List_of_ethnic_interest_groups_in_Canada

List of ethnic interest groups in Canada

List of ethnic interest groups in Canada

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This is a list of ethnic interest groups in Canada, often engaged in diaspora politics.

These are advocacy groups in Canada that are established along cultural, ethnic, religious, or racial lines by an ethnic group for the purposes of protecting and advancing the interests of their particular social group either within Canada or abroad—as in the case of foreign policy interest group—through (directly or indirectly) influencing Canadian foreign policy.[1]

This list is organized according to the ethnic divisions used by Statistics Canada.

African

Southern and East African

  • Ugandan Canadian National Association

Asian

East and Southeast Asian

South Asian

West Central Asian and Middle Eastern

Caribbean

  • National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in Canada
  • National Council of Barbadian Associations in Canada
  • National Council of Trinidad and Tobago Organizations in Canada
  • Jamaican Canadian Association

European

Central European

Eastern European

Ukrainian

Northern European

  • Federation of Danish Associations in Canada

Southern European

  • Canadian Hispanic Congress
  • Canadian Hellenic Congress
  • Cypriot Federation of Canada
  • National Congress of Italian Canadians
  • Portuguese Canadian National Congress
  • Serbian National Shield Society of Canada
  • Slovenian National Federation of Canada
  • United Macedonians Organizations of Canada

Indigenous

First Nations

Inuit

Métis

Jewish

Québécois

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ambrosio, Thomas (2002). Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-97533-9.
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