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With the outbreak of riots and eventual civil war in Sri Lanka in 1983, Tamil migration to Canada increased significantly. In 2000, Sri Lanka was the sixth largest source country of immigrants to Canada, sending 5,841 people or 2.57% of Canada's immigrant total.
It was established in 1993.The purpose is to connect Sri Lankan Tamils of Indian Origin in Canada and globally, to preserve and promote the heritage of our culture in Canada by celebrating festivals like Deepavali (“KURINJI NITE”), Pongal, Tamil New Year and Christmas.
Nov 27, 2019 · Toronto's Sri Lankan Tamil community is pausing Wednesday to remember a civil war that killed tens of thousands of their people — but even though the conflict ended a decade ago, many are...
May 22, 2022 · Toronto. Sri Lanka is facing a fuel crisis. But Canadian Tamil group says sanctions are keeping it from helping. Indian Ocean country has been battling economic crisis, street protests for...
Among Sri Lankan Tamils who have come to Canada—as refugees, family members of those refugees, and immigrants more generally—we wanted to know how they perceived multiculturalism: was it simply a government policy or did it have other more everyday meanings?
Since the anti-Tamil riots in Colombo and southern Sri Lanka in 1983, tens of thousands of Tamils have migrated to Canada. Of the estimated 300,000 Tamils in the country, the largest community in the diaspora, more than two-thirds live in the Toronto area.
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Like other diasporas, Sri Lankan Tamils are scattered and dispersed around the globe, with concentrations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Europe, Australia, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Seychelles and Mauritius . British colonial period.
