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Arab Canadians are first-generation Christian or Muslim Arabic-speaking immigrants and their descendants who originally came from the Arab world and have roots in the 1400-year-old Arabic culture. The largest communities are found in major cities, such as Montreal and Toronto. For historical, religious, and political reasons, some immigrants may identify themselves according to their country of origin. Immigration was marked by two waves: an early wave beginning in the 1880s of largely Lebanese and Syrian Christians, and a second wave in the 1960s and 1970s from throughout the Arab world.

An olive branch on the family tree

An Arab community in the Canadian northwest

Voyageurs to a rocky shore

Household and family among Lebanese immigrants in Nova Scotia

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Reconstituting a Lebanese village society in a Canadian city

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Abu-Laban, Baha	An olive branch on the family tree	1980
Barclay, Harold B.	An Arab community in the Canadian northwest	1968
Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom	Voyageurs to a rocky shore	1984
Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom	Household and family among Lebanese immigrants in Nova Scotia	1991
Skoggard, Ian A.	Culture summary	1999
Sweet, Louise Elizabeth	Reconstituting a Lebanese village society in a Canadian city	1974

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