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Census Metropolitan Area and Residual for Province or Territory of Residence 5 Years Ago (49), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (9), Place of Birth (33), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 5 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Place of birth (33)
Definition
Place of birth of respondent
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the province or territory where the respondent was born, for respondents who were born in Canada, or to the country where the respondent was born, for respondents born outside Canada.
Values
- Total - Place of birth Footnote 1
- United States of America
- Central America
- Caribbean and Bermuda
- South America
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Southern Europe
- Italy
- Other Southern Europe
- Northern Europe
- United Kingdom
- Other Northern Europe
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Eastern Africa
- Northern Africa
- Central Africa
- Southern Africa
- Asia and the Middle East
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Eastern Asia
- China, People's Republic of
- Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
- Other Eastern Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Philippines
- Other Southeast Asia
- Southern Asia
- India
- Other Southern Asia
- Oceania and other Footnote 33
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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For information on the specific countries included in each regional grouping in this variable, please refer to Appendix J in the 2006 Census Dictionary.
- Footnote 33
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'Other' includes Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the category 'Other country,' as well as immigrants born in Canada.