Portuguese Canadians

Portuguese Canadians (Portuguese: luso-canadianos) are Canadian citizens of full or partial Portuguese heritage or people who migrated from Portugal and reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census, there were 482,610 or 1.4% of Canadians claimed full or partial Portuguese ancestry, an increase compared to 410,850 in 2006 (1.3% of the nation's total population). Most Portuguese Canadians live in Ontario - 282,865 (69%), followed by Quebec 57,445 (14%) and British Columbia 34,660 (8%).^[3]

Portuguese Canadians
Luso-canadianos
Canadiens portugais

Total population
482,610 (by ancestry, 2016 Census)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Bradford, Ontario Brampton, Ontario 27,000 Calgary, Alberta:  10,315 Cambridge, Ontario:  10,685 Edmonton, Alberta Halifax, Nova Scotia Hamilton, Ontario:  14,11 Davenport, Toronto Harrow, Ontario Kingston, Ontario Kitchener, Ontario:  17,220 Laval, Quebec London, Ontario:  10,525 Mississauga, Ontario:  31,795 Montreal, Quebec:  46,535 New Westminster, British Columbia Oshawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario:  9,910 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Strathroy, Ontario Toronto, Ontario:  171,545 Calgary, Alberta: 10,000 Vancouver, British Columbia  20,335 Victoria, British Columbia Waterloo, Ontario^[2]
Languages
Predominantly Canadian English, Quebec French and Portuguese and/or its dialects
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic

History of the Portuguese in Canada

• First contacts during the Age of Discovery (Possibly 1473^[4]-1526^[5])

Portugal played a pioneering role in the explorations of the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries.^[6] In the 15th century, Prince Henry of Portugal, better known as Henry the Navigator, established a school of navigation in Sagres, in the Algarve region of Portugal. From this school emerged explorers who found their way to the Indies, South America, North America and Africa, including the Portuguese João Fernandes Lavrador, who was the first explorer of Labrador, and Gaspar Corte-Real, who was also one of the earliest European explorers of Canada. Corte-Real explored the northeast coast of "Terra Nova", naming Conception Bay, Portugal Cove, and Labrador, named after Fernandes Lavrador. Recent historiography suggests Corte Real May have reached Canadian coasts in 1473, before Columbus officially "discovered" America.^[4] It is nonetheless worth noting that historical evidence from the early Age of Discovery is lacking.

Around 1521, João Álvares Fagundes was granted donatary rights to the inner islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and also created a settlement on Cape Breton Island to serve as a base for cod fishing. In 1524 the cartographer Estêvão Gomes traveled along the coasts of northeastern North America. During his journey, he possibly reached the Cabot Strait and Cape Breton, in the present-day Nova Scotia.^[7]

Pressure from natives and competing European fisheries prevented a permanent establishment and was abandoned five years later. Several attempts to establish settlements in Newfoundland over the next half-century also failed.^[5]

• XVI-XIX centuries

In the early 1600s Mathieu Da Costa was probably the first black person setting foot in modern-day Canadian territory.^[8][9]

In 1705, the Portuguese Pedro da Silva became the first post courier in the French territory of North America, New France. He settled in the Canadian part of the territory.

In addition, Esther Brandeau, of Sephardic descent is notable in the history of the Jews in Canada as the first Jew to set foot in the country, travelling from France to New France.^[10][11] Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews also contributed founding the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada, establishing Montréal synagogue in 1778.^[12]

• XX century : large scale emigration

During the 1950s, a large number of immigrants from the Azores and Madeira, fleeing political conflict with the regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, moved into the downtown core of Canada's major cities such as the area of Portugal Village in Toronto, Ontario and further west along Dundas Street to Brockton Village. The stretch of Dundas Street passing through Brockton Village is also known as "Rua Açores". Many other Portuguese have immigrated to Montreal since the 1960s. As well, Portuguese emigrants settled in areas of British Columbia from the mid 1950s onwards, including Vancouver and Kitimat where they worked in the lumber and smelting industries, and the Okanagan Valley in the interior of the province, where many became orchard farmers. From the 1970s, increasing numbers of Brazilians moved into the Portugal Village, Toronto.

