Expatriates in Canada call for Jordanian consulate in Toronto

AMMAN — Members of the Jordanian community in Toronto, Canada, urged Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi to launch a consulate in Canada’s largest city, Ammon News reported.اضافة اعلان

Engineer Wael Al-Samain told the minister that there are many Jordanian expatriates living in the Ontario Province, who hope that a consulate would be considered in Toronto to cater for their affairs.

A 2011 Canadian census said nearly 40,000 people of Jordanian origin lived in Toronto. However, the number is believed to be much higher now, due to an increased emigration of Jordanians in the last decade.

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