna_Talackova) - model, TV personality - [Otto Jelinek](/source/Otto_Jelinek) - businessman, former figure skater, politician - [Thomas J. Bata](/source/Thomas_J._Bata) - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World" - [Josef Škvorecký](/source/Josef_%C5%A0kvoreck%C3%BD) - writer, publisher - [Ivan Reitman](/source/Ivan_Reitman) - director - [Jamie Oleksiak](/source/Jamie_Oleksiak) - hockey player - [Penny Oleksiak](/source/Penny_Oleksiak) - swimmer, Olympic gold medallist - [David Nykl](/source/David_Nykl) - actor - [Vaclav Smil](/source/Vaclav_Smil) - scientist and policy analyst - [Karina Gould](/source/Karina_Gould) - politician - [Travis Konecny](/source/Travis_Konecny) - hockey player - [Michael Czerny](/source/Michael_Czerny) - Catholic cardinal and Prefect of the [Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development](/source/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Integral_Human_Development) ## See also - [Canada portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Canada) - [Czech Republic portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Czech_Republic) - [Demographics of the Czech Republic](/source/Demographics_of_the_Czech_Republic) - [Canada–Czech Republic relations](/source/Canada%E2%80%93Czech_Republic_relations) - [Czech people](/source/Czech_people) - [Czech Americans](/source/Czech_Americans) - [Czech Australians](/source/Czech_Australians) - [Czechs in the United Kingdom](/source/Czechs_in_the_United_Kingdom) - [European Canadians](/source/European_Canadians) ## Further reading - Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. ["Czechs:Origins."](https://archive.today/20130115125848/http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/c15/1). Multicultural Canada. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Czech_Canadians_1-0)** [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada) (8 May 2013). ["2011 National Household Survey: Data tables"](http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1118296&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105396&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0). Retrieved 14 February 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data"](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/index-eng.cfm). Statistics Canada. 2020-01-11. 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