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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
- Total - Detailed country of citizenship Footnote 1
- Canada
- United Kingdom Footnote 3
- United States of America Footnote 4
- China, People's Republic of Footnote 5
- India
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- France and dependencies Footnote 9
- Italy
- Poland
- Korea, South Footnote 12
- Portugal
- Romania
- Germany
- Iran Footnote 16
- Lebanon
- Jamaica
- Taiwan
- Sri Lanka
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Russian Federation
- Israel
- Algeria
- Netherlands and dependencies Footnote 26
- Morocco
- Japan
- Australia
- Viet Nam Footnote 30
- Guyana
- Switzerland
- Bangladesh
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Afghanistan
- Egypt
- Greece
- Haiti
- El Salvador
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Ukraine
- South Africa, Republic of
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Argentina
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Nigeria
- Croatia
- Chile
- Peru
- Ireland (Eire)
- Hungary
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Footnote 54
- New Zealand and dependencies Footnote 55
- Syria Footnote 56
- Sudan
- Jordan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ethiopia
- Albania
- Belgium
- Venezuela Footnote 63
- Somalia
- Czech Republic
- Cuba
- Ghana
- Malaysia
- Tunisia
- Spain
- Ecuador
- Barbados
- Slovakia
- Yugoslavia, n.o.s. Footnote 74
- Guatemala
- Kenya
- Fiji
- Indonesia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sweden
- Austria
- Mauritius
- Zimbabwe
- Denmark Footnote 84
- Finland
- Singapore
- Grenada
- Uruguay
- Burundi
- Thailand
- Macedonia Footnote 91
- Saudi Arabia
- Moldova, Republic of
- Cambodia Footnote 94
- Eritrea
- Kazakhstan
- Belarus
- Dominican Republic
- Rwanda
- Cameroon
- Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip Footnote 101
- Costa Rica
- Norway
- Saint Lucia
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Nicaragua
- Slovenia
- Sierra Leone
- Nepal
- Malta
- Honduras
- Côte d'Ivoire Footnote 112
- Libya Footnote 113
- Latvia
- Estonia
- Paraguay
- Angola
- Senegal
- Stateless Footnote 119
- Lithuania
- Panama
- Uganda
- Bolivia
- Dominica
- Cyprus
- Equatorial Guinea
- Myanmar Footnote 127
- Togo
- Laos Footnote 129
- Liberia
- Azerbaijan
- Yemen
- United Kingdom - dependent territories Footnote 133
- Armenia
- Belize
- Uzbekistan
- Kuwait
- Antigua and Barbuda Footnote 138
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Kyrgyzstan
- Chad
- Mali
- Madagascar
- United Arab Emirates
- Guinea
- Zambia
- Mongolia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Bahamas
- Gabon
- Iceland
- United Kingdom - British citizens Footnote 153
- Congo, Republic of the
- Mauritania
- Georgia
- Oman
- Seychelles
- Tajikistan
- Gambia
- Namibia
- Suriname
- Botswana
- Bahrain
- Niger
- Djibouti
- Luxembourg
- Central African Republic
- Czechoslovakia, n.o.s. Footnote 169
- Brunei Darussalam
- Malawi
- Qatar
- Cape Verde
- Bhutan
- Mozambique
- Korea, North Footnote 176
- USSR, n.o.s. Footnote 177
- Swaziland
- Guinea-Bissau
- Tonga
- Comoros
- Maldives
- Palau Footnote 183
- Turkmenistan
- Liechtenstein
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa Footnote 187
- Andorra
- Lesotho
- Monaco
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- East Timor Footnote 194
- French, n.o.s. Footnote 195
- Holy See (Vatican City)
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Solomon Islands
- Western Sahara
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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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.
- Footnote 3
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The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 4
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Includes United States of America, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa, as well as responses of 'American dependency'.
- Footnote 5
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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.'
- Footnote 9
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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.'
- Footnote 12
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The official name is the Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 16
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The official name is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 26
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Includes Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, as well as responses of 'Netherlands dependency.'
- Footnote 30
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The official name is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Footnote 54
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Formerly known as Zaire.
- Footnote 55
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Includes New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, and Cook Islands, as well as responses of 'New Zealand dependency.'
- Footnote 56
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The official name is the Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 63
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The official name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 74
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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.
- Footnote 84
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Includes Faroe Islands and Greenland, a dependency of Denmark.
- Footnote 91
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The official name is the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Footnote 94
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Formerly known as Kampuchea.
- Footnote 101
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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.
- Footnote 112
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Also known as Ivory Coast.
- Footnote 113
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The official name is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Footnote 119
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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'.
- Footnote 127
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Formerly known as Burma.
- Footnote 129
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The official name is the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 133
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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.'
- Footnote 138
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Formerly known as Antigua.
- Footnote 153
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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.'
- Footnote 169
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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.
- Footnote 176
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The official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 177
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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.
- Footnote 183
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Formerly known as Republic of Belau.
- Footnote 187
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Formerly known as Western Samoa.
- Footnote 194
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The official name is the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
- Footnote 195
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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.