 a ukrainian canadian (; translit. ukrayins'kyi kanadets, ukrayinokanadets) is a person of ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or emigrated to canada. in 2011, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons of full or partial ukrainian origin residing in canada (mainly canadian-born citizens) making them canada's ninth largest ethnic group, and giving canada the world's third-largest ukrainian population behind ukraine itself and russia. self-identified ukrainians are the plurality in several rural areas of western canada.[http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/
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