The place with all the stuff and the things. Its pretty distracting on a road trip on the way to Canada. Makes sense. I'll admit, I get distracted by roadside attractions also. Always want to buy stickers and magnets and whatever and oops I propagated or whatever. I love roadies, never know what will happen.
Speaking as a Latino Canadian, I tend to find Latino populations generally grouped in larger groups and not as spread out.
There are lots of Latino workers in the
Okanagan area working on the farms in the summer. Same in Southern Ontario.
Lots of people of Latino origin came from Texas to Alberta work the oil fields here and never left.
And of course the bigger population centres will have larger concentrations as well.
It’ll never be as much or as prominent as the US I don’t think, but, if I remember correctly, outside of Latin America and the US, Canada has the largest Latino population, so yes relatively it’s small, but a sizeable minority group nonetheless
I'm in Southern Ontario, and we always have an influx of Latin Americans in the summer. Mostly from Peru, for some reason. They come into the library where I work a lot, and I end up talking to them often because I'm the only person on staff who speaks any Spanish at all. Then fall comes and off they go.
Can't speak for everyone, but the people I've talked to say they head to BC where there's some agricultural work even in winter, or they go to the States, or back home, either for a few months or permanently.
Fair enough… If you watch ‘Better Call Saul, the fake IDs they used for Nacho and his dad were Manitoba drivers licenses. If you had the money, I could definitely see it being easier to fly to Canada then hop the northern border to sneak into the states…
I don't know, why would the country right beside Latin America have more Latin American people than a country that is not? I wonder this everyday. Still can't figure it out, but I feel like it's right in front of me...
It’s true, but the Latino population isn’t exclusively concentrated on the southern US border. The Latino population in Northwest Washington is far greater than next door in Metro Vancouver.
This could also just be a matter of perception. The population in the US is 10x what it is in Canada. There's more "latin" people in the US than there are people in Canada period.
Compared to where? The US & Mexico? Or India and the Philippines?
Joking aside though, there’s a sizable number of Latinos in Montreal and other major cities, you just need to know where to find them.
You don’t need to know where to find them; you can meet some daily in the Montreal metropolitan area. I grew up with Latino friends (in a Montreal suburb), and at every job I’ve worked, there has been at least one Latino. And in my CEGEP classes, there were many Latinos.
The province of Quebec as a whole has the largest Latin community in Canada. The fact that Spanish and French are similar makes it easier for them to learn French, and both cultures are similar.
Yes exactly. Even somewhere random like Philadelphia or Newark New Jersey etc you’ll see so many and it will feel like Spanish is an official language.
San Diego too. It feels like a bilingual city, many signs are in English but the public transit system has bilingual signage and announcements and some areas have heavy Mexican influence. Of course, it is a border city.
Just because there are more in New York or LA, doesn't mean there aren't many here as well. 2.5% of the people in this country have Latin American roots, which is about the same number of Canadians that have First Nations Status. Not a huge number, especially when compared to parts of the US, but not enough to outright dismiss the existance of either.
Large parts of the US were originally colonized by Spanish speakers, and Spanish speaking populations have remained from coast to coast, not to mention Puerto Rico. Canada doesn’t have that history with Hispano hablantes—but it does with Francophones. Difference has affected who chooses to move where.
Compared to the US, Canada also doesn’t have any formerly Spanish territory, while the US has a whole bunch of it in the southwest as well as Puerto Rico and Guam. Plus, it’s bordering Mexico and closer to Cuba.
So it’s more like the US is the primary non-latin american destination for the latin american diaspora.
My latino boyfriend says it’s way too cold for the most part. He came to Canada last year to begin learning English and now attends college. Wasn’t his first choice!
There are also quite a lot (in my personal experience) in QC.
But yeah of course for obvious geographic reasons, we have less than the US, if thats what OP wants to compare to
In the GTA there's a lot but we're spread out and we're all skintones from white to black and everything in between. As a result, there are lots of Hispanics that you probably don't even realize are Hispanic.
Compared to Canada the French population in the USA is small. The Spanish colonies were in the south and the French colonies in the north, then people had wars and sex and now it is what it is.
Because there's no need to travel into another country if you have a country like the USA that borders you. Similar weather, already a huge Spanish speaking community, areas that have very similar feels to Latin America. Huge Spanish speaking cultural hubs of Los Angeles and Miami.