Recently, a number of Canadians of Goan heritage have opted to pursue Portuguese citizenship they are entitled to through their heritage as a result of Goa being an overseas province of Portugal until 1961, thus adding to the Portuguese Canadian population in Canada.

Demographics

The Toronto suburbs of Brampton and Mississauga contain large Portuguese communities. Most Portuguese families in Brampton live along Main Street, with concentrations in Downtown Brampton, Peel Village, Main St & Vodden as well as the Edenbrook Hill Drive corridor. Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese Church is located in Brampton.

Montreal has the second most populous number of Portuguese immigrants with an estimated 47,000. Most started immigrating in the 1960s and settled in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal mainly around Saint Laurent Boulevard and Rachel Street. Many Portuguese stores and restaurants are located in Little Portugal.

 

St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario also has a solid Portuguese community concentrated in the downtown core around Barton and James Street and nearby the St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. This area in Hamilton is known as "Jamesville" and is shared with a neighbouring Italian population. London, Ontario's significant Portuguese community^[13] is concentrated in the east end and south end of the city, with Portuguese restaurants and shops situated on Hamilton Road.

The Portuguese in British Columbia

The first recorded Portuguese individual to immigrate to British Columbia was "Portuguese Joe" Silvie, from Pico Island.^[14] He arrived in BC around 1858 via California, after years in the American whaling industry. He married Khaltinaht a daughter of Grand Chief Kiapilano, and their daughter was the first child born in Vancouver of European origin, Elizabeth Walker (née Silvey). They lived in a cabin built in what is now Stanley Park and he ran Vancouver's second saloon, and was a fisherman as well. However his wife died in 1871, and in years later married a shíshálh woman named Kwaham Kwatleematt (Lucy). They later moved to Reid Island where their family grew to 10 children. Portuguese Joe died in 1902, and has approximately 500 descendant. A statue in his memory now stands in Stanley Park, meters away from the totem pole display.

British Columbia has around 35 000 Portuguese-Canadians, concentrated in the Lower Mainland (Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Burnaby, Delta, Coquitlam) with around 20 000 Portuguese Canadians. Other centres for Portuguese immigrants and their descendants are Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Victoria, and the Okanagan region where many are fruit farmers. Many are of Azorean heritage.

In Vancouver there is a Portuguese Catholic Church, Portuguese Canadian Senior's Society, Portuguese Brotherhood of the Divine Holy Spirit with members originally from Flores Island, Azores and São Miguel Island, Tradition of Terceira (Tradição da Terceira), Friends of Pico (Amigos do Pico), and several folk dance groups, including. Cruz de Cristo (regions of Mainland Portugal), Pico, Sao Miguel Island and Madeira.

Portuguese Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016)

Province	Population	Percentage	Source
Ontario	324,930	2.4%	^[15]
Quebec	69,805	0.9%	^[16]
British Columbia	41,765	0.9%	^[17]
Alberta	22,385	0.6%	^[18]
Manitoba	14,540	1.1%	^[19]
Nova Scotia	3,580	0.4%	^[20]
Saskatchewan	1,885	0.2%	^[21]
New Brunswick	1,785	0.2%	^[22]
Newfoundland and Labrador	1,215	0.2%	^[23]
Prince Edward Island	330	0.2%	^[24]
Northwest Territories	205	0.5%	^[25]
Nunavut	120	0.3%	^[26]
Yukon	70	0.2%	^[27]
Canada	482,610	1.4%	^[1]

Cultural Impact

• 2003 Celebrations

The Portuguese Canadian community chose 2003 as the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their officially sponsored immigration to Canada. The Honourable David Collenette, Minister of Transport and Minister Responsible for Canada Post, said that "the Portuguese Canadian community is a vibrant group that enriches the Canadian mosaic with its history, language, culture and work ethic." He added that Canada Post was proud to be issuing a stamp honouring Portuguese Canadians during the month of June, when cultural celebrations honouring the life of 16th-century poet Luís de Camões, considered Portugal's greatest poet, were taking place in many communities across the country.

