A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. In 2001 there were 1,071,060 Canadians of Ukrainian descent, making them Canada's eighth largest ethnic group.
Ukrainian Canadians are concentrated in the parklands belt and cities of the Prairie provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, whose frigid terrain has many similarities with the farmlands and steppes of Ukraine. In addition to the official English and French, many prairie public schools offer Ukrainian-language education for children.
There are also large Ukrainian communities in Toronto and Montreal.
The Ukrainians have long been at the heart of Canadian socialism. Most Ukrainians were anti-Soviet, but a significant minority were communists and made up the largest block in the Communist Party of Canada. Ukrainians also played a central role in the formation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the New Democratic Party.
There are a number of Ukrainian Canadian institutions such as:
Famous Ukrainian Canadians
