Latin American Canadians

The majority of Latin American Canadians are recent immigrants who arrived in the late 20th century from Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Peru with smaller communities from Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, and elsewhere, with nearly all Latin American countries represented. Reasons for immigrating include Canada's better economic opportunities and politics or civil war and political repression in their native countries, as in the case of Chileans escaping from Augusto Pinochet's rule, Salvadorans fleeing from the Salvadoran Civil War, Peruvians escaping from the Internal conflict in Peru, Dominicans opposed to the regimes of Rafael Trujillo and Joaquin Balaguer, Mexicans escaping from the Mexican drug war, and Colombians from the violence in their country. ==Demographics==

As of the 2021 Canadian Census, the largest Latin American communities are in the census metropolitan areas of Toronto (396,459; 3.5%), Montreal (287,856; 3.2%), Vancouver (151,500; 2.0%), Calgary (134,395; 2.3%), Edmonton (121,960; 1.6%), Ottawa (90,620; 1.4%), and Hamilton (30,605; 1.9%).National average: 1.6% Alberta • Brooks () • Calgary () • Edmonton () • Red Deer () • Lethbridge () British Columbia As of 2021 Census reports; the Latin American community increased in the late 2010s and early 2020s in BC, especially in New Westminster and Vancouver proper: • New Westminster () • Vancouver () • Burnaby () • Coquitlam () • Greater Vancouver A () • Port Moody () Manitoba • Brandon () Ontario • Leamington () • Abitibi () • Bradford West Gwillimbury () • Toronto () • Kitchener () • London () • Grand Valley () • Pic River () • Vaughan () • Milton () • Innisfil () • Mississauga () • Newbury () • St. Catharines () • New Tecumseth () • Brampton () • Hamilton () • Oakville () • Barrie () • Waterloo () • Burlington () • Cambridge () • Caledon () Quebec • Sainte-Justine () • Brossard () • Courcelles-Saint-Évariste () • Longueuil () • Montréal () • Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans () • La Guadeloupe () • Saint-Didace () • Saint-René () • Dorval () • Lyster () • Laval () • Candiac () • Saint-Constant () • Plessisville () • Châteauguay () • Grand-Saint-Esprit () • Saint-Hyacinthe () • Saint-Lambert () • Montréal-Est () • Delson () • Vaudreuil-Dorion () • Sainte-Catherine () • Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce () • Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur () • Très-Saint-Sacrement () • L'Île-Perrot () • Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière () • Hampstead () • Deux-Montagnes () • Boucherville () • La Prairie () • Bois-des-Filion () • Repentigny () • Terrebonne () • Pointe-Claire () • Saint-Amable () • Charlemagne () • Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly () • Sherbrooke () • Saint-Rémi () • Gatineau () • Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia () • Boisbriand () • Rosemère () • Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu () • Marieville () • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue () • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac () • Beaconsfield () • Saint-Basile-le-Grand () • Noyan () • Ham-Nord () • Louiseville () • Blainville () • Dollard-des-Ormeaux () • Joliette () • Mont-Royal () • Lorraine () • Les Cèdres () • Montréal-Ouest () • Léry () • Saint-Polycarpe () • Mascouche () • Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville () • Saint-Philippe () • Saint-Isidore () ==List of notable Latin American Canadians==

