Filipino Canadian
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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 Chinese, Spanish, Negrito, Arab, Indian, and Polynesian bloodlines.
Canada only had a small population of Filipinos until the late 20th century. To date, there are currently between 300,000 to 350,000 Filipino Canadians and immigrants in Canada, most of them living in cities. This number is growing yearly due to Canada's more liberal immigration laws to compensate for their low population growth. Filipino-Canadians are the third largest Asian-Canadian group in the nation after the Chinese and Indian communities.
The Filipino-Canadian constituency has been unexpectedly overtaken by the Filipino population enumerated in Italy. Neighboring country, the United States, has a Filipino community that is fifteen times larger even with its more rigid and strict immigration policies. Henceforth, Canada receives an average of 10,000 Filipino nationals, making them the third-largest immigrant group in the second largest landmassed nation of the world.
Notable Filipino Canadians
Politicians
- Cris Aglugub - Manitoba NDP MLA, the Maples 1999-now
- Gene Lara - Community Activist
- Rey Pagtakhan - First Filipino-Canadian Member of Parliament (1988-2004), First Filipino-Canadian Cabinet Minister (2001-2004)
- Conrad Santos - First Filipino Canadian elected in Canada in 1981 (to the Manitoba Legislature), and First Filipino Canadian to run for the leadership of A political party (Manitoba NDP, 1989)
- Mike Pagtakhan - Winnipeg City Councillor, Point-Douglas Ward (2002-present)
Entertainers
- Emm Gryner - Singer-songwriter of mixed Filipino ancestry
- Hazel Lorraine - Actress and model who appeared in several movies and Canadian TV shows.
- Cassie Steele - Actress on
- Lexa Doig - Actress on Stargate SG-1
- Earl Pereira - Wide Mouth Mason bassist
- Philip Guerrero - Known as "PJ Phil" on YTV's The Zone as a host in the mid-1990's
- Carlos Bustamente - Known plainly as "Carlos" on YTV's The Zone as one of the current hosts.
- Ma-Anne Dionisio - Theatre actress, best known for her role as Kim in the Canadian Premiere production of Miss Saigon and as Eponine in the US National Tour of Les Miserables
- Mikey Bustos - Canadian Idol finalist, singer
- Leilene Ondrade - Actress/Model
Journalists
- Hazel Mae - former Rogers Sportsnet anchor
- Pauline Chan - Anchor CFTO Toronto news
- Marivel Taruc - Anchor CBC News Morning
- Rosalinda Natividad-Cantiveros - Long time resident of Winnipeg and Editor-in-Chief of the [Filipino Journal] - Winnipeg's longest running Filipino-ethnic newspaper.
Business
- Ron Cantiveros - Filipino-Canadian Young Entrepreneur (Media & Telecommunications)
Other
- Dr. Romulo Magsino - Former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Now a Dean Emeritus.
- Virginia Guiang - Long-time community volunteer, inducted to the Order of Manitoba in 2004, current Executive Director - [Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba].
External links
- [History of Filipino Canadians]
- [Filipino Canadian Newspaper in Manitoba]
- [Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba]
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