Estimated Iranian-Canadian Population
223,931
Based on the 2021 Canadian Census Public Use Microdata File

A person is counted if they meet at least one of three census questions:

  • Place of birth — “Where was this person born?”
  • Ethnic origin — “What are the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors?”
  • Mother tongue or home language — reports Persian as the language first learned in childhood, or as the language spoken most often at home today
Born in
Iran		✓✓✓✓✗✗✗
Iranian
ethnicity		✓✓✗✗✓✓✗
Persian
language		✓✗✓✗✓✗✓

Source: Census PUMF — 2021 Canadian Census
Based on a 2.7% public-use sample of census records.
Estimates for small sub-groups may have limited reliability.

Source: Census PUMF — 2021 Canadian Census
Based on a 2.7% public-use sample of census records.
Estimates for small sub-groups may have limited reliability.

Geographic Distribution of Iranian-Canadians

Source: Census PUMF — 2021 Canadian Census
Based on a 2.7% public-use sample of census records.
Estimates for small sub-groups may have limited reliability.

1 – 1,000
1,000 – 10,000
10,000 – 50,000
50,000 – 150,000

Source: Statistics Canada — 2021 Census (cancensus aggregate tables, Iranian ethnic origin OR born in Iran, maximum per municipality). Municipal totals differ from the province-level PUMF count because the published aggregate tables are individually suppressed for small census subdivisions and use a different counting rule than the microdata.

1 – 1,000
1,000 – 10,000
10,000 – 40,000