Music • Eva Avila, pop singer and 2006 Canadian Idol winner • Boogat, rapper • Fito Blanko, tropical/urban singer-songwriter, born in Panama • Camila, member of American girl group, Vcha • Patricia Cano, singer • Marco Castillo, singer-songwriter • Ramon Chicharron, singer-songwriter • José Miguel Contreras, rock musician and lead vocalist of By Divine Right • Criollo, hip-hop group • Beto Cuevas, rock musician and former lead vocalist of La Ley • Eliana Cuevas, singer-songwriter • Lhasa de Sela, folk musician • Carlos del Junco, harmonica player, member of the Cuban del Junco family • Quique Escamilla, Mexican-born musician • Carole Facal, rock musician • Alberto Guerrero, music composer and pianist, born in Chile • DJ Kemo, producer and DJ for hip-hop group Rascalz • Tom Landa, Mexican-born folk-rock musician • Oscar Lopez, flamenco musician, born in Chile • Lindi Ortega, singer-songwriter • John Paul Ospina, singer • Lido Pimienta, singer-songwriter • Adonis Puentes, singer-songwriter • Alexis Puentes, musician known by the stage name Alex Cuba • Quilla, singer-songwriter • Jessie Reyez, singer-songwriter • Alejandra Ribera, singer-songwriter • Smiley, rapper • Isabella Lovestory, singer-songwriter Writers • Rodrigo Bascuñán, author and journalist, born in Chile • Caroline Dawson, born in Chile • Nicholas Dawson, born in Chile • Gloria Escomel, writer and journalist born in Uruguay • Gabriela Etcheverry, poet and novelist, born in Chile • José Latour, novelist, born in Cuba. • José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer and photographer born in Panama. • Silvia Moreno-Garcia, novelist, born in Mexico. Diplomacy / International Relations • Pierre Alarie, of Mexican Descent; former Canadian Ambassador to Mexico; former Vice president, business development and sales at the Canadian Commercial Corporation Entertainment • Amanda Arcuri, actress • David Alvarez, actor • Daniela Bobadilla, actress born in Mexico • Ariane Castellanos, actress • Joana Ceddia, YouTube Personality, born in Brazil • Martha Chaves, stand-up comedian • Juan Chioran, stage actor, born in Argentina • Nick Cordero, stage actor, Costa Rican descent • Nelson Coronado, actor • Laysla De Oliveira, actress • Humberly González, actress • Ona Grauer, television and film actress, born in Mexico • Marito Lopez, actor and stand-up comedian, born in El Salvador • Luisana Lopilato, actress, born in Argentina (dual citizen) • Lisette Morelos, telenovela actress • Michael Mando, film and television actor (of Mexican descent). • Flora Martínez, actress, part-Colombian descent • Emilia McCarthy, actress (of Mexican descent). • Mariló Núñez, theatre director, dramaturge, playwright, scholar (born in Chile) • Emma Rabbe, television and film actress • Klea Scott, television and film actress, born in Panama • Tasya Teles, actress Photography • Bruce Chun, cinematographer, born in Mexico • German Gutierrez, cinematographer and documentary filmmaker • Federico Hidalgo, filmmaker and film professor. • Pedro Ruiz, documentary filmmaker • Gabriela Osio Vanden, documentary filmmaker and cinematographer • Adrian Villagomez, music video director Politics • Paulina Ayala, former MP for Honoré-Mercier (New Democratic Party), born in Chile • Estefania Cortes-Vargas, Canadian politician, elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Strathcona-Sherwood Park, born in Colombia • Joseph Facal, former minister in Quebec (Parti Québécois), born in Uruguay • Miguel Figueroa, leader and President of the Communist Party of Canada • Andrés Fontecilla, leader of Québec solidaire, born in Chile • Rosa Galvez, Senator, born in Peru • Rod Loyola, Canadian politician, elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie, born in Chile • Soraya Martinez Ferrada, mayor of Montreal, born in Chile • Sergio Marchi, former MP (Liberal Party of Canada), born in Argentina • Ricardo Miranda, Canadian politician, elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Cross, born in Nicaragua • Osvaldo Nunez, former MP (Bloc Québécois), born in Chile • Cesar Palacio, first Latino person elected to the Toronto City Council, born in Ecuador • Saul Polo, MNA in Quebec, born in Colombia • Pablo Rodríguez, MP for Honoré-Mercier (Liberal Party of Canada), born in Argentina. Science and technology • Ivar Mendez, MD surgeon, Professor and Chairman of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan, born in Bolivia • Manuel Buchwald, geneticist and academic, born in Peru • Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, electronic artist, born in Mexico. Sport Visual Art • Gustavo Chams, visual artist ==See also==