The First Filipino Elected to Canadian Government: Rey Pagtakhan is the first Filipino-Canadian elected to the House of Commons, the first Filipino-Canadian to be appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Jean Chrétien), and the first Filipino-Canadian to be appointed to the Federal Cabinet. (Alona Mercado, Pilipino Express, 2008)
Most Frequent Transit Users: Filipinos are the most frequent transit users in Canada (according to Dr. Kelly Philip of York University, October 2011)
Fastest-Growing Minority Group: Filipinos are Winnipeg’s fastest-growing minority group, numbering to about 38,100 people, or roughly 6% of the total population of the city, per Canada 2006 Census. (Wikipedia)
