Romanian Canadians

{{Short description|Ethnic groups in Canada}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Romanian Canadians | native_name = {{native name|ro|Canadieni români}} {{native name|fr|Canadiens d'origine roumaine}} | image = Romanian Distribution in Canada, 2021 Census.jpg | caption = Population distribution of Romanian Canadians by census division, 2021 census | pop = '''215,885 ''' (by ancestry, 2021 Census)<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDList=2021A000011124&GENDERList=1,2,3&STATISTICList=1&HEADERList=0&SearchText=Canada | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country] | date=9 February 2022 }}</ref> | popplace = Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal | langs = Romanian, Canadian English, Canadian French | rels = Mainly Romanian Orthodoxy, but also Romanian Greek Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism | related-c = Romanian Americans, European Canadians }} {{Romanians}}

'''Romanian Canadians''' (French: ''Canadiens d'origine roumaine''; Romanian: ''Canadieni români'') are Canadian citizens of Romanian descent or Romania-born people who reside in Canada.

According to the 2021 Canadian census, there are 215,885 Romanian-Canadians.<ref name="auto"/>

==History of Romanian migration in Canada==

=== Before World War I === Romanians moved to Canada in several periods. The first period was at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Romanians had discovered Canada towards the end of the 19th century, after Clifford Sifton – Minister of Home Affairs representing a Liberal government that had promised to populate the West – had visited Bukovina. From 1896 to 1900, a group of Romanians established themselves in Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan), at Clifford Sifton's advice. The first two Romanian families that migrated to Canada from the Bukovina village of Boian stopped in Alberta in 1898. Other 100 Bucovina families took their example and followed them and they gave the settlement the name of their home village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians|title=Romanian Canadians|website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, many Romanians from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire (Transylvania, Bukovina, Banat, Crişana, and Maramureş) migrated to the Prairie provinces of Canada to work as farmers. The Dominion Lands Act encouraged homesteaders to come to the area. The migrants from the Romanian Old Kingdom were mostly Romanian Jews. Many Romanians moved to Canada and the United States between 1895 and 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romedia.us/target/index.htm |title=target audience - Demographic Information |publisher=Romedia.us |access-date=2011-02-28}}</ref>

St Nicholas's Romanian Orthodox Church (established in 1902<ref>[http://www.roea.org/ParishDir/ParishesCAN/pardir-SKReg-SN.htm Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America parish directory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618064002/http://www.roea.org/ParishDir/ParishesCAN/pardir-SKReg-SN.htm |date=2007-06-18 }}, retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref> in Regina) is the oldest Romanian Orthodox parish in North America;<ref>[http://www.sasksettlement.com/display.php?cat=Religion&subcat=Churches%20and%20Congregations&lim=10&id=397 Saskatchewan Settlement Experience: Religion – Churches and Congregations.] Retrieved 4 December 2007.</ref> St George's Cathedral (founded in 1914<ref>[http://www.roea.org/ParishDir/ParishesCAN/pardir-SKReg-SG.htm Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America parish directory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618063952/http://www.roea.org/ParishDir/ParishesCAN/pardir-SKReg-SG.htm |date=2007-06-18 }}, retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref> though the present building dates from the early 1960s), is the episcopal seat of the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Regina. Today, the Romanian school from Boian, Alberta is a museum showcasing Romanian immigration, photos of the first Romanian settlers in the area and the typical Romanian farmer's life in rural Canada.

During the interwar period the number of ethnic Romanians who migrated to Canada decreased as a consequence of the economic development in Romania, but the number of Romanian Jews who migrated to Canada increased, mostly after the rise of the Iron Guard.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

According to the 1911 Canadian census, in Canada lived 15,000 Romanians and in 1941: 25,000.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

=== After World War II === The second period was between 1945 and 1955, when Romanians moved after World War II, during Communist Romania, at a time when Romania was in a difficult period in its history. In this period, 1,460,000 Romanian citizens left their country. Many of them were political refugees. Many of them left for Canada.

