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Detailed Country of Citizenship (203), Single and Multiple Citizenship Responses (3), Immigrant Status (4A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Detailed country of citizenship (203)

Definition

Citizenship

Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the legal citizenship status of the respondent. Persons who are citizens of more than one country were instructed to provide the name of the other country(ies).

Values

  1. Total - Detailed country of citizenship Footnote 1
  2. Canada
  3. United Kingdom Footnote 3
  4. United States of America Footnote 4
  5. China, People's Republic of Footnote 5
  6. India
  7. Philippines
  8. Pakistan
  9. France and dependencies Footnote 9
  10. Italy
  11. Poland
  12. Korea, South Footnote 12
  13. Portugal
  14. Romania
  15. Germany
  16. Iran Footnote 16
  17. Lebanon
  18. Jamaica
  19. Taiwan
  20. Sri Lanka
  21. Colombia
  22. Mexico
  23. Russian Federation
  24. Israel
  25. Algeria
  26. Netherlands and dependencies Footnote 26
  27. Morocco
  28. Japan
  29. Australia
  30. Viet Nam Footnote 30
  31. Guyana
  32. Switzerland
  33. Bangladesh
  34. Trinidad and Tobago
  35. Afghanistan
  36. Egypt
  37. Greece
  38. Haiti
  39. El Salvador
  40. Turkey
  41. Iraq
  42. Ukraine
  43. South Africa, Republic of
  44. Brazil
  45. Bulgaria
  46. Argentina
  47. Serbia and Montenegro
  48. Nigeria
  49. Croatia
  50. Chile
  51. Peru
  52. Ireland (Eire)
  53. Hungary
  54. Congo, Democratic Republic of the Footnote 54
  55. New Zealand and dependencies Footnote 55
  56. Syria Footnote 56
  57. Sudan
  58. Jordan
  59. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  60. Ethiopia
  61. Albania
  62. Belgium
  63. Venezuela Footnote 63
  64. Somalia
  65. Czech Republic
  66. Cuba
  67. Ghana
  68. Malaysia
  69. Tunisia
  70. Spain
  71. Ecuador
  72. Barbados
  73. Slovakia
  74. Yugoslavia, n.o.s. Footnote 74
  75. Guatemala
  76. Kenya
  77. Fiji
  78. Indonesia
  79. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  80. Sweden
  81. Austria
  82. Mauritius
  83. Zimbabwe
  84. Denmark Footnote 84
  85. Finland
  86. Singapore
  87. Grenada
  88. Uruguay
  89. Burundi
  90. Thailand
  91. Macedonia Footnote 91
  92. Saudi Arabia
  93. Moldova, Republic of
  94. Cambodia Footnote 94
  95. Eritrea
  96. Kazakhstan
  97. Belarus
  98. Dominican Republic
  99. Rwanda
  100. Cameroon
  101. Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip Footnote 101
  102. Costa Rica
  103. Norway
  104. Saint Lucia
  105. Tanzania, United Republic of
  106. Nicaragua
  107. Slovenia
  108. Sierra Leone
  109. Nepal
  110. Malta
  111. Honduras
  112. Côte d'Ivoire Footnote 112
  113. Libya Footnote 113
  114. Latvia
  115. Estonia
  116. Paraguay
  117. Angola
  118. Senegal
  119. Stateless Footnote 119
  120. Lithuania
  121. Panama
  122. Uganda
  123. Bolivia
  124. Dominica
  125. Cyprus
  126. Equatorial Guinea
  127. Myanmar Footnote 127
  128. Togo
  129. Laos Footnote 129
  130. Liberia
  131. Azerbaijan
  132. Yemen
  133. United Kingdom - dependent territories Footnote 133
  134. Armenia
  135. Belize
  136. Uzbekistan
  137. Kuwait
  138. Antigua and Barbuda Footnote 138
  139. Benin
  140. Burkina Faso
  141. Kyrgyzstan
  142. Chad
  143. Mali
  144. Madagascar
  145. United Arab Emirates
  146. Guinea
  147. Zambia
  148. Mongolia
  149. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  150. Bahamas
  151. Gabon
  152. Iceland
  153. United Kingdom - British citizens Footnote 153
  154. Congo, Republic of the
  155. Mauritania
  156. Georgia
  157. Oman
  158. Seychelles
  159. Tajikistan
  160. Gambia
  161. Namibia
  162. Suriname
  163. Botswana
  164. Bahrain
  165. Niger
  166. Djibouti
  167. Luxembourg
  168. Central African Republic
  169. Czechoslovakia, n.o.s. Footnote 169
  170. Brunei Darussalam
  171. Malawi
  172. Qatar
  173. Cape Verde
  174. Bhutan
  175. Mozambique
  176. Korea, North Footnote 176
  177. USSR, n.o.s. Footnote 177
  178. Swaziland
  179. Guinea-Bissau
  180. Tonga
  181. Comoros
  182. Maldives
  183. Palau Footnote 183
  184. Turkmenistan
  185. Liechtenstein
  186. Papua New Guinea
  187. Samoa Footnote 187
  188. Andorra
  189. Lesotho
  190. Monaco
  191. Micronesia, Federated States of
  192. Tuvalu
  193. Vanuatu
  194. East Timor Footnote 194
  195. French, n.o.s. Footnote 195
  196. Holy See (Vatican City)
  197. Kiribati
  198. Marshall Islands
  199. Nauru
  200. San Marino
  201. Sao Tome and Principe
  202. Solomon Islands
  203. Western Sahara

