East Asian Canadians
East Asian Canadians are Canadians with ancestry, origins, or citizenship from East Asia. The term East Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to statistics Canada, East Asian Canadians are considered visible minorities and can be further divided by nationality, such as Chinese Canadian, Hong Kong Canadian, Japanese Canadian, Korean Canadian, Mongolian Canadian, Taiwanese Canadian or Tibetan Canadian.
As of 2016, 2,140,920 Canadians had East Asian geographical origins, constituting 6.2% of the Canadian population and 34% of Canada's Asian Canadian population.
Terminology
East Asian Canadians are typically identified under the term "Asian"; popular usage of this term in Canada generally excludes both West and South Asians, instead solely referring to individuals of East Asian ancestry.History
The first record of East Asians in what is known as Canada today can be dated back to 1788 when renegade British Captain John Meares hired a group of Chinese carpenters from Macau and employed them to build a ship at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. After the outpost was seized by Spanish forces, the eventual whereabouts of the carpenters was largely unknown.In the mid-late 19th century, early settlers from East Asia emigrated to Canada, predominantly settling in British Columbia.
Demography
| Province / territory | Population | Percentage |
| Ontario | 1,003,750 | |
| British Columbia | 678,105 | |
| Alberta | 231,810 | |
| Quebec | 139,925 | |
| Manitoba | 37,685 | |
| Saskatchewan | 22,840 | |
| Nova Scotia | 12,495 | |
| New Brunswick | 6,565 | |
| Prince Edward Island | 3,105 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,955 | |
| Yukon | 810 | |
| Northwest Territories | 710 | |
| Nunavut | 140 | |
| Canada | 2,140,920 |