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3 unusual facts about Finnish Canadian


Finnish Canadian

Finnish Canadians with Marxist political views aligned themselves with the Social Democratic Party of Canada and later, with the Communist Party of Canada, centered around the newspaper Vapaus (Freedom).

Another significant Finnish-Canadian newspaper, Vapaus, was published in Sudbury from 1917 to 1974.

The Finnish-Canadian weeklies Canadan Sanomat and Vapaa Sana publish out of Thunder Bay and Toronto respectively.


Regional District of Mount Waddington

Sointula, on Malcolm Island, is a historic Finnish Canadian settlement which began life as a cooperative; a similar Danish experiment at Cape Scott was a failure, although the Danish name Holberg remains in the area.


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