Canadian Brazilians

A Canadian Brazilian (Portuguese: canadense-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person who is fully, partially or predominantly of Canadian descent, or a Canadian-born immigrant in Brazil. Many Canadians also travel to Brazil for work. From 1925–1968, over 11,631 Canadians had settled in Brazil. Canada has always had a significant relationship with Brazil since the 1800s. The countries have had extensive interactions in the financing of infrastructure projects, particularly utilities. Brazil is the largest recipient of Canadian investment in South America and until 1974 was the venue for the largest single Canadian foreign investment. In 1991, Canadian investment in Brazil totalled around CANS 2 billion.

Canadian Brazilians
Total population
11,631[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil:
Mainly Southeastern and Northeastern Brazil
Languages
Brazilian Portuguese and Canadian English
Religion
Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Other Canadian and Brazilian people, especially European Canadians, Brazilian diaspora in English-speaking countries, other White Latin Americans
West and Northern European or Protestant White Brazilians as Irish, Scottish, English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, German (ethnic Germans also among Czech, Russian and Polish immigrants), Austrian, Swiss, French, Luxembourger and Belgian Brazilians

One of the more interesting aspects of Canadian–Brazilian relations is the quiet nature of the relationship, and a lack of interest in this relationship on the part of scholars in particular and Canadians in general.

To a Canadian, Brazil has meant coffee and Carnival, while to a Brazilian 'Canada is sometimes seen as a remote northern country, a pale reflection of the United States'.

Notable Canadian Brazilians

See also

References
  1. Síntese da história da imigração no Brasil.
  • Buys, Barry Graham 1996, Canadians in Brazil: Brascan and Brazilian Development, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.


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