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Thai Canadians are Canadian citizens of Thai ancestry. As of 2006, there are about 10,015 people of Thai origin living in Canada. ==Migration History== Migration from Thailand to Canada has gradually increased since the 1950s, when a few Thai students first came to study at Canadian universities. Migration has continued at a slow pace since that time, with a brief increase after the 1997 financial crisis in Thailand, which resulted in more Thais looking for work and educational opportunities overseas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/thais/ )〕 Thai immigrants who choose to remain in Canada have generally immigrated to study, to take up a business, or to marry a Canadian. Many of them claim that they did not originally intend to stay in Canada. According to the 1991 census, there were 5,820 immigrants born in Thailand; 2,900 whose first language spoken at home was the Thai language; and 2,770 who claimed that they were of Thai ethnic origin.〔"(Migration, Arrival, and Settlement - Thai )", ''Multicultural Canada''〕 The larger figure for immigrants is explained by the fact that a certain number are likely ethnic Chinese and perhaps Lao from Thailand. Thai couples and small groups have settled primarily in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. There are substantially more Thai women than men in the country (1,775 women and 480 men). While most are professionals, students, or have married Canadian men, there are occasional instances of young women entering the country as artists and entertainers, or as visitors who become afterward legit Canadians by marrying or contributing to the culture in one way or another; some are bilingual and speak, like a lot of immigrants, the language in a clearer manner than some natives.Most of them though are faithful and proud workers and contribute to the Canadian economy in a mild manner that is rarely seen elsewhere (even in factory-filled towns like the East of Montreal. Many also contribute to embellishing the cities by being smiling and polite waitresses,cooks in Restaurant (Franchises or unique instance) from their country or other East Asian nations. Some Thais in Canada work in the restaurant industry and Thai cuisine, known for its balance between sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours and for its use of ingredients such as fresh herbs, coconut milk and galangal root, has become popular in Canada, particularly in urban areas. One notable example of a Thai in this industry is internationally acclaimed chef Sasi Meechai-Lim, who resides in Toronto, where she has opened several restaurants.〔http://www.chefdb.com/nm/17940/Sasi-Meechai-Lim〕〔http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/thais/〕 〔http://www.legoutdelathailande.com/〕〔http://www.chuchai.com/〕 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「Thai Canadian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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