Indian Canadians
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Indian Canadians are Canadians who have ancestry from India. The term East Indian is sometimes used to avoid confusion with Indigenous groups. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of So
Punjabi Sikhs in Vancouver, 1908
Indians at CPR station in Vancouver, c. 1914
Kitsilano Sikh temple, c. 1910
Komagata Maru Incident, Vancouver, 1914
Asian Canadians
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Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry from Asia. Canadians with Asian ancestry comprise both the largest and fastest-growing group in Canada, after European
Indian Canadians
…to avoid confusion with Indigenous groups. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. As of the 2021 census, Indians are one of the largest non-European ethnic groups in the country and form one of the fastest growing national origins…
Chinese labourers working on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1884
South Asians at a lumber camp in British Columbia, circa 1914
Damage after the September 1907 anti-Asian riot in Vancouver