Some information to think about.
Punjabi is second largest immigrant language spoken in Canada - Newseastwest: The Indian diaspora, Bollywood
The first Punjabi class in Canada started in 1908 at the Khalsa Diwan Society gurdwara in Vancouver.
The first Punjabi newspaper in Canada –Swadesh Sewak – was started in Vancouver in 1910.
Canada’s first Punjabi book – Dushman di Khoj Bhal – (Search of the Enemy) by Munsha Singh Dukhi was printed in Vancouver in 1914.
Today, Punjabi is the third most spoken language in Canada with at least 460,000 speakers.
Surrey, with close to 100,000 speakers of Punjabi, has now become the largest Punjabi-speaking community outside Punjab.
Brampton in Ontario is close second with 91,000 speakers of Punjabi.
How Punjabi in Canada became the third most spoken language - Newseastwest: The Indian diaspora, Bollywood
The first Punjabi class in Canada started in 1908 at the Khalsa Diwan Society gurdwara in Vancouver.
The first Punjabi newspaper in Canada –Swadesh Sewak – was started in Vancouver in 1910.
Canada’s first Punjabi book – Dushman di Khoj Bhal – (Search of the Enemy) by Munsha Singh Dukhi was printed in Vancouver in 1914.
Today, Punjabi is the third most spoken language in Canada with at least 460,000 speakers.
Surrey, with close to 100,000 speakers of Punjabi, has now become the largest Punjabi-speaking community outside Punjab.
Brampton in Ontario is close second with 91,000 speakers of Punjabi.
Commets:
While Canada population is not so big compared to overall north America, at this stage after a little over 100 years, with many generations, Punjabi continued its progress in a country where it was not spoken ever before.
Spanish continued to grow and yes, it is mainly because of close proximity of Spanish speaking countries, the Spanish speaking people did not lose touch even after migration.
Largest Arab population (Both Christians, Muslims and Jews concentrated in One city of Michigan namely Dearborn. The streets after decades still have signs in Arabic.
Chinese continued their heritage for a long time in many areas of North America as well.
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