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    THERESA REDULA

    Reporter at OMNI News: Filipino Edition, appears on CityNews. Formerly print reporter/photographer and social media marketing

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From 12 to about a million: A record of the first Filipinos in Canada

By THERESA REDULA
Published July 29, 2025

When Forrest Pass, curator for Library and Archives Canada (LAC), first dug into the history of Filipinos in Canada, he was only expecting to find some isolated or unusual cases of individuals migrating from the Philippines.    

Benson Flores, the first known Filipino settler in Canada.
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