Flemish-Canadian
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According to the 2006 Canadian census 12,425 Canadians claim full or partial Flemish ancestry while another 168,915 people claimed Belgian ancestry.
Notable Flemish Canadians
- Glenn De BaeremaekerGlenn De BaeremaekerGlenn De Baeremaeker is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 38, one of the two Scarborough Centre wards. The son of a working class family he has a Masters in international development and spent six months in Ethiopia at the height of the 1980s famine.He originally rose to...
, Toronto city councillor - Lara FabianLara FabianLara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
, international French-language singer, is a famous Belgian expatriate of Flemish and Sicilian extraction - Émilie HeymansÉmilie HeymansÉmilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...
, Canadian diver - Charles John SeghersCharles John SeghersCharles John Seghers was a Belgian clergyman and missionary bishop. He is considered to be the founder of the Alaska Mission.-Early years and formation:...
, Jesuit clergyman and missionary, was a Flemish-Belgian expatriate in Canada - Paul VermeerschPaul VermeerschPaul Joseph Vermeersch is a Canadian poet.Born in Mississauga, Ontario, he grew up in Southwestern Ontario and lives in Toronto.His first collection, Burn , was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award...
, Canadian poet - Chad VanGaalenChad VanGaalenChad VanGaalen is a Canadian musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta.-Infiniheart:Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released Infiniheart on Canadian independent label Flemish Eye...
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External links
- Canadian Encyclopedia - Belgian
- http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume7/countries/belgium.htmlCanadian Museum of Civilization - Belgian Canadians]