===Post-communism=== Another wave of Romanian emigration to Canada occurred after 1989 following the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when people obtained the right to leave Romania subsequent to the fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The wave intensified after the Mineriad of 13–15 June 1990. After 1998, for the fourth time, a large number of Romanians were leaving Europe to come to Canada.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

In 2001, there were 131,830 Canadian residents who identified themselves of Romanian origin, of which 53,320 were single-origin Romanians and 78,505 were of mixed Romanian and other origins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/ETO/Table1.cfm?Lang=E&T=501&GV=1&GID=0 |title=Ethno-Cultural Portrait of Canada, Table 1 |publisher=2.statcan.ca |access-date=2011-02-28}}</ref> The largest concentrations of Romanian-Canadians are in the Greater Toronto Area (approx. 75,000) and in the Greater Montreal Area (approx. 40,000). According to the 2001 Canadian census, the number of people of Romanian mother tongue in Canada was 50,895 and 61,330 Canadians claimed to speak Romanian. The number of people born in Romania was 61,330 and 2,380 were born in Moldova.

According to the 2016 census, there were 238,050 Canadian residents who identified themselves of Romanian origin, of which 96,910 were single-origin Romanians and 141,145 were of mixed Romanian and other origins.<ref name="statcan1">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01 |title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables - Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Canada, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |publisher=2.statcan.gc.ca |date=2017-11-01 |access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref> Almost 100,000 Romanian Canadians live in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=35&SO=4D |title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables - Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |publisher=2.statcan.gc.ca |date=2017-11-01 |access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census, there were 215,885 Canadian residents declaring themselves of Romanian origin;<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E|title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country]|first=Statistics Canada|last=Government of Canada|date=9 February 2022|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|accessdate=16 March 2023}}</ref> Romanian was the mother tongue of 93,160 of Canadian residents.<ref name="auto"/> There were 86,770 Canadian residents who were born in Romania.<ref name="auto1"/>

Immigration from Romania reached a high in the early 2000s. Figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show that the annual number of new permanent residents from Romania increased from an average of over 3,700 per year in the late 1990s to an average of over 5,500 per year since 2001, peaking in 2004 at 5,658.{{cn|date=September 2024}} After 2004, the immigration from Romania constantly decreased.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

[[File:Map of North America highlighting OCA Romanian Episcopate.svg|thumb|Map of North America highlighting the OCA Romanian Episcopate]] {| class="wikitable" |+ '''Romanian immigrants to Canada''' |- !Year !Number '''of people''' |- |1995 | style="text-align:center;"|3,851 |- |1996 | style="text-align:center;"|3,670 |- |1997 | style="text-align:center;"|3,916 |- |1998 | style="text-align:center;"|2,976 |- |1999 | style="text-align:center;"|3,468 |- |2000 | style="text-align:center;"|4,431 |- |2001 | style="text-align:center;"|5,589 |- |2002 | style="text-align:center;"|5,688 |- |2003 | style="text-align:center;"|5,466 |- |2004 | style="text-align:center;"|5,658 |- |2005 | style="text-align:center;"|4,964 |- |2006 | style="text-align:center;"|4,468 |- |2007 | style="text-align:center;"|3,834 |- |2008 | style="text-align:center;"|2,836 |- |2009 | style="text-align:center;"|2,076 |- |2010 | style="text-align:center;"|1,922 |- |2011 | style="text-align:center;"|1,776 |- |2012 | style="text-align:center;"|1,588 |- |2013 | style="text-align:center;"|1,512 |- |2014 | style="text-align:center;"|1,552 |- |2015 | style="text-align:center;"|1,183 |- |2016 | style="text-align:center;"|1,361 |- |2017 | style="text-align:center;"|980 |- |2018 | style="text-align:center;"|810 |- |2019 | style="text-align:center;"|675 |}

Source: [http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/2fbb56bd-eae7-4582-af7d-a197d185fc93?_ga=2.242755906.1108734488.1509496834-2113613983.1506014416 Citizenship and Immigration Canada], 2014:,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadaimmigrants.com/immigrants-by-source-country-2014/|title=Immigration to Canada by source country 2014 - Statistics - Immigration Trends|website=canadaimmigrants.com}}</ref> 2015:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadaimmigrants.com/canada-immigration-by-source-country-2015/|title=Canada Immigration by Source Country 2015 - Statistics - Immigration Trends|website=canadaimmigrants.com}}</ref> ''Facts and Figures 2016'':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/Facts_and_Figures_2016_PR_EN.pdf |title=Facts and figures |publisher=www.cic.gc.ca |date=2016 |access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref>

==Community life and associations== {{unreferencedsect|date=September 2024}} A few parishes and non-profit organizations deal with a series of community related issues. These include the "Buna Vestire" Parish Montreal, the Romanian Association of Canada, the Federation of Romanian Associations of Canada, Women's Society, and Constantin Brancoveanu Society.

