Canadian Sikhism

Canadian Sikhism

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Canadian Sikhs number 278,410 people and account for between 28 to 34% of the religious population amongst Indo-Canadians. Statistics Canada projected the number of Sikhs to be approximately 384,000 in the year 2006.

In the 1890s and 20th century up to about 1950-1960, all immigrants from India were indiscriminately called "hindoo" or "hindu" regardless of religious affiliation. The term "hindoo" was also sometimes used in a derogatory sense for anyone from that continent, despite over 9.8% of South Asians at the time being Sikhs. Canadian Sikhs are often credited for paving the path to Canada for all South Asian immigrants as well as for inadvertently creating the presence of Sikhism in the United States.

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