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Croatian Canadians

March 01, 2023

Croatian Canadians are Canadian citizens who are of Croatian descent. The community exists in major cities including the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Windsor, Montreal and Waterloo Region.

Croatian Canadians
Hrvati u Kanadi or Hrvatski Kanađani
Total population
200,000 (2020)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Waterloo Region
Languages
Canadian English, Canadian French, Croatian
Religion
Majority Christian
Related ethnic groups
Croatian Americans, European Canadians, Yugoslav Canadians

Popular events celebrated in the Croatian-Canadian community include the Canadian-Croatian Folklore Festival (held in eastern and western Canada) and the Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

Demographics

There were approximately 114,880 Canadians of Croatian ethnic origin as reported in the 2011 Census compiled by Statistics Canada,[2] rising to 133,965 by the 2016 Census.[1] Although predominantly found in Ontario, Croatian Canadians are present in most major Canadian cities throughout the country. The ten largest Croatian communities are found in the following cities:[3]

The town with the largest percentage of people of Croatian ethnic origin is Kenaston, Saskatchewan - 17.5% of its 285 inhabitants claim Croatian ethnic origin. Statistics Canada also designates Census Metropolitan Areas in the collection of its data. The ten Census Metropolitan Areas with the highest concentration of Croatian Canadians are:[3]

Religious affiliation

Most Croatian Canadians are Roman Catholic who follow the Latin Rite of their ancestors in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is in line with the population in Croatia, which is also majority Catholic. A very small minority of Croatians are Byzantine Rite Roman Catholics. There is also a very small community of Croats who follow Islam, the descendants of those who converted after the 16th century, after the conquest of much of Croatia by the Ottomans. Communities of Protestants have historically been negligible in Croatia.

Catholicism

In Canada, the first ethnic Croatian parish was established in Windsor in 1950. Soon, parishes were established in Toronto (1951), Hamilton (1958), Vancouver (1967), Winnipeg (1968). Today there are ethnic Croatian parishes and missions in seventeen cities in Canada. One of the most prominent Croatian Catholic parishes is the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Norval, Ontario. The establishment of the parish began in 1976 when community members, under the guidance of the Franciscan Friars, gathered for one evening to discuss the necessity and logistics of creating a place of gathering and cultural and faith building and preservation for the large Croatian immigrant population. In May 1977, 160 acres of property were purchased by the organizing committee with the specific dedication to Croatian Catholics.[4] In the Norval Croatian Centre, as is in many other Croatian Catholic parishes, brochures, books, CDs and other forms of Croatian media are offered.

The Croatian Catholic youth in particular have started and taken part in many faith developments of their own. The Croatian Catholic Youth Group (CCY) is a faith-based group that comes together by schedule to discuss Catholic subjects and strengthen their religious belief.[5] In addition, Mladifest is an annual event started in 2013 by the Queen of Peace Parish and has each year attracted hundreds of young Catholic Croatian to further explore the intersection of their faith and culture. As the event continued to develop over the years, the rotation of it between host parishes started, with the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Mladifest being in Norval, 2016 in Sacred Heart, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2017 in Immaculate Heart of Mary, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2018 in Croatian Martys Church, Mississauga, Ontario, and 2019 in Saint Nicholas Tavelic, Montreal, Quebec.[6] It is an event funded by each parishes' members donations and contributions to bake sales, banquets and other events held to amass funds.

Other Christian

While an overwhelming percentage of Croatians in Canada remain Roman Catholic, there are non-Catholic populations, including Protestants (most of whom have been in Canada for more than one generation) and Eastern Orthodox (the majority of whom are of mixed ethnic background).[citation needed]

Islam

Previously unorganized Croats of the Muslim faith, with the arrival of eminent physician Asaf Duraković[7] founded the Croatian Islamic Centre[8] on June 23, 1973 in Etobicoke (75 Birmingham Street, Etobicoke, ON M8V 2C3),[9] helped by the Croatian Catholic community.[7][10] An old Catholic school was bought for 75,000 CAD and readjusted into masjid. Since the old building was in bad condition, a new mosque was built on the site of the old one in 1983.[7]

