According to the Canada 2006 Census, there were 1,035,965 Canadians of Dutch descent,[1] including those of full or partial ancestry.

The largest wave was in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when large numbers of Dutch helped settle the Canadian west.

One important institution is the Christian Reformed Church in North America, with most congregations found throughout Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.

In his book To All Our Children: The Story of The Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada, Albert VanderMey explains that in Edmonton, Dutch Canadian immigrants "also set up a credit union, a burial fund, three elementary Christian schools and one Christian high school, and a home for senior citizens.

"[16][a] Dutch Canadians, because of their shared cultural and religious heritage, tend to form tight-knit communities.