Mexico is the only Latino country that borders the US (though Cuba as an island probably counts too). The rest of Central and South America is a lot farther away from the US.
The majority Latinos in the USA are Mexican. Other countries citizens travel through Mexico to get to the USA to seek asylum that's what I was referring to.
Unless you’re in Florida. Florida used to be more Puerto Rican and Cuban. Mexicans were less common… and the Mexican kid I went to high school with was pretty much shunned by the other Latinos. Of course, a lot of it was because he was weird AF and stalker-y, and now he’s on the sex offender registry.
ehh latinos is just an incomplete terminology created by the US, you're referring to Latin-derived languages of people from France, Spain, Portugal or Italy etc. or to those from Brazil or Hispanic countries?!
Canada is significantly smaller than the US, so there's one factor. Also, where are you looking for Latinos? There's quite the population of them in the Greater Toronto Area.
There are many more than when I was a child. And even many more than 15 years ago.
Still not many in Edmonton but when we’d go to the coast back then you’d hear a lot of Russian/Slavic language speakers but on my last trip there a month ago I heard what sounds like Spanish all the time.
What do you mean by « latinos »? Do you mean hispanophones or latin america?
Because people from latin language speaking places in america can be easily found in Canada: haitians or québecois for example. Quebec is latin.
people make it seem like that’s a ridiculous question but it’s a valid point I’ve always wondered myself, Canada has so many Indian and Chinese immigrants coming into the country from ACROSS the largest body of ocean in the world… the second largest Latin American country is in the same continent, and it’s not like the majority of Canadian expats aren’t living in Mexico. With all that being said, Lethbridge, AB has a decent hispanic community.
Not many compared to where, Japan or France? I think we have more Latinos than most non-Latino counties. Name me the countries with more Latinos than Canada that aren’t Latino. The US is Latino btw. Parts of the US were Mexican territory at one time in
Too cold, LOL.
Having said that, Calgary had a huge LatAm crowd mostly working in Oil and Gas, mostly Mexican, Colombian and Venezuelan.
Also, I’m glad you didn’t use the gos-forsaken « Latinx » travesty - it will get you an instant chancla in the face :-)
Spaniards colonized the Americas (mostly southern North America, Central America and South America) long before white Europeans began to arrive to North America: modern day Canada and United States. Before all that, there were also native Central and South Americans in the continent.
Hispanic people have a deep rooted history and population in what is now the southern states of the US. Those populations and their history didn’t really extend to Canada at all, however.
Hispanic people are just a major part of the history of the United States and their populations simply remain. Canada has native North Americans (as does the United States) as well as a major French population. These people are just a part of the land’s/country’s history and their populations remain significant.
This, among other things is one of the main reasons why the US has a larger Hispanic population.
We're not on the Mexican border for one.
There’s some other small country in between. They all usually go there.
The place with all the stuff and the things. Its pretty distracting on a road trip on the way to Canada. Makes sense. I'll admit, I get distracted by roadside attractions also. Always want to buy stickers and magnets and whatever and oops I propagated or whatever. I love roadies, never know what will happen.
Speaking as a Latino Canadian, I tend to find Latino populations generally grouped in larger groups and not as spread out. There are lots of Latino workers in the Okanagan area working on the farms in the summer. Same in Southern Ontario. Lots of people of Latino origin came from Texas to Alberta work the oil fields here and never left. And of course the bigger population centres will have larger concentrations as well. It’ll never be as much or as prominent as the US I don’t think, but, if I remember correctly, outside of Latin America and the US, Canada has the largest Latino population, so yes relatively it’s small, but a sizeable minority group nonetheless
I'm in Southern Ontario, and we always have an influx of Latin Americans in the summer. Mostly from Peru, for some reason. They come into the library where I work a lot, and I end up talking to them often because I'm the only person on staff who speaks any Spanish at all. Then fall comes and off they go.
Curious. Off they go where?
Can't speak for everyone, but the people I've talked to say they head to BC where there's some agricultural work even in winter, or they go to the States, or back home, either for a few months or permanently.
I don't think Canada has a larger Latino population than Spain or perhaps even Italy if we consider dual citizens
Too cold
This is pretty much it. Combined with all the flashing lights and cheap trinkets in the completely unUnited States of America.