• Portuguese language

In addition, the Portuguese brought with them their language.^[28] Despite the geographical distance between the two countries,^[29] interest^[30] towards the language^[31] remains vivid and has recently experienced a renewed interest.^[32][33]

According to recent statistics, more than 330,000 Canadians can speak Portuguese, accounting to approximately 1% of the country's population.^[34] Portuguese language is amongst the most notable cultural contributions Portuguese have brought to Canada, contributing to the enrichment and adding to the diversity of the country.^[35]

• Holy Spirit Societies (Irmandades do Divino Espirito Santo)

As Azoreans came to Canada from 1953 into the 1970s, numerous Holy Spirit Societies, reminiscent of the spiritual celebration of the Holy Spirit and cultural tradition present in each village in the Azores Islands, were set up by individuals from the community coming together. They participate in the International Conference of the Festivals of the Holy Spirit, which united Azorean communities around the world yearly.

Notable Portuguese Canadians

Athletes and Sportspeople

• Fernando Aguiar, soccer player
• Kevin Alves, figure skater
• Stephen Ames, professional golfer
• Justin Azevedo, ice hockey player
• Tristan Borges, soccer player
• Mike Benevides, head coach of the BC Lions
• Meaghan Benfeito, Olympic team diver
• Johnathan Cabral, hurdler
• António Carvalho, mixed martial artist
• Dylan DeMelo, ice hockey player
• Zachary Claman DeMelo, IndyCar driver
• Drew Doughty, ice hockey player, Los Angeles Kings
• Marc Dos Santos, head coach, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
• Stephen Eustáquio, soccer player
• Ben Ferreira, retired figure skater
• Ricardo Ferreira, soccer player
• Daniel Fernandes, soccer player
• Marcus Godinho, soccer player
• Julia Grosso, soccer player
• Adam Henrique, ice hockey player, New Jersey Devils
• Kequyen Lam, cross country skiing
• Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, hurdler
• Steve Martins, retired ice hockey player for the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Jason Medeiros, football player
• Zackary Medeiros, football player
• Tony Menezes, retired professional soccer player
• Matthew Nogueira, soccer player
• Pedro Pacheco, soccer player
• Mike Ribeiro, ice hockey player, Nashville Predators
• Evan Rodrigues, ice hockey player, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Alex Silva, professional wrestler
• John Tavares, ice hockey player drafted first overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders
• John Tavares, retired lacrosse player
• Emanuel Viveiros, retired ice hockey player, Minnesota North Stars
• Matthew Sarmento, field hockey player, Canada
• Steven Vitória, soccer player

Film and television

• Luisa D'Oliveira, actress, The 100
• Priscilla Faia, actress, Rookie Blue
• Louis Ferreira, actor, Bad Blood, The Man in the High Castle
• Katie Findlay, actress, Man Seeking Woman, The Killing
• P. J. Marcellino, film director, film producer, journalist
• Ramona Milano, actress, Due South, Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Jon Paul Piques, internet celebrity
• Percy Rodriguez, actor, Peyton Place, Heavy Metal
• Jess Salgueiro, actress, Tiny Pretty Things, Jupiter's Legacy^[36]
• Luis Sequeira, costume designer

Historical Figures

• Marie-Joseph Angélique, slave, convicted of starting the Montreal fire of 1734
• Mathieu da Costa, translator for Samuel de Champlain, first free Black person to come to Canada^[37]
• Pedro da Silva, first post courier in New France^[38]

Literature

• Paulo da Costa, poet and short story writer
• Anthony de Sá, novelist and short story writer^[39]
• Erika de Vasconcelos, novelist

Music

• Keshia Chanté, singer, songwriter, and actress^[40][41]
• Pedro Costa, singer-songwriter
• Shawn Desman, pop singer and dancer
• John Estacio, contemporary opera composer
• Danny Fernandes, pop and R&B singer
• Melanie Fiona, pop and R&B singer^[42]
• Nelly Furtado, singer, songwriter, and actress^[43]
• Anthony Gomes, blues and blues-rock guitarist and singer^[44]
• Tobias Jesso Jr., singer-songwriter
• Ashley Leitão, contestant, Canadian Idol, member, Braided
• Brian Melo, winner of Canadian Idol, season five^[45][46][47]
• Shawn Mendes, singer and songwriter
• Nico Paulo, singer-songwriter
• Armando Santiago, composer and conductor
• Lucas Silveira, singer/guitarist, The Cliks
• Matthew Tavares, guitarist, keyboardist and record producer (BadBadNotGood)