Today, given changing political affiliations and political pressures from 1990's, and influx of non-Croat option of Bosnian Muslims, the center is now known as the Bosnian Islamic Centre. Despite that, today 4 out of 64 Canadian mosques have the attribute "Croatian".[9] In Croatian Islamic Centre the children are taught the Croatian and Arabic languages, but there also Croatian Islamic newspapers, books, brochures, etc.[10][11][12] Croatian Islamic Center called on Muslim governments, organisations, and individuals to press the Yugoslav regime, to end the persecution of Islam and to grant genuin equality of Muslims in Yugoslavia. The director of Centre Kerim Reis wanted that Belgrade releases the Muslim prisoners of conscience and to end to restrictions on the building of mosques.[13] During Yugoslavia, this group often spoke accused Tito's Yugoslavia for practising discrimination both Muslim and Catholic Croats.[14]

Notable Croatian Canadians

Businesspeople

Politicians

Scientists

  • Asaf Durakovic - physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium; poet

Arts and entertainment

Athletes

Political activists

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables - Immigrant status and period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (Total), Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Povijest Župe - Our History".
  5. ^ . www.croatiancatholicyouth.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06.
  6. ^ "Mladifest".
  7. ^ a b c Poskok.info Fikret Artuković: Toronto slavi 35 godina hrvatske džamije (picture)
  8. ^ Salatomatic - Croatian Islamic Centre
  9. ^ a b [Toronto: 'Croatian' mosque celbrates 35th anniversary!] (in Croatian). BH raja.ca. June 24, 2008. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012.
  10. ^ a b Vinko Grubisic: Croatians in Toronto, From: Polyphony Vol.6, 1984 pp. 88-91 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Google Books Massacre of Croatians in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Sandžak, Croatian Islamic Centre (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1978
  12. ^ Mushtak Parker: Muslims in Yugoslavia: The quest for justice, Croatian Islamic Center, 1986, ASIN: B0006EVF9U
  13. ^ Google Books The Light, Vol. 20-21, Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania, 1986
  14. ^ Google Books Paul R. Magocsi,Multicultural History Society of Ontario: Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples

