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===Canada===
{{further|Polish Canadians}}
According to the [[Canada 2016 Census]], there are 1,106,585 [[Polish Canadians]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01&SO=4D|title = Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables - Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (Total), Canada, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data|date = 25 October 2017}}</ref> The population is widely dispersed across Canada. The first Polish immigrants came to Canada in the 19th century. One of the largest concentrations of Polish-Canadians is in the [[Roncesvalles, Toronto|Roncesvalles]] area of [[Toronto]]. The area holds an annual Polish Festival, Canada's largest. The [[Canadian Polish Congress]] is an umbrella organization
===United States===
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[[File:Lagrange street Polish Festival items booth.JPG|thumb|Polish and Polish-themed items booth at the Lagrange Street Polish Festival in [[Toledo, Ohio]]]]
There are approximately 185,000 [[Polish language|Polish]]-speakers in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]].<ref>The Polish Community in Metro Chicago: A Community Profile of Strengths and Needs, A Census 2000 Report, published by the Polish American Association June 2004, p. 18</ref> The [[Poles in Chicago]] are felt in a large number of Polish-American organizations in the city such as the [[Polish Museum of America]], the [[Polish American Association]], the [[Polish National Alliance]], and the [[Polish Highlander's Alliance of North America]].
[[Pittsburgh]], [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Cleveland]], [[Detroit]], [[Grand Rapids]], [[Minneapolis]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Philadelphia]], [[history of the Poles in Baltimore|Baltimore]], and [[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]] also have very large Polish populations. Older Polish Americans are rapidly migrating to the Southeast ([[Florida]]), the Southwest ([[Arizona]]) and the West Coast ([[California]]) but also to Poland itself since the 1990s.[[File:Weterani z Placowki 57 SWAP w Elizabeth NJ.jpg|thumb|left|SWAP Branch #57 in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] in 1928.|192x192px]]Buffalo is seen as Polonia's second city in the US, as it is also home to many Polish
The major Polonia organization is the [[Polish American Congress]], whose purpose is to continue steady relations with Poland and '''its''' government on behalf of Polish-Americans.<ref>See [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED167674&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED167674.Seidner, Stanley S. (1976). ''In Quest of a Cultural Identity: An Inquiry for the Polish Community''. New York, New York: IUME, Teachers College, Columbia University. ISBN ERIC ED167674.]</ref>
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===Mexico===
{{further|Polish Mexican}}
The first Polish immigrants to Mexico arrived in the late 19th century. During [[World War II]], Mexico received thousands of refugees from Poland, primarily of Jewish origin, who settled in the states of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Nuevo León]].<ref name="Poles in Mexico">{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2009 |title=Embajada de la Repùblica de Polonia en Mèxico |url=http://www.meksyk.polemb.net/index.php?document=31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213193628/http://www.meksyk.polemb.net/index.php?document=31 |archive-date=2009-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Polacos en México, el exilio olvidado :: Noticieros Televisa |url=http://www2.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/cultura/124704/polacos-mexico-exilio-olvidado |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128114825/http://www2.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/cultura/124704/polacos-mexico-exilio-olvidado |archive-date=2010-01-28 |access-date=2010-05-07}}</ref>
[[File:Muestra_folklórica_de_la_comunidad_polaca_de_México.JPG|thumb|207x207px|Folk dancers of Polish community from [[Mexico]]]]
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===Haiti===
{{further|Polish Haitians}}
About 5,000 Poles fighting in Polish Legions in the Napoleonic armies were sent to fight against the rebelling Haitians. Many of the Poles who were sent there felt it wrong to fight against the Haitians who were fighting for their freedom—just like the Poles in the Napoleonic armies—and some 400 Poles changed sides. After the war, the Haitian constitution stated that because the Poles switched sides and fought for their cause, all Poles could become Haitian citizens. Many of the Poles who were sent to Haiti stayed there. Most of their descendants live in [[Cazale]] and [[Fond-des-Blancs]].<ref name="MSZ" />
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