In 1914-18 was built the "Buna Vestire" Church (Annunciation Church) (Cernăuți Metropolitan seat), the oldest Romanian Orthodox Church in Montreal. Among the Buna Vestire Church priests were Jida, Glicherie Moraru (1930–1938), Constantin Juga (1938–1950), Petre Popescu (June 10, 1951 – 2003), and Nicolae Stoleru, Tofan.

In 1939, on Iberville Street, in Montreal, was built "Casa Romana", where was set up a Romanian school.

In 1957, was set up the Romanian Cultural Association of Hamilton, Ontario. Cuvântul românesc is the newspaper of the association. "The Week of the Romanians" continues the tradition of almost 40 years of the "Romanian Field Week" at Hamilton, Ontario. Through the years, the place has combined cultural tributes to Romania with anticommunist manifestations from Romanians in North America. The Romanian Field covers {{convert|40|acre|m2}} in a natural environment near Hamilton. The place features the Nae Ionescu Cultural Center, the St. Mary Chapel, sports fields, a pool, as well as a couple of bungalows and accommodation for mobile homes. The place for the St. Mary Chapel was chosen by Valerian Trifa. The Writers' Alley (Rotonda) includes busts (sculptor Nicăpetre (1936–2008) of Nae Ionescu, Vasile Posteucă, George Donev, Aron Cotruş, Vintilă Horia, Mircea Eliade and Mihai Eminescu.

Another recreational and Romanian cultural facility in Canada is the Camp at Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. Although not quite completed, the camp was blessed and opened for use by Archbishop Valerian Trifa in the summer of 1971.

On July 24, 1998, the Romanian community of Boian, Alberta celebrated its centenary. Besides religious services, there was a cultural program and demonstrations of the early life of the Romanians in Canada. The Romanian Orthodox parish in Boian has a Romanian ethnic museum housed on its premises. The museum and St. Mary Orthodox Church was proclaimed historical site by the authorities.

The Association of Romanian Writers in Canada was incorporated in 2001. The Association of Romanian Engineers in Canada was founded in 2003.

