Canadian Mexicans
{{Short description|Mexican citizens of Canadian descent}}
{{Expand Spanish|Inmigración canadiense en México|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Canadian Mexicans
canadiense-mexicanos
| image = Totem Canadiense DSC 0441 (33954720623).jpg
| image_caption = The tótem canadiense of Chapultepec
| population = 18,294 Canadian nationals residing in Mexico (2020){{cite web|title=International Migration Database|url=http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MIG|publisher=OECD|access-date=21 January 2021|quote=Country of birth/nationality: Canada, Variable: Stock of foreign population by nationality|archive-date=11 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611031759/http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MIG|url-status=live}}
Unknown number of Mexicans of Canadian descent
| regions = Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, Ajijic, Chapala, Toluca, Valle de Bravo, Malinalco, Ixtapan de la Sal, Morelia, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Mérida, Huatulco, Puerto Escondido, rural areas of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas
| langs = Mexican Spanish{{·}}Canadian English{{·}}Canadian French
| rels = Roman Catholicism{{·}}Protestantism{{·}}Others
| related = other Canadian diasporas
}}
Canadian Mexicans are Mexican citizens with Canadian ancestry or immigrants from Canada.
An important Canadian-descended group is the Plautdietsch-speaking "Russian" Mennonites and their descendants, who emigrated from Canada to Mexico starting in 1922.
History
=Early immigration=
Individuals born in what is now Canada have been present in Mexico since the early republic. For example, the Quebec-born Michel Branamour Menard was a settler in Mexican Texas and became a Mexican citizen.
In 1851, French Canadian doctor Jean Auguste Clouthier settled in Sinaloa. He is an ancestor of the Clouthier political family.{{cite web |last1=López López |first1=Maria de Jesús |title=empresarios, empresas y agricultura comercial en el valle de culiacán |url=https://editorial.uas.edu.mx/img/LibrosElectronicos/EMPRESARIOS_AGRICULTURA.pdf |access-date=9 December 2024}}
An important Canadian immigrant was engineer Carlos Henry Bosdet, who set up the first telephone line in Mexico in 1878.{{cite web |title=Rinden homenaje a introductor de teléfono en México |url=https://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/531403.rinden-homenaje-a-introductor-de-telefono-en-mexico.html |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223120125/https://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/531403.rinden-homenaje-a-introductor-de-telefono-en-mexico.html |url-status=live }}
Canadian immigrants were first tabulated in the 1900 census. A total of 140 individuals, 102 men and 38 women, were counted.{{cite web|title=Estadísticas Históricas de México|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/historicas10/Tema1_Poblacion.pdf|publisher=National Institute of Statistics and Geography|access-date=23 December 2021|pages=83|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201212345/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/historicas10/Tema1_Poblacion.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016}}
=Mennonite immigration=
The ancestors of the Mennonites living in Mexico arrived via Canada. Migration to Mexico took place mainly from 1922 to 1927, with smaller groups coming after World War II.
The 1930 census counted 7,779 Canadian immigrants; 3,862 men and 3,917 women. Most, but not all, of these immigrants were Mennonites.
The first settlers moved to the State of Chihuahua (near Cuauhtemoc) and Durango (near Nuevo Ideal). Later daughter-settlements in other states were established (San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas, Campeche, Quintana Roo and Tamaulipas). Today, there are about 100,000 Mennonites in Mexico.
=Recent immigration=
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Contemporary Canadian emigrants to Mexico consist mainly of working professionals that settle in larger cities and retired individuals living in smaller towns.
According to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, there are about 6,000 Canadians living in Mexico, but only 3,000 are registered with the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City."[http://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/canadians_abroad_final.pdf Canadians Abroad: Canada's Global Asset] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619061504/http://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/canadians_abroad_final.pdf |date=2018-06-19 }}", Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, 26 July 2011."[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canadian-toll-in-haiti-quake-rises-to-3-1.892794 Canadian toll in Haiti quake rises to 3] ", CBC News, 13 January 2010. According to statistics from Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography, in 2009 there were 10,869 Canadian-born persons living in Mexico.{{cite web|title=Extranjeros Residentes En México |url=http://www.inm.gob.mx/estadisticas/Estimacion_de_Poblacion/2009/ExtranjerosResMex.pdf |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Migración |page=35 |accessdate=28 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014742/http://www.inm.gob.mx/estadisticas/Estimacion_de_Poblacion/2009/ExtranjerosResMex.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 }}
According to INEGI's 2020 census, there are 12,439 Canadian-born emigrants residing in Mexico.{{cite web |title=Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 |url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/Olap/Proyectos/bd/censos/cpv2020/pt.asp |website=INEGI |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530233900/https://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/Olap/Proyectos/bd/censos/cpv2020/pt.asp |url-status=live }}
Notable individuals
- Arnold Belkin, artist
- Alex Phillips, cinematographer
- Fannie Kauffman, actress
- Vampiro, pro wrestler
See also
{{Portal|Mexico|Canada}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Canadians abroad}}
{{Ethnic groups in Mexico}}
Category:Immigration to Mexico