Footnotes

Footnote 1

This is a total population count. The sum of the citizenships in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one citizenship in the census.

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Footnote 3

The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Footnote 4

Includes United States of America, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa, as well as responses of 'American dependency'.

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Footnote 5

Includes all persons who reported 'People's Republic of China,' as well as persons who reported 'Macau,' the former dependency of Portugal, and all persons who reported 'Hong Kong.' Macau and Hong Kong are now special administrative regions of China. Also includes persons born in Hong Kong who reported a citizenship of 'British national overseas,' or 'British dependent territory citizen' or 'Stateless.'

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Footnote 9

Includes France as well as the following dependencies of France: French Polynesia, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna, as well as responses of 'French dependency.'

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Footnote 12

The official name is the Republic of Korea.

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Footnote 16

The official name is the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Footnote 26

Includes Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, as well as responses of 'Netherlands dependency.'

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Footnote 30

The official name is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Footnote 54

Formerly known as Zaire.

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Footnote 55

Includes New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, and Cook Islands, as well as responses of 'New Zealand dependency.'

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Footnote 56

The official name is the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Footnote 63

The official name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Footnote 74

The abbreviation 'n.o.s'. means 'not otherwise specified'.Includes persons who reported 'Yugoslavia.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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Footnote 84

Includes Faroe Islands and Greenland, a dependency of Denmark.

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Footnote 91

The official name is the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Footnote 94

Formerly known as Kampuchea.

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Footnote 101

Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of 'Palestine,' 'Gaza Strip' or 'West Bank' were in reference to these territories as defined.

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Footnote 112

Also known as Ivory Coast.

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Footnote 113

The official name is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

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Footnote 119

Persons who reported 'Stateless' as their country of citizenship, excluding those who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth. Those who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth and who reported 'Stateless' as their citizenship are included in 'People's Republic of China'.

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Footnote 127

Formerly known as Burma.

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Footnote 129

The official name is the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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Footnote 133

Includes the following dependencies of the United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena (also known as Saint Helena and Ascension), Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands, as well as responses of 'British dependency.'

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Footnote 138

Formerly known as Antigua.

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Footnote 153

Includes persons who reported 'British citizen' and 'British national overseas,' excluding those who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth. Those who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth and who reported 'British' as their citizenship are included in 'People's Republic of China.'

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Footnote 169

The abbreviation 'n.o.s'. means 'not otherwise specified'. Includes persons who reported 'Czechoslovakia.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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Footnote 176

The official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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Footnote 177

The abbreviation 'n.o.s'. means 'not otherwise specified'. Includes persons who reported 'USSR.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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Footnote 183

Formerly known as Republic of Belau.

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Footnote 187

Formerly known as Western Samoa.

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Footnote 194

The official name is the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

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Footnote 195

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified'. Includes persons who reported 'French'. In 2006, the 2001 designation 'French responses' was replaced with 'French, n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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