page_title: Ethnic groups of Argentina
section_title: British
hierarchical_section_title: Ethnic groups of Argentina / Ethnic groups / Europeans / British
caption_attribution_description: English: A typical residential street in Belgrano R. Lietuvių: Individualių namų rajonas Belgrane. Svenska: Lummig bostadsgata i Belgrano R.
context_page_description: The ethnography of Argentina makes this country, along with other areas of relatively modern settlement like Canada, Brazil, Australia or New Zealand, a crisol de razas, or a melting pot of different peoples. In fact, immigration to Argentina was so strong that it eventually became the country with the second highest number of immigrants, with 6.6 million, second only to the United States with 27 million, and ahead of such other immigratory receptors such as Canada, Brazil and Australia.
  Upon the independence of Argentina, the newborn country had a large territory but was thinly populated, and its ethnic composition was largely the same from the colonial era that had lasted from 16th to early 19th centuries. In the mid-19th century, a large wave of immigration started to arrive due to newly established Constitutional policies that encouraged immigration, and due to issues in the Old World such as wars, poverty, hunger, social unrest and pursuit for opportunities or a better life in the New World.
  Thus, most Argentines are descendants of these 19th and 20th century immigrants, with about 97% of the population being of European or partial European descent and mestizo.
context_section_description: Around 100,000 British immigrants arrived between 1857 and 1940. The British community founded solid institutions like the British Hospital in Buenos Aires, the Herald newspaper, prestigious bilingual schools and clubs as the Lawn Tennis Club and Hurlingham Club. British immigrants had a strong impact on the taste of Argentine sports through the development of football, polo, hockey, and rugby, among others.
  Today, there are over 350,000 Argentines with ancestry from the British Isles.
caption: English-style houses on a residential street in Belgrano R.
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