===Timeline=== *1896-1900 – A group of Romanians established themselves to the Saskatchewan, at Clifford Sifton's advice. *1898 – The first two Romanian families that migrated to Canada from the Bukovina village of Boian stopped in Alberta. They gave the settlement the name Boian, Alberta. *1939 – On Iberville Street, in Montreal, was built "Casa Romana", where was set up a Romanian school. *1952 – The Romanian Association of Canada (A.R.C.) founded in Montreal by Gheorghe Loghiade ( -1986), Gheorghe Stanciu, Petre Sultana, Miron Georgescu, Nichita Tomescu, Florin Marghescu, Ion Ţăranu (1921–2009), Alexandru Fonta (1922–2004) and Mihai Pop. The association was incorporated in 1953. *1965 – The Romanian Association of Canada launches fund raising events in order to build the Romanian Orthodox Church "Buna Vestire", situated on Cristoph Colomb Street in Montreal. *1970 – launches fund raising events to help flood victims in Romania. *1970 – Alexandru Fonta (1922–2004), Vasile Posteucă (1912–1972) and Jean Țăranu (1921–2009) donate a piece of land known today as "The Romanian Camp" in Val-David, Quebec. In 1980 in Val-David are inaugurated two Romanian landmarks, the Predeal-Trudeau Street and the Romanians Bridge. *1971 – A.R.C. launches the first Romanian Radio Show called "Ora de radio". Since 1999 the show airs with a different name, under the supervision of the Federation of Romanian Associations of Canada (F.A.R.). *1973 – A.R.C. participates at The Folk Festival in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, taking 1st place in the competition. *1974 – A.R.C. joins other Romanian community associations to form the Federation of Romanian Associations of Canada (F.A.R.). *1981 – Together with other organizations - Buna Vestire Parish, Women's Society, Constantin Brancoveanu Society, Romanian Radio Show and F.A.R. Canada - A.R.C. launches a series of fundraising events to build The Romanian Cultural Center. F.A.R. obtains a grant of $100.000 from the Quebec Government for the construction of the center. The money were given to F.A.R. in the name of the Romanian Community of Montreal and all its members. *1988 – A.R.C. creates the first Romanian TV Show called "Tele-Roumanie". *1997 – new lyrics for the Canadian song "Maple Leaf Forever" by the Romanian Canadian Vladimir Radian: "CBC Radio's Metro Morning show in Toronto ran a contest to find new lyrics for the song in 1997. The contest was won by Romanian immigrant, mathematician, and now a songwriter, actor and poet, Vladimir Radian, who moved to Canada in the 1980s. This version received its first full orchestral treatment on June 27, 1997, at a concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra." *2000 – A.R.C. resigns from F.A.R. Canada after illegal elections are held by this Association on October 5, 1999. *2001 – A.R.C. and Nova.TR (The Young Romanians Association) launch a pilot project to help new immigrants upon their arrival. The project helped about 40 families of newcomers, offering them a low cost housing for a period of two weeks. The project came to an end a year later, due to lack of funds. In 2002, A.R.C. accepts the assimilation request of Nova.TR *2001 – In March, the first issue of the Romanian newspaper Pagini Romanesti (Romanian Pages) at Montréal. The newspaper was printed after the closing of an older magazine, Luceafarul. Pagini Romanesti is still printed being today the oldest newspaper of the Romanian community in Québec. *2003 – A.R.C. celebrates 50 years of existence with a series of cultural and social events. *2003 – On June 11, 2006, a bust of Mihai Eminescu was unveiled at Saint George Church, Windsor, Ontario.

==Gallery== <gallery> Image:First Romanian Orthodox Church in North America, Regina, 1904.jpg|Romanians in front of the Romanian Orthodox Church of Regina, the first Romanian church in North America (1904) Image:Romania, Ottawa2.JPG|Embassy of Romania in Ottawa Image:St. George Church, Romanian.JPG|St. George's Romanian Orthodox Church in Toronto Image:Romania.750pix.JPG|Toronto Romanian Festival Image:Mihai Eminescu Montreal.jpg|Statue of Mihai Eminescu, Montreal Image:Musée Pointe-à-Callière.JPG|Dan Hanganu's Éperon building, Pointe-à-Callière Museum </gallery>

=== Romanian Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- |- ! Province !! Population !! Percentage !! Source |- | {{ON}}|| 98,235 || 0.7% || <ref name="2016ON">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=35&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{QC}} || 53,060 || 0.7% || <ref name="2016QC">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=24 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Quebec, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{AB}} || 34,230 || 0.9% || <ref name="2016AB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=48&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{BC}} || 31,250 || 0.7% || <ref name="2016BC">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=59&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), British Columbia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{SK}} || 12,730 || 1.2% || <ref name="2016SK">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=47&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Saskatchewan, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{MB}} || 5,835 || 0.5% || <ref name="2016MB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=46&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Manitoba, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{NS}} || 1,195 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016NS">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=12&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nova Scotia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{NB}} || 940 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016NB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=13&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), New Brunswick, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{NL}} || 185 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NL">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=10&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{PE}} || 125 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016PE">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=11&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Prince Edward Island, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{NT}} || 120 || 0.3% || <ref name="2016NT">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=61&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Northwest Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{flag|Nunavut}} || 15 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NU">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=62&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nunavut, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{YK}} || 135 || 0.4% ||<ref name="2016YK">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=60&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=Canada 2016 Census |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> |- | {{CAN}} || '''238,050 ''' || '''0.7%''' || <ref name="2016 Ethnic Origin">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01&SO=4D|title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables|date=25 October 2017 |publisher=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> |}

