High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Copts began to immigrate to the United States as early as the late 1940s. Immigration to Canada was soon to follow, and in general, this was to be the case throughout North America in the coming decades. With hundreds of Coptic Orthodox churches in the United states alone (along with over 90 congregations in Canada), it is estimated that there are over one million Coptic Orthodox Christians in North America.