Politics and Government

• Horacio Arruda, National Director of Public Health for Quebec^[48][49]
• Ana Bailão, Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 18) Davenport
• Paul Ferreira, former MPP for York South—Weston^[50]
• Peter Fonseca, MP for Mississauga East—Cooksville^[51]
• Carlos Leitão, MNA for Robert-Baldwin
• Belinda Karahalios, MPP for Cambridge^[52]
• Keith Martin, physician and former MP for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca^[53]
• Cristina Martins, former MPP for Davenport
• Alexandra Mendès, MP for Brossard—Saint-Lambert
• John Rodriguez, former Mayor of Sudbury and MP for Nickel Belt
• Mario Silva, former MP for Davenport^[54]
• Charles Sousa, former MPP for Mississauga South

Other

• Emanuel Jaques, victim of a high profile murder^[55]

Organizations

Some Portuguese-Canadians adopt the name "Luso-Canadians" for their local social and business clubs, in reference to Lusitania, the ancient name associated with Portugal under the Roman Empire (and nowadays used in the Portuguese language as a synonym for "Portuguese". The attendance growth of organizations indicate the growth in small business and universities throughout the community. They have also established a Portuguese-language TV channel serving the community.^[56] The sense of community is strong^[57][58] and the Portuguese have established many cultural societies in Canadian soil^[59][60]

Leading as a national voice, one can find the "Congresso", the Luso-Canadiano National Congress.^[61]

Club associations

• Alliance of Portuguese Clubs & Associations of Ontario (ACAPO)^[62]
• Portuguese Cultural Centre of BC, formally Vancouver Portuguese Seniors Society, located in Burnaby, BC.^[63]

Clubs

• First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Centre^[64]
• Associação Cultural do Minho de Toronto (ACMT)^[65]
• Canadian Madeira Club - Toronto, Ontario^[66]
• Northern Portugal Cultural Centre - Oshawa, Ontario^[67]
• Banda do Sagrado Coração de Jesus - Toronto, Ontario
• Portuguese Cultural Centre of British Columbia^[63]
• Portuguese Cultural Centre of Mississauga^[68]
• Northern Portugal Cultural Centre, Oshawa^[69]
• Luso-Can Tuna ^[70]

Portuguese-Canadian Religious organizations

• Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese Parish, Vancouver, BC
• Irmandade Portuguesa do Divino Espirito Santo Cultural Society of BC, founded in 1968 in New Westminster by Azorean immigrants.

Sports

• The Portuguese Canadian Golfers Association - Toronto, Ontario^[71]

Portuguese-Canadian business groups

• Federation of Portuguese-Canadian Business and Professionals^[72]

Portuguese-Canadian educational groups

• University of Toronto Portuguese Association (UTPA)^[73]
• York University Portuguese Association (YUPA)^[74]

Portuguese-Canadian ethnic cultural parks

• Madeira Park - Georgina, Ontario^[75]

Portuguese publications

• Luso Life – Quarterly lifestyle magazine published in Toronto.^[76]
• Milénio Stadium– Weekly Portuguese newspaper published in Toronto^[77]
• Portugal News – news from Portugal, in English and Portuguese^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Canada–Portugal relations
• European Canadians
• List of Portuguese people
• Little Portugal, Toronto
• Little Portugal, Montreal
• Portuguese Americans
  • List of Portuguese Americans
• Portuguese British
  • List of Portuguese Britons
• Portuguese colonization of the Americas
• Cape Verdean Canadians

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Further reading

• Teixeira, Carlos; Da Rosa, Victor M. P. (2009), The Portuguese in Canada: diasporic challenges and adjustment, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-9833-7.

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