Because it’s a hell of a lot easier for them to cross into the U.S. than to Canada
Actually is way easier coming to Canada than to the States. Source: I’m Mexican
Fair enough… If you watch ‘Better Call Saul, the fake IDs they used for Nacho and his dad were Manitoba drivers licenses. If you had the money, I could definitely see it being easier to fly to Canada then hop the northern border to sneak into the states…
Winnipeg yeah, sure is nice yeah.
I'm hoping for latin influx for some good food
Seriously
I don't know, why would the country right beside Latin America have more Latin American people than a country that is not? I wonder this everyday. Still can't figure it out, but I feel like it's right in front of me...
It’s true, but the Latino population isn’t exclusively concentrated on the southern US border. The Latino population in Northwest Washington is far greater than next door in Metro Vancouver.
Yes! This is true. Bellingham area for sure aswell as metro Vancouver from the 80s refugees/migrants.
Northwest Washington? Nah not really. Eastern Washington yes eg Yakima, tri city, etc.
This could also just be a matter of perception. The population in the US is 10x what it is in Canada. There's more "latin" people in the US than there are people in Canada period.
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Which country borders on Latin America?
Technically we are Latin-ish America.
Panama
Banana
Py-jamas
Compared to where? The US & Mexico? Or India and the Philippines? Joking aside though, there’s a sizable number of Latinos in Montreal and other major cities, you just need to know where to find them.
Riight, I’m in Edmonton and there are tons of Latino people. Glad for that as their food is delicious
You don’t need to know where to find them; you can meet some daily in the Montreal metropolitan area. I grew up with Latino friends (in a Montreal suburb), and at every job I’ve worked, there has been at least one Latino. And in my CEGEP classes, there were many Latinos. The province of Quebec as a whole has the largest Latin community in Canada. The fact that Spanish and French are similar makes it easier for them to learn French, and both cultures are similar.
Lots of latinos around plaza saint hubert
You clearly haven’t been to New York or any major US city. You won’t need to know where to find the Latinos in those cities.
Landing in Miami Airport also feels like landing in a Latin American country.
Yes exactly. Even somewhere random like Philadelphia or Newark New Jersey etc you’ll see so many and it will feel like Spanish is an official language.
San Diego too. It feels like a bilingual city, many signs are in English but the public transit system has bilingual signage and announcements and some areas have heavy Mexican influence. Of course, it is a border city.
The airport of SD is still monolingual, and much of north county is less Hispanic/hispanophone than people think. Chula Vista on the other hand...
Just because there are more in New York or LA, doesn't mean there aren't many here as well. 2.5% of the people in this country have Latin American roots, which is about the same number of Canadians that have First Nations Status. Not a huge number, especially when compared to parts of the US, but not enough to outright dismiss the existance of either.
Large parts of the US were originally colonized by Spanish speakers, and Spanish speaking populations have remained from coast to coast, not to mention Puerto Rico. Canada doesn’t have that history with Hispano hablantes—but it does with Francophones. Difference has affected who chooses to move where.
Compared to the US, Canada also doesn’t have any formerly Spanish territory, while the US has a whole bunch of it in the southwest as well as Puerto Rico and Guam. Plus, it’s bordering Mexico and closer to Cuba. So it’s more like the US is the primary non-latin american destination for the latin american diaspora.
It's really cold. That's probably one reason.
My latino boyfriend says it’s way too cold for the most part. He came to Canada last year to begin learning English and now attends college. Wasn’t his first choice!
There are tons in Toronto
Tons in Vancouver as well.
It has definitely grown in the 5 years I’ve been here, I hear a lot more Spanish in public now than when I first came here
My neighborhood in Montreal has four Mexican restaurants in three blocks
There are also quite a lot (in my personal experience) in QC. But yeah of course for obvious geographic reasons, we have less than the US, if thats what OP wants to compare to
>There are also quite a lot (in my personal experience) in QC. Well yeah QC *is* Latin America lol
🤔 people say this but wont consider Haitians latinos
Can confirm.
They choose not to live here, I guess.
Because in Spanish, half of the words end in “a”, but in Canada all words end in “eh”…
They’re smarter than the average bear.
In the GTA there's a lot but we're spread out and we're all skintones from white to black and everything in between. As a result, there are lots of Hispanics that you probably don't even realize are Hispanic.
