Total population | |
---|---|
(20,000+) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
The Maritimes, Ontario, British Columbia | |
Languages | |
Canadian English and Cornish | |
Religion | |
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Cornish, English Canadians |
Cornish Canadians are Canadians of Cornish descent, including those who were born in Cornwall. The number of Canadian citizens of Cornish descent cannot be determined through census statistics, though speculative estimates place the population as high as 20,000.
It is recorded that the first Cornish to reach what is now Canadian soil did in the 16th century, reaching the coast of Newfoundland, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.