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Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data
| Ethnic origins | Total responses1 | Single responses | Multiple responses1 |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
| Total population2 | 500,610 | 347,230 | 153,380 |
| Canadian | 241,470 | 174,970 | 66,500 |
| English | 216,340 | 104,135 | 112,205 |
| Irish | 107,390 | 34,580 | 72,805 |
| Scottish | 34,920 | 5,000 | 29,920 |
| French | 30,545 | 3,715 | 26,830 |
| North American Indian | 23,940 | 6,680 | 17,260 |
| Inuit | 8,715 | 3,430 | 5,290 |
| German | 7,385 | 1,065 | 6,320 |
| Métis | 6,400 | 2,280 | 4,115 |
| Newfoundlander | 4,610 | 2,000 | 2,605 |
| British Isles, n.i.e.3 | 3,905 | 1,705 | 2,200 |
| Welsh | 3,385 | 315 | 3,065 |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 2,115 | 390 | 1,725 |
| Chinese | 1,650 | 1,165 | 485 |
| Norwegian | 1,510 | 180 | 1,325 |
| Italian | 1,375 | 270 | 1,100 |
| East Indian | 1,275 | 985 | 290 |
| Spanish | 1,235 | 90 | 1,150 |
| American | 1,195 | 140 | 1,050 |
| Polish | 1,015 | 110 | 905 |
| Swedish | 990 | 85 | 905 |
| Ukrainian | 945 | 110 | 835 |
| Portuguese | 910 | 185 | 720 |
| Lebanese | 825 | 230 | 595 |
| Russian | 595 | 165 | 430 |
| Jewish | 500 | 30 | 470 |
| Danish | 490 | 60 | 425 |
| European, n.i.e.3 | 380 | 135 | 245 |
| Filipino | 340 | 180 | 160 |
| Pakistani | 330 | 235 | 90 |
| Greek | 320 | 85 | 230 |
| African, n.i.e.3 | 315 | 130 | 190 |
| Austrian | 310 | 35 | 280 |
| Acadian | 310 | 45 | 265 |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | 295 | 135 | 155 |
| Jamaican | 270 | 25 | 250 |
| Scandinavian, n.i.e.3 | 245 | 45 | 200 |
| Arab, n.i.e.3 | 230 | 180 | 45 |
| South African | 210 | 90 | 120 |
| Swiss | 195 | 10 | 185 |
| Belgian | 170 | 25 | 140 |
| Finnish | 160 | 0 | 155 |
| Japanese | 160 | 80 | 75 |
| Czech | 150 | 0 | 155 |
| Romanian | 150 | 65 | 90 |
| Maltese | 150 | 25 | 130 |
| Egyptian | 145 | 90 | 60 |
| Colombian | 140 | 125 | 15 |
| Turk | 135 | 35 | 100 |
| Black | 130 | 20 | 105 |
| Guyanese | 120 | 35 | 80 |
| Sri Lankan | 115 | 70 | 40 |
| Syrian | 110 | 10 | 105 |
| Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 105 | 10 | 95 |
| Mexican | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Serbian | 100 | 70 | 25 |
| Yugoslav, n.i.e.3 | 100 | 30 | 70 |
| Salvadorean | 95 | 60 | 35 |
| Nigerian | 90 | 75 | 10 |
| Basque | 85 | 0 | 80 |
| Barbadian | 85 | 35 | 45 |
| Australian | 85 | 20 | 70 |
| Aboriginal from Central/South America | 80 | 0 | 80 |
| Bulgarian | 80 | 60 | 20 |
| Sudanese | 80 | 65 | 15 |
| Croatian | 75 | 20 | 60 |
| Slovak | 75 | 20 | 55 |
| Korean | 70 | 55 | 10 |
| Bangladeshi | 65 | 60 | 0 |
| Libyan | 65 | 60 | 0 |
| Latvian | 65 | 10 | 55 |
| Afrikaner | 65 | 0 | 65 |
| Icelandic | 65 | 0 | 60 |
| West Indian | 60 | 10 | 55 |
| Armenian | 60 | 10 | 50 |
| Iranian | 60 | 60 | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 55 | 15 | 35 |
| Ghanaian | 55 | 35 | 20 |
| Ugandan | 50 | 20 | 30 |
| South Asian, n.i.e.3 | 50 | 35 | 10 |
| Taiwanese | 40 | 15 | 25 |
| Iraqi | 35 | 15 | 20 |
| Azerbaijani | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Palestinian | 35 | 15 | 20 |
| Byelorussian | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Gypsy (Roma) | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Argentinian | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| Flemish | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Cuban | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| Chilean | 25 | 0 | 30 |
| Lithuanian | 25 | 0 | 20 |
| Czechoslovakian | 25 | 0 | 30 |
| Slav (European) | 25 | 15 | 10 |
| Dinka | 25 | 20 | 10 |
| West Asian, n.i.e.3 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
| Moroccan | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| Tamil | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| Thai | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| Laotian | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| Malaysian | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Oromo | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Slovenian | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Cypriot | 20 | 10 | 20 |
| Brazilian | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Bahamian | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Venezuelan | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Ontarian | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Estonian | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Kenyan | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealander | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| Bengali | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Algerian | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| Zimbabwean | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Seychellois | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Somali | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sinhalese | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e.3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| East African | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Eritrean | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Angolan | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Peruvian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Albanian | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Macedonian | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Québécois | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Other provincial or regional groups | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Manx | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Cornish | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Haitian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Bermudan | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Puerto Rican | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| St. Lucian | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivian | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecuadorian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Guatemalan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honduran | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maya | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicaraguan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panamanian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belizean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caribbean, n.i.e.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e.3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Uruguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costa Rican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frisian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourger | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincentian/Grenadinian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kittitian/Nevisian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martinican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montserratan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carib | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nova Scotian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican, n.o.s.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenadian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antiguan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sicilian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montenegrin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosovar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashanti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bantu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amhara | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabonese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gambian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burundian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroonian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chadian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Congolese (Zairian) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Congolese, n.o.s.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malagasy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guinean, n.o.s.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ibo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivorian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peulh | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rwandan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Senegalese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanzanian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigrian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Togolese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asian, n.o.s.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tibetan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hmong | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Punjabi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gujarati | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kashmiri | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fijian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maori | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polynesian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samoan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Islander, n.i.e.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mongolian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singaporean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burmese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambodian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khmer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Leonean | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Yoruba | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zambian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordanian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwaiti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zulu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maghrebi, n.i.e.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berber | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israeli | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurd | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatar | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Saudi Arabian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemeni | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assyrian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afghan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
1. Respondents who reported multiple ethnic origins are counted more than once in this table, as they are included in the multiple responses for each origin they reported. For example, a respondent who reported 'English and Scottish' would be included in the multiple responses for English and for Scottish.
2. This is a total population count. The sum of the ethnic groups in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one ethnic origin in the census.
3. The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
4. The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
