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Icelandic Canadians are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada. Canada has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside Iceland, with about 94,205 people of Icelandic descent as of the Canada 2011 Census. Many Icelandic Canadians are descendants of people who fled an eruption of the Icelandic volcano Askja in 1875.〔http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/136-new-iceland-a-forgotten-nordic-colony-in-canada/〕 The history between Icelanders and North America dates back approximately one thousand years. The very first Europeans to reach North America were Icelandic Norsemen, who made at least one major effort at settlement in what is today Newfoundland (L'Anse aux Meadows) around 1009 AD. Snorri Þorfinnsson, the son of Þorfinnr Karlsefni and his wife Guðríður, is the first European known to have been born in the New World.〔(Smithsonian Magazine | History & Archaeology | The Vikings: A Memorable Visit to America )〕 In 1875, over 200 Icelanders immigrated to Manitoba establishing the New Iceland colony along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, this is the first part of a large wave of immigrants who settled on the Canadian prairies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - ICELANDIC SETTLEMENTS )〕 Notably, Icelandic Canadians do not typically follow traditional Icelandic naming customs, by which people do not have surnames but are instead distinguished by the use of a parent's given name as a patronymic; instead, Icelandic immigrants to Canada have largely adapted to North American customs by adopting a true surname.〔"Icelandic anchor makes Manitoba connection". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', July 26, 2008.〕 Icelandic surnames in Canada most commonly represent the patronymic of the person's first ancestor to settle in Canada.〔 == Icelandic population in Canada == The provinces with the most reported Icelandic-Canadians in 2011 are: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Icelandic Canadian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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