External links

  • Statistics Canada

March 01, 2023
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Croatian Canadians are Canadian citizens who are of Croatian descent The community exists in major cities including the Greater Toronto Area Hamilton Ottawa Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg Windsor Montreal and Waterloo Region Croatian CanadiansHrvati u Kanadi or Hrvatski KanađaniTotal population200 000 2020 1 Regions with significant populationsToronto Vancouver Windsor Montreal Calgary Edmonton Hamilton Winnipeg Ottawa Waterloo RegionLanguagesCanadian English Canadian French CroatianReligionMajority ChristianRelated ethnic groupsCroatian Americans European Canadians Yugoslav CanadiansPopular events celebrated in the Croatian Canadian community include the Canadian Croatian Folklore Festival held in eastern and western Canada and the Croatian North American Soccer Tournament Contents 1 Demographics 2 Religious affiliation 2 1 Catholicism 2 2 Other Christian 2 3 Islam 3 Notable Croatian Canadians 3 1 Businesspeople 3 2 Politicians 3 3 Scientists 3 4 Arts and entertainment 3 5 Athletes 3 6 Political activists 3 7 Other 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDemographics EditThere were approximately 114 880 Canadians of Croatian ethnic origin as reported in the 2011 Census compiled by Statistics Canada 2 rising to 133 965 by the 2016 Census 1 Although predominantly found in Ontario Croatian Canadians are present in most major Canadian cities throughout the country The ten largest Croatian communities are found in the following cities 3 Toronto Ontario 13 670 Hamilton Ontario 10 110 Mississauga Ontario 9 935 Calgary 5 575 Edmonton 4 175 Oakville 4 045 Vancouver 3 890 Ottawa 3 540 Burnaby 3 225 Kitchener 3 000The town with the largest percentage of people of Croatian ethnic origin is Kenaston Saskatchewan 17 5 of its 285 inhabitants claim Croatian ethnic origin Statistics Canada also designates Census Metropolitan Areas in the collection of its data The ten Census Metropolitan Areas with the highest concentration of Croatian Canadians are 3 Toronto CMA 37 460 Vancouver CMA 15 670 Hamilton CMA 13 655 Calgary CMA 6 265 Edmonton CMA 5 265 Montreal CMA 5 230 Kitchener Cambridge Waterloo CMA 4 920 Ottawa CMA 4 135 Windsor CMA 3 925 Niagara CMA 3 225Religious affiliation EditMost Croatian Canadians are Roman Catholic who follow the Latin Rite of their ancestors in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina This is in line with the population in Croatia which is also majority Catholic A very small minority of Croatians are Byzantine Rite Roman Catholics There is also a very small community of Croats who follow Islam the descendants of those who converted after the 16th century after the conquest of much of Croatia by the Ottomans Communities of Protestants have historically been negligible in Croatia Catholicism Edit In Canada the first ethnic Croatian parish was established in Windsor in 1950 Soon parishes were established in Toronto 1951 Hamilton 1958 Vancouver 1967 Winnipeg 1968 Today there are ethnic Croatian parishes and missions in seventeen cities in Canada One of the most prominent Croatian Catholic parishes is the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Norval Ontario The establishment of the parish began in 1976 when community members under the guidance of the Franciscan Friars gathered for one evening to discuss the necessity and logistics of creating a place of gathering and cultural and faith building and preservation for the large Croatian immigrant population In May 1977 160 acres of property were purchased by the organizing committee with the specific dedication to Croatian Catholics 4 In the Norval Croatian Centre as is in many other Croatian Catholic parishes brochures books CDs and other forms of Croatian media are offered The Croatian Catholic youth in particular have started and taken part in many faith developments of their own The Croatian Catholic Youth Group CCY is a faith based group that comes together by schedule to discuss Catholic subjects and strengthen their religious belief 5 In addition Mladifest is an annual event started in 2013 by the Queen of Peace Parish and has each year attracted hundreds of young Catholic Croatian to further explore the intersection of their faith and culture As the event continued to develop over the years the rotation of it between host parishes started with the 2013 2014 and 2015 Mladifest being in Norval 2016 in Sacred Heart Milwaukee Wisconsin 2017 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Vancouver British Columbia 2018 in Croatian Martys Church Mississauga Ontario and 2019 in Saint Nicholas Tavelic Montreal Quebec 6 It is an event funded by each parishes members donations and contributions to bake sales banquets and other events held to amass funds Other Christian Edit While an overwhelming percentage of Croatians in Canada remain Roman Catholic there are non Catholic populations including Protestants most of whom have been in Canada for more than one generation and Eastern Orthodox the majority of whom are of mixed ethnic background citation needed Islam Edit Previously unorganized Croats of the Muslim faith with the arrival of eminent physician Asaf Durakovic 7 founded the Croatian Islamic Centre 8 on June 23 1973 in Etobicoke 75 Birmingham