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The Colombian community in Canada.

In the 2021 Census, 100,555 people reported Colombian origin, alone or with other origins. Montréal had the largest number (26,125). 80,570 immigrants were born in Colombia, 11,455 of them arriving from 2016 to 2021.

Data 2021 CensusNext update Census 2026 (from Feb. 2027)

People of Colombian origin by metropolitan area

Circle area shows the number of people. Select a circle for the city profile.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population; Statistics Canada, 2021 Census boundary files (simplified).

Top 15 metropolitan areas

Metropolitan areaPeopleShare of residents
Montréal26,1250.6%
Toronto20,9750.3%
Calgary6,7400.5%
Vancouver5,5250.2%
London4,4250.8%
Québec4,4200.5%
Ottawa - Gatineau4,2500.3%
Edmonton3,1950.2%
Hamilton3,1450.4%
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo2,3050.4%
St. Catharines - Niagara1,8350.4%
Sherbrooke1,4000.6%
Winnipeg1,0000.1%
Trois-Rivières9050.6%
Victoria7150.2%

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population.

By province and territory

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population.

Related languages spoken most often at home

Canada. Not everyone who speaks these languages reports this origin.

LanguagePeople
Spanish317,365

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population.

About this data. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Counts are randomly rounded to multiples of 5 or 10 and very small areas are suppressed by Statistics Canada; we show those as “not available”. Ethnic or cultural origin allows several answers per person, so shares add up to more than 100%. Origin and language data describe ancestry and language use; they are not a measure of who is Canadian. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.