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Ethnic Origin (247), Generation Status (4), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Ethnic origin (247)
Definition
Ethnic origin
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the respondent's ancestors.
Values
- Total - Ethnic origin Footnote 1
- British Isles origins
- Cornish
- English
- Irish
- Manx
- Scottish
- Welsh
- British Isles, n.i.e. Footnote 9
- French origins
- Acadian
- French
- Aboriginal origins
- Inuit
- Métis
- North American Indian
- Other North American origins
- American
- Canadian
- Newfoundlander
- Nova Scotian
- Ontarian
- Québécois
- Other provincial or regional groups
- Caribbean origins
- Antiguan
- Bahamian
- Barbadian
- Bermudan
- Carib
- Cuban
- Dominican, n.o.s. Footnote 32
- Grenadian
- Guyanese
- Haitian
- Jamaican
- Kittitian/Nevisian
- Martinican
- Montserratan
- Puerto Rican
- St. Lucian
- Trinidadian/Tobagonian
- Vincentian/Grenadinian
- West Indian
- Caribbean, n.i.e. Footnote 45
- Latin, Central and South American origins
- Aboriginal from Central/South America
- Argentinian
- Belizean
- Bolivian
- Brazilian
- Chilean
- Colombian
- Costa Rican
- Ecuadorian
- Guatemalan
- Hispanic
- Honduran
- Maya
- Mexican
- Nicaraguan
- Panamanian
- Paraguayan
- Peruvian
- Salvadorean
- Uruguayan