Romanians

Romanians came to Canada from several historic lands in east-central Europe, including Walachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, and the Banat. Until 1918, only two of these lands – Walachia and Moldavia – were part of a Romanian state. The rest were ruled by either Austria-Hungary or the Russian Empire. Even today, not all Romanian-inhabited territories are within Romania, and significant minorities are found in neighbouring Moldavia, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.