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Tamil Canadian or Canadian Tamils are Canadians of Tamil ethnic origins mostly from India and Sri Lanka. It is estimated that the Tamil diaspora in Canada is around 200000. From a population of fewer than 150 Tamils in 1983 it has become one of the largest visible minority population groups within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In the 1991 census Tamils were the fastest-growing ethnic group in Metropolitan Toronto.