Sikhism in Greater Vancouver is one of the main religions across the region, especially among the Indo-Canadian population. The Sikh community in Vancouver...
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Sikhism is the fourth-largest religious group in Canada, with nearly 800,000 adherents, or 2.1% of Canada's population, as of 2021. The largest Sikh populations...
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Founded in 1906, it is the oldest Sikh society in Greater Vancouver, and its original location was the largest gurdwara in North America. The current gurdwara...
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— Vancouver-based gangster and drug trafficker Gurmit Singh Dhak — Gangster Sikhism in Canada Sikhism in Greater Vancouver Anti-Sikh sentiment in Canada...
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acknowledges ‘black mark in our history’ at Abbotsford temple. The Abbotsord News, 2017-05-19 Sikhism in Canada Sikhism in Greater Vancouver Rochelle Baker: Abbotsford's...
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into Vancouver and has continued into the present day. The vast majority of South Asians in Greater Vancouver and in adjacent cities are Punjabi Sikhs, differing...
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book discusses three generations of the Sikh diaspora, a subset of the Indo-Canadians, in Greater Vancouver. Nayar is a sociologist, and was an employee...
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had a population of 2.6 million in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises...
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North India. Adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikhs, meaning "students" or "disciples" of the guru. The English word Sikhism derives from the Punjabi...
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Khalistan movement (redirect from Sikhism and violence)
Historically, Sikhism has been pan-Indian, with the Guru Granth Sahib (the main scripture of Sikhism) drawing from works of saints in both North and...
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incidents over the three previous years. Sikhism in Canada Indo-Canadians South Asian Canadians in Greater Vancouver Singh, Simranjeet (11 June 2012). "Islamophobia...
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Indian Canadians (category All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English)
The largest Sikh populations in Canada are located in British Columbia and Ontario, concentrated in Greater Vancouver (Surrey) and Greater Toronto (Brampton)...
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Indian community of London (redirect from Indians in London)
Indians in Greater London. Sikhism: Most Sikhs in Greater London live in West London, Southall being the heart of the community. And some also live in Bexleyheath...
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Dave Hayer (category All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English)
Sikhs in Greater Vancouver and as a consistent critic of terrorism and Sikh extremism. In 2010, an official with the Dashmesh Darbar Gurdwara (Sikh temple)...
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segregation in Greater Vancouver continues to persist in certain parts of the metropolitan area. As of around 2009, 3% of residents of Vancouver state that...
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Abbotsford, British Columbia (redirect from Crime in Abbotsford, British Columbia)
Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver, and the Fraser River. With a census population of...
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Vaisakhi (category Sikh festivals)
observes major events in the history of Sikhism and the Indian subcontinent that happened in the Punjab region. Vaisakhi as a major Sikh festival marks the...
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Sikhism prohibits idolatry, in accordance with mainstream Khalsa norms and the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, a position that has been accepted as orthodox...
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Air India Flight 182 (category Sikh terrorism in Canada)
considered heresy by the school of orthodox Sikhism expounded by Bhindranwale. A procession of about 200 Sikhs led by Bhindranwale and Fauja Singh of the...
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persons or 0.7%) Sikhism (135 persons or 0.3%) Other (555 persons or 1.3%) As of the 2006 census, the languages spoken in West Vancouver were: By mother...
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National Team Sikhism by country Religion in Italy Sikhism in France Sikhism in Germany Sikhism in Australia Sikhism in the United Kingdom Sikhism in New Zealand...
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of places of worship in the Lower Mainland in British Columbia, Canada. Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), Downtown Vancouver, cathedral church of the...
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groups in North Vancouver included: Irreligion (29,580 persons or 51.4%) Christianity (20,915 persons or 36.4%) Islam (4,245 persons or 7.4%) Sikhism (530...
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The District of North Vancouver is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, situated north of the city of Vancouver across the Burrard Inlet...
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preaching of Sikhism. He also established hundreds of new Centres of Sikhism (Sikh religious Institutions) and thus strengthened the base of Sikhism. The period...
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South Asian Canadians (redirect from South Asian cultural communities in Canada)
Walton-Roberts, Margaret. 1998. "Three Readings of the Turban: Sikh Identity in Greater Vancouver" (Archive). In Urban Geography, Vol. 19: 4, June. - DOI 10.2747/0272-3638...
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Punjabi Canadians (category Punjabi diaspora in Canada)
Walton-Roberts, Margaret. 1998. "Three Readings of the Turban: Sikh Identity in Greater Vancouver" (Archive). In Urban Geography, Vol. 19: 4, June. - DOI 10.2747/0272-3638...
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Lower Mainland (redirect from Urban Vancouver)
British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05 million people as of...
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Komagata Maru incident (category Sikhism in British Columbia)
Indo-Canadians in Greater Vancouver Mewa Singh Lopoke Para 30 of Report of the Komagata Maru Committee of Inquiry states that 20 Sikhs, 2 Europeans, 2...
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April as Sikh Heritage Month. Sikhism in Canada List of Sikh festivals Anti-Sikh sentiment in Canada Sikhism by country "Sikh Heritage Month Act". Government...
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