Ethiopian Canadians are a hyphenated ethnicity of Canadians who are of full or partial Ethiopian national origin, heritage and/or ancestry, Canadian citizens of Ethiopian descent, or an Ethiopia-born person who resides in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 44,065 people reported Ethiopian ancestry.

Ethiopians began to immigrate to Canada in small numbers following new immigration regulations in 1962, which allowed skilled immigrants into the country regardless of ethnicity or country of origin.^[2] However, significant immigration did not occur until the mid-1980s.^[3]

According to the 2011 Canadian Census, approximately 30,810 people reported Ethiopian ancestry.^[4] This number increased to 44,065 by 2016. In addition, a number of people reported other Ethiopian ethnicity: 1,530 people had Amhara ancestry, 660 had Harari ancestry, 3,350 had Oromo ancestry. A further 2,155 reported Tigrayan ancestry, although some of these might be Eritrean.^[1] Canada’s censuses list four major ethnic identities considered to be Ethiopian ethnic groups: Amhara, Harari, Oromo, and Tigrayan.^[5] These numbers cannot be added to people reporting Ethiopian ancestry as this may lead to double counting. Of the people reporting Ethiopian ancestry, 32,790 were Canadian residents born in Ethiopia and 7,510 were recent immigrants.^[6]

The following table lists Canadian provinces by Ethiopian population.

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Rank	State	Population (2016)[1]
1	Ontario	22,560
2	Alberta	13,225
3	Manitoba	2,900
4	British Columbia	2,550
5	Quebec	1,575
6	Saskatchewan	675
7	Nova Scotia	280
8	New Brunswick	180
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	70
10	Nunavut	30
11	Northwest Territories	20
12	Prince Edward Island	15
13	Yukon	10

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• Demographics of Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Americans
• Canada–Ethiopia relations