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Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Immigrant status and place of birth (38)
Definition
No definition is available for this variable.
Values
- Total - Immigrant status and place of birth Footnote 1
- Non-immigrants Footnote 2
- Born in province of residence
- Born outside province of residence
- Immigrants Footnote 5
- 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 37
- Non-permanent residents Footnote 38
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 2
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Non-immigrants are persons who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most Canadian citizens by birth were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents.
- Footnote 5
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Immigrants are persons who are, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others are recent arrivals. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number were born in Canada. Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to Census Day, May 16, 2006.
- Footnote 37
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'Other' includes Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the category 'Other country,' as well as immigrants born in Canada.
- Footnote 38
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Non-permanent residents are persons from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living with them in Canada.