=== Religion === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Romanian Canadian demography by religion ! rowspan="2" |Religious group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="religion2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2023-05-10 |title= Religion by ethnic or cultural origins: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810034101 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name=R2021|Religious breakdown proportions based on "Romanian" ethnic or cultural origin response on the 2021 census.<ref name="religion2021"/>}} ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="religion2001">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2013-12-23 |title= 2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Selected Demographic and Cultural Characteristics (105), Selected Ethnic Groups (100), Age Groups (6), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census01/products/standard/themes/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=68635&PRID=0&PTYPE=55430,53293,55440,55496,71090&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2001&THEME=44&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name=R2001|Religious breakdown proportions based on "Romanian" ethnic or cultural origin response on the 2001 census.<ref name="religion2001"/>}} |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | Christianity | 137,615 | {{Percentage | 137615 | 215885 | 2 }} | 103,255 | {{Percentage | 103255 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Irreligion | 61,400 | {{Percentage | 61400 | 215885 | 2 }} | 18,495 | {{Percentage | 18495 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Judaism | 14,180 | {{Percentage | 14480 | 215885 | 2 }} | 9,240 | {{Percentage | 9240 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Islam | 600 | {{Percentage | 600 | 215885 | 2 }} | 200 | {{Percentage | 200 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Buddhism | 290 | {{Percentage | 290 | 215885 | 2 }} | 180 | {{Percentage | 180 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Hinduism | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 215885 | 2 }} | 35 | {{Percentage | 35 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Indigenous spirituality | 80 | {{Percentage | 80 | 215885 | 2 }} | 150 | {{Percentage | 150 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Sikhism | 15 | {{Percentage | 15 | 215885 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 131830 | 2 }} |- | Other | 1,315 | {{Percentage | 1315 | 215885 | 2 }} | 255 | {{Percentage | 255 | 131830 | 2 }} |- ! Total Romanian Canadian population ! 215,885 ! {{Percentage | 215885 | 215885 | 2 }} ! 131,830 ! {{Percentage | 131830 | 131830 | 2 }} |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Romanian Canadian demography by Christian sects ! rowspan="2" |Religious group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="religion2021"/>{{efn|name=R2021}} ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="religion2001"/>{{efn|name=R2001}} |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | Catholic | 28,630 | {{Percentage | 28630 | 137615 | 2 }} | 25,810 | {{Percentage | 25810 | 103255 | 2 }} |- | Orthodox | 68,150 | {{Percentage | 68150 | 137615 | 2 }} | 40,490 | {{Percentage | 40990 | 103255 | 2 }} |- | Protestant | 24,205 | {{Percentage | 24205 | 137615 | 2 }} | 31,930 | {{Percentage | 31930 | 103255 | 2 }} |- | Other Christian | 16,630 | {{Percentage | 16630 | 137615 | 2 }} | 4,525 | {{Percentage | 4525 | 103255 | 2 }} |- ! Total Romanian Canadian Christian population ! 137,615 ! {{Percentage | 137615 | 137615 | 2 }} ! 103,255 ! {{Percentage | 103255 | 103255 | 2 }} |}

==List of notable Romanian Canadians== References for the descent and/or birthplace of each individual can be found in their respective articles.

=== Academia === * Tudor Bompa – professor emeritus at York University in Toronto * Mihai Ioan Botez – professor of neurology at University of Montreal * Aurel Braun – professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto * Florin Diacu – mathematician at University of Victoria * Lila Kari – professor of computer science and of biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario * Lavinia Stan – professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University * Mircea Steriade – professor of neuroscience at Université Laval in Quebec * Lucian Turcescu – professor of theology at Concordia University * Ela Veresiu – assistant professor of marketing at York University's Schulich School of Business

=== Architecture === * Dan Hanganu (received the Order of Canada)

=== Art === * Lilian Broca – visual artist * Sorel Etrog – sculptor (received the Order of Canada) * Betty Goodwin – sculptor and painter * Gilles Mihalcean – sculptor * Joe Rosenthal – sculptor

=== Business === * Murray Koffler – founder of Shoppers Drug Mart * Murray Pezim (1920–1998) – former owner of BC Lions * Calin Rovinescu – former president and CEO of Air Canada * Michel Vulpe – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of i4i

