Flemish Canadians
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13,840 (2011 Census) | |
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| Canadian English · Canadian French · Dutch | |
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According to the 2006 Canadian census, 12,425 Canadians claimed full or partial Flemish ancestry while another 168,915 people claimed Belgian ancestry.
Notable Flemish Canadians
- Glenn De Baeremaeker, Toronto city councillor
- Michael DeGroote, Belgium-born Canadian businessman
- Lara Fabian, international French-language singer; famous Belgian expatriate of Flemish and Sicilian extraction
- Émilie Heymans, Canadian diver
- Charles John Seghers, Jesuit clergyman and missionary; Flemish-Belgian expatriate in Canada
- Chad VanGaalen, singer
- Paul Vermeersch, Canadian poet
- Michael Hirsh, founder of the Canadian entertainment company Nelvana
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