South Asian Canadian culture also began to move into the Canadian mainstream in the 21st century . Bhangra music , a genre of music from India that combines traditional Punjabi music with pop and hip hop and other Western musical styles has grown increasingly popular throughout Canada . Canadians of all backgrounds enjoy and are also familiar with Bollywood . In 2011 the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards were hosted in Toronto , which was home to nearly 832,000 Canadians from a South Asian country , one of the largest in the Western World . '' How to Be Indie '' , a Canadian children 's television program produced by YTV , revolves around the daughter of Hindu Indian immigrants living in Toronto , and has since been syndicated in the United States , United Kingdom , Israel , Latin America and elsewhere . The Indian Canadian comedian Russell Peters has used his heritage as material for many of his jokes as well
12th International Indian Film Academy Awards
12th IIFA Awards
South Asian Canadians