Canada is a multicultural country where migrants with a (Soviet) Russian background are one of many minorities. This community has received scant attention to date, partly because it largely dissolves into the overall popula­tion, and the socio-economic integration of newcomers from Russia tends to be relatively smooth. Although people with a (Soviet) Russian background are not a large demographic group, Russian speakers, including migrants from other former Soviet republics, form a sizeable share of the migrants who speak neither of Canada’s two official languages as their first language. The Kremlin views this group as a resource that can potentially be leveraged. This report is one of the first to provide reliable insights into a large sample of respondents with a (Soviet) Russian background relative to the broader Cana­dian population. We have surveyed over 500 such respondents alongside more than 1,800 Canadians from the general population. Additionally, for a signifi­cant share of all respondents, we collected data from two household members: an adult child and a parent. This allowed us to grasp where family dynamics differ between Canadians with and without a (Soviet) Russian background. For respondents with (Soviet) Russian roots, the adult child was socialised in Canada and thus represents the second generation, whereas the parental gen­eration itself migrated from (Soviet) Russia.