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Filipinos
come from the Philippines with an Archipelago of 7,107 islands.
There are currently over 100 Ethnic Groups in the Philippines, with
over 500 dialects, 78 major languages and 2 National Languages,
Tagalog and English.
We are
notably the largest English Speaking Ethnic Group in
Canada!
Filipino
Canadians are Canadian citizens or immigrants who are of Filipino
ancestry and can trace their roots back to the Philippines. They
are typically of South-East Asian Malay descent, with various
admixtures of Negrito, Chinese, Indian, Arab, Polynesian
bloodlines, with Spanish and other European Heritage. Filipinos
have also been greatly influenced by American cultural patterns for
almost a century.
The
earliest Filipinos that immigrated to Canada were in the late
1960's. These immigrants were mostly single women who primarily
worked as nurses, medical doctors, technologists, and secretaries.
In the late 1970s and '80s, the gender imbalance substantially
decreased, as family reunification became a priority of the
Canadian Immigration policy.
The Top 3
Immigrant Classes that Filipinos go through are: Skilled Worker
Class, Family Class and Live-In Caregiver Program, according
to Immigration Trends 2006 Multiculturalism and Immigration
Branch.
77,000 Filipinos immigrated in Canada between the period of 2001 -
2006. 55,760 immigrated between the period of 1981 - 1990 and
another 122,015 Filipinos between 1991 - 2001 (That's 66,545
between 1991 - 1995 and 55,470 between 1996 -
2001).
Filipinos
were one of the youngest visible minorities with about 71% of their
adult population are aged 15 - 44. There are 308,575 Filipinos in
Canada (Statistics Canada 2001 Census). Of that 68,795 (22%) are
between 0 - 14 years of age, 44,485 (14%) are between 15 - 24 years
of age, 108,895 (35%) are between 25 - 44 years of age, 68,110
(22%) are between 45 - 64 years of age, 10,745 (3.5%) are between
65 - 74 and 7, 545 (2.4%) are 75 years old or over.
Filipinos are known to be well educated and industrious. In fact,
according to Statistics Canada, Filipinos are one of the visible
minorities most likely to hold a university degree and least likely
not to have completed high school than other adults in Canada.
Filipinos have been statistically proven more likely to be involved
in the labour force than other visible minorities in Canada.
Filipinos are also known to hold certain moral values, and give
high respect to their cultures and traditions. They are celebrated
to be a very family oriented, friendly, hospitable, religous,
adaptable, loyal, and diligent kind of people.
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