Street Etobicoke ON M8V 2C3 9 helped by the Croatian Catholic community 7 10 An old Catholic school was bought for 75 000 CAD and readjusted into masjid Since the old building was in bad condition a new mosque was built on the site of the old one in 1983 7 Today given changing political affiliations and political pressures from 1990 s and influx of non Croat option of Bosnian Muslims the center is now known as the Bosnian Islamic Centre Despite that today 4 out of 64 Canadian mosques have the attribute Croatian 9 In Croatian Islamic Centre the children are taught the Croatian and Arabic languages but there also Croatian Islamic newspapers books brochures etc 10 11 12 Croatian Islamic Center called on Muslim governments organisations and individuals to press the Yugoslav regime to end the persecution of Islam and to grant genuin equality of Muslims in Yugoslavia The director of Centre Kerim Reis wanted that Belgrade releases the Muslim prisoners of conscience and to end to restrictions on the building of mosques 13 During Yugoslavia this group often spoke accused Tito s Yugoslavia for practising discrimination both Muslim and Catholic Croats 14 Notable Croatian Canadians EditBusinesspeople Edit Robert Herjavec CEO of the Herjavec Group one Canada s most prominent technology companies Tihomir Oreskovic 11th Prime Minister of CroatiaPoliticians Edit Eve Adams Liberal MP Missisauga Brampton South born Eve Horvat to Hungarian Croat parents Bob Bratina former Mayor of Hamilton 2010 2014 Liberal MP Hamilton East Stoney Creek 2015 present Jan Brown former Reform Independent MP Calgary Southeast 1993 1997 Allan Kerpan Saskatchewan Party MLA Carrot River Valley 2003 present former Reform MP Moose Jaw Lake Centre 1993 2000 Janko Peric former Liberal MP Cambridge 1993 2004 Peter Sekulic former Alta Liberal MLA Edmonton Manning 1993 1997 Roseanne Skoke former Liberal MP Central Nova 1993 1997 John Sola former Liberal MPP 1987 1995 Dave Stupich former NDP MP Nanaimo Cowichan 1988 1993 former B C NDP MLA 1963 1969 1972 1988 Ruza Tomasic police officer and politician Member of the European Parliament Berry Vrbanovic mayor of Kitchener 2014 present Kitchener City Councillor 1994 2014 Liberal Party candidate for Kitchener Centre in the 1999 Ontario Election Lynne Yelich Canadian Alliance Conservative MP Blackstrap 2000 2015Scientists Edit Asaf Durakovic physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium poetArts and entertainment Edit Michael Buble singer Steve Bacic actor Frank Cvitanovich documentary filmmaker Ivan Hrvatska singer Alicia Josipovic actor Stana Katic actor Josip Novakovich writer Daniella Pavicic singer and songwriter Teresa Toten writerAthletes Edit Nikola Andrijevic soccer player Sandra Bezic figure skater Val Bezic figure skater Zeljko Bilecki soccer player Joseph Cattarinich hockey player George Chuvalo boxer Nick Dasovic soccer player Great Antonio strength athlete Tony Hrkac hockey player Dejan Jakovic soccer player Ante Jazic soccer player Dan Kordic hockey player John Kordic hockey player Frank Mahovlich hockey player Peter Mahovlich hockey player Tony Mandarich NFL player Phil Oreskovic hockey player Matt Pavelich hockey player George Pesut hockey player Brian Sakic hockey player Joe Sakic hockey player Cory Sarich hockey player Paul Spoljaric baseball player Marc Edouard Vlasic hockey player Bo Horvat hockey playerPolitical activists Edit Madeline Ann Aksich Gojko SusakOther Edit Mato Dukovac World War II fighter ace Zvonko Vranesic Master of Chess George Stan Stasiak Stipich professional wrestlerSee also Edit Canada portal Croatia portalCroats List of CroatsReferences Edit a b Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables statcan gc ca 25 October 2017 Statistics Canada 8 May 2013 2011 National Household Survey Data tables Retrieved 14 February 2014 a b Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables Immigrant status and period of immigration 2016 counts both sexes age Total Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations 2016 Census 25 Sample data 25 October 2017 Povijest Zupe Our History CROATIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH HOME www croatiancatholicyouth com Archived from the original on 2016 01 06 Mladifest a b c Poskok info Fikret Artukovic Toronto slavi 35 godina hrvatske dzamije picture Salatomatic Croatian Islamic Centre a b Toronto Hrvatska dzamija slavi 35 godina postojanja Toronto Croatian mosque celbrates 35th anniversary in Croatian BH raja ca June 24 2008 Archived from the original on April 22 2012 a b Vinko Grubisic Croatians in Toronto From Polyphony Vol 6 1984 pp 88 91 Archived 2011 07 06 at the Wayback Machine Google Books Massacre of Croatians in Bosnia Hercegovina and Sandzak Croatian Islamic Centre Toronto Ontario Canada 1978 Mushtak Parker Muslims in Yugoslavia The quest for justice Croatian Islamic Center 1986 ASIN B0006EVF9U Google Books The Light Vol 20 21 Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania 1986 Google Books Paul R Magocsi Multicultural History Society of Ontario Encyclopedia of Canada s peoplesExternal links EditHistory of Croatian Canadians Statistics Canada Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Croatian Canadians amp oldid 1127746169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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