=== Fashion === * Steven Cojocaru – fashion critic * Irina Lazareanu – model

=== Film and television === * Neil Grayston – actor * Paul Kligman – actor * Tatiana Maslany – actress * Ann Pirvu – actress * Kayla Rivera – actress and singer * Elysia Rotaru – actress and voice artist * Maïla Valentir – actress

=== Journalism === * Normand Lester * David Oancia * Lawrence Solomon

=== Literature === * Oana Avasilichioaei – poet * Irving Layton – poet * Nina Munteanu – novelist * Kenneth Radu – novelist

=== Music === * Maya Badian – composer * Paul Bley – pianist (received the Order of Canada) * Serban Ghenea – audio engineer and mixer * Teo Gheorghiu – pianist * Simina Grigoriu – DJ and producer * Corey Hart – singer * Lisa Patterson – multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer * Ester Peony – singer and songwriter, Eurovision Song Contest 2019 participant * Nestor Pistor – singer and comedian

=== Politics === * Corneliu Chisu – former MP for Pickering-Scarborough East * Gary Filmon – former premier of Manitoba * David Iftody – former MP for Provencher * George Mihalcheon – provincial politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Ion Păscăluță – former member of Sfatul Țării, who emigrated to Canada during the Communist rule in Romania<ref>{{cite web | title=Ion Păscăluță – un fiu uitat al Basarabiei române. Cum i-a sfidat partizanul ,,autonomismului basarabean" pe comuniștii din România și RSS Moldovenească. O viață cât un veac de luptă pentru dreptatea istorică | date=14 September 2022 | url=https://www.podul.ro/articol/18861/ion-psclu-un-fiu-uitat-al-basarabiei-romane-cum-i-a-sfidat-partizanul-autonomismului-basarabean-pe-comunitii-din-romania-i-rss-moldoveneasc-o-via-cat-un-veac-de-lupt-pentru-dreptatea-istoric }}</ref> * Magda Popeanu – current councillor for the City of Montreal * William Yurko – former MLA, former MP for Edmonton East

=== Sports === * Bianca Andreescu – tennis player * Ben Bassarab – wrestler * Lucian Bute – boxer * Alex Comsia – soccer player * Theo Corbeanu – soccer player * Aurora Cotop – figure skater * Ion Croitoru – wrestler * Adrian Diaconu – boxer * Leonard Doroftei – boxer; lightweight world champion * Mathew Dumba – ice hockey player * Andrei Dumitru – soccer player * Ecaterina Guica – judoka * Ionuţ Dan Ion – boxer * Carmen Ionesco – discus thrower and shot putter * Joffrey Lupul – ice hockey player * Petre Mândru – soccer coach * Alex Mateas – Canadian football player * Dylan Moscovitch – pair skater * Ana Padurariu – artistic gymnast * Silviu Petrescu – soccer referee * Horatio Pintea – table tennis player * Erik Pop – soccer player * Marina Radu – water polo player * Roy Radu – rugby union player * Robert Rositoiu – soccer coach * Chris Serban – soccer player * Daniel Stanese – soccer player * Yannick Tifu – ice hockey player * Waldo Von Erich – wrestler

=== Other === * Alexandra Botez – chess player and Twitch.tv streamer * Andrea Botez – chess player and Twitch.tv streamer * Roberto Dutesco – photographer and filmmaker * Kripparrian – Twitch.tv streamer; YouTube content creator * Daniel Negreanu – professional poker player * Jerry S.T. Pitzul – judge advocate general for the Canadian Forces * Catherine Pogonat – radio and television host * Doina Precup – computer scientist * Razvan Preotu – chess player * Alec Sehon – immunologist * Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen – educator and geologist * Jacob Viner – economist * Matei Zaharia – computer scientist

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} *William Rodney. "The Canadian-Romanian Credit 1919," ''Canadian Historical Review'' LXIV, 2 (June, 1983). pp. 276–289. *G. James Patterson. "Romanians," ''The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples''. P.R. Magosci, Ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. *Rodica Albu. "Expressions of Romanian Identity in Quebec," ''Regards sur le Quebec''. D. Nica, C. Petras, Eds. Iasi: Editura Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 2009. *{{cite book|last=Bujea|first=Eleanor|title=Romanians in Canada |publisher=The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America|year=2009|isbn=978-192-9200-14-6}} {{refend}}

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