Canadian Filipino Net

Filipinos have exploded in numbers in Canada, a country they have come to cherish as their own.

A recent study by Statistics Canada reveals that the Filipino population quadrupled from 1996 to 2021, largely due to immigration. Citing population projections and growth scenarios, the study noted that the Filipino population is projected by 2041 to reach 1.7 million to 2.4 million people.

With these numbers, Filipinos will make up four percent to 4.6 percent of the total population in Canada by 2041.

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Filipino population quadruples in Canada, may reach 2.4 million by 204 July 1, 2026 — Filipinos have exploded in numbers in Canada, a country they have come to cherish as their own.

The morning after winning the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in poetry, Renato Gandia found himself “still trying to find the words”.

“When I immigrated to Canada, I never imagined that one day I would stand in a room filled with writers I admired and hear my name called,” Gandia posted on social media. “I certainly never imagined that poems about queerness, faith, migration, family, and belonging—poems rooted in my experience as a Filipino-Canadian—would lead me here.”

Gandia was one of the contributors in “Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing”, a 2024 compilation edited by Teodoro Alcuitas, C. E. Gatchalian, and Patria Rivera.

Gandia came to Canada in 1997 to study in Alberta to become a priest. Fate had other plans.

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As Filipinos in Canada celebrate Filipino Heritage Month, Canadian Filipino.Net is proud to present its Outstanding Filipinos in Canada for 2026.

These OFCs were successful not only in their roles in society, but more importantly, they have enhanced the lives of their fellow Filipinos in Canada and of Canadians in general and in so doing contributed to the multicultural nature of Canadian society and Canada’s prosperity at home and stature in the world.

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