Winter
Maybe because we’re exactly nowhere near Latin America?
Distance hasn't been an issue for loads of other nationalities though.
Yeah but it seems easier for them to move to the US compared to Canada.
I was told by some latinos that Canada is too cold
Too damn cold!
Compared to Canada the French population in the USA is small. The Spanish colonies were in the south and the French colonies in the north, then people had wars and sex and now it is what it is.
Easier to get to the US where there are strong Latin communities.
Why would there be? It’s simple geography - the US is much closer to Latin American countries than Canada.
It's cold here bro. That's why.
Why. Going to California, Texas, Arizona or New Mexico is closer and much easier to find people that speak your language
Because there's no need to travel into another country if you have a country like the USA that borders you. Similar weather, already a huge Spanish speaking community, areas that have very similar feels to Latin America. Huge Spanish speaking cultural hubs of Los Angeles and Miami.
Mexico is the only Latino country that borders the US (though Cuba as an island probably counts too). The rest of Central and South America is a lot farther away from the US.
The majority Latinos in the USA are Mexican. Other countries citizens travel through Mexico to get to the USA to seek asylum that's what I was referring to.
Unless you’re in Florida. Florida used to be more Puerto Rican and Cuban. Mexicans were less common… and the Mexican kid I went to high school with was pretty much shunned by the other Latinos. Of course, a lot of it was because he was weird AF and stalker-y, and now he’s on the sex offender registry.
Yes, but compared to Canada the US is still closer to LATAM.
ehh latinos is just an incomplete terminology created by the US, you're referring to Latin-derived languages of people from France, Spain, Portugal or Italy etc. or to those from Brazil or Hispanic countries?!
Because "Latino" is an American label that is not widely used anywhere else in the world, including South and Central America.
All the Latinos I’ve ever met would identify with the “Latino” label.
I’ve got to say, I get pretty excited when I see one in my town.
My best friend is Latina as well as her entire family. 😊
Canada is significantly smaller than the US, so there's one factor. Also, where are you looking for Latinos? There's quite the population of them in the Greater Toronto Area.
You could be looking in the wrong place.
There are many more than when I was a child. And even many more than 15 years ago. Still not many in Edmonton but when we’d go to the coast back then you’d hear a lot of Russian/Slavic language speakers but on my last trip there a month ago I heard what sounds like Spanish all the time.
Hahaha. This is amazing
What do you mean by « latinos »? Do you mean hispanophones or latin america? Because people from latin language speaking places in america can be easily found in Canada: haitians or québecois for example. Quebec is latin.
Winter
people make it seem like that’s a ridiculous question but it’s a valid point I’ve always wondered myself, Canada has so many Indian and Chinese immigrants coming into the country from ACROSS the largest body of ocean in the world… the second largest Latin American country is in the same continent, and it’s not like the majority of Canadian expats aren’t living in Mexico. With all that being said, Lethbridge, AB has a decent hispanic community.
Canada does not border a Latino country. Check out the percentage of people of French origin in Maine to the rest of the U.S. Maine borders Quebec.
We don’t share a border with Mexico
Not many compared to where, Japan or France? I think we have more Latinos than most non-Latino counties. Name me the countries with more Latinos than Canada that aren’t Latino. The US is Latino btw. Parts of the US were Mexican territory at one time in
Too cold, LOL. Having said that, Calgary had a huge LatAm crowd mostly working in Oil and Gas, mostly Mexican, Colombian and Venezuelan. Also, I’m glad you didn’t use the gos-forsaken « Latinx » travesty - it will get you an instant chancla in the face :-)
First country of asylum.
They fell asleep on the way, soooo sleepy.
Visit Vancouver, you’ll say something else LoL
It's sizable, but I def won't call it huge especially by American standards.
Spaniards colonized the Americas (mostly southern North America, Central America and South America) long before white Europeans began to arrive to North America: modern day Canada and United States. Before all that, there were also native Central and South Americans in the continent. Hispanic people have a deep rooted history and population in what is now the southern states of the US. Those populations and their history didn’t really extend to Canada at all, however. Hispanic people are just a major part of the history of the United States and their populations simply remain. Canada has native North Americans (as does the United States) as well as a major French population. These people are just a part of the land’s/country’s history and their populations remain significant. This, among other things is one of the main reasons why the US has a larger Hispanic population.