the canadian diaspora is the group of canadians living outside the borders of canada. as of a 2010 report by the asia pacific foundation of canada and the canadian expat association, there were 2.8 million canadian citizens abroad (plus an unknown number of former citizens and descendants of citizens). for comparison, that is a larger population than six of the ten canadian provinces. more than 9% of all canadian citizens live outside of canada. that compares to 1.7% of americans, 2.6% of chinese citizens, 3.3% of french citizens, 4.3% of australians, 9% of british citizens, and 21.9% of new zealanders.