▁Salvador an ▁born . ▁Salvador an ▁Canad ians ▁are ▁primarily ▁found ▁in ▁large ▁urban ▁areas ▁of ▁Ontario ▁and ▁Quebec , ▁namely ▁Toronto , ▁Mississ aug a , ▁Ott awa , ▁Montreal ▁and ▁Quebec ▁City . ▁ ▁History ▁Salvador an ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Canada ▁is ▁a ▁fairly ▁recent ▁phenomen on . ▁Until ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Salvador an ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Canada ▁was ▁small ▁to ▁none x istent . ▁It ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁that ▁s izable ▁numbers ▁of ▁Salvador ans ▁started ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁the ▁country . ▁Between ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁ 1 1 , 2 5 1 ▁Salvador ans ▁entered ▁Canada ▁under ▁a ▁special ▁program ▁that ▁help ▁disp la ced ▁Salvador ans ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Gu atem al ans ▁suffering ▁from ▁the ▁war . ▁A ▁lot ▁like ▁their ▁Australian ▁counter parts , ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁political ▁as yl um ▁seek ers ▁and ▁others ▁were ▁refuge es ▁looking ▁for ▁a ▁place ▁to ▁stay . ▁Un like ▁their ▁American ▁counter parts , ▁Salvador ans ▁seeking ▁refuge ▁in ▁Canada ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁their ▁as yl um ▁applications ▁approved ▁than ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁different ▁Canadian ▁and ▁American ▁policy ▁to ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁El ▁Salvador ▁came ▁to ▁Br andon , ▁Man it oba , ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁a ▁food ▁processing ▁company . ▁ ▁Notable ▁people ▁