A total of 2,652,483 people in the United States that were identified as being of Russian Ancestry by US Census 2000. Among those, in the age category of 18 years and over, 588,744 identified themselves as speaking Russian at home. In the age category of 5 to 17 years of age, there were 117,523 people. Canada also has 337,960 people that identified themselves as Russian in the 2001 Canadian Census. Ukrainian-There are 862,762 Americans of full or partial Ukrainian descent according to the US Census Bureau. In 2001 there were an estimated 1,071,060 persons residing in Canada of Ukrainian origin, making them Canada's eighth largest ethnic group, and giving Canada the world's third-largest Ukrainian population behind Ukraine itself and Russia. Self-identified Ukrainians are the plurality in several rural areas of Western Canada.
About the Slavic Mission Network
A Network of Russian and Ukrainian baptist leaders in the United States and Canada that gathered at a roundtable meeting that took place on December 1-2, 2009 at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in Alpharetta (Atlanta), Georgia with representatives from Conventions, Baptist Churches, and Associations focusing on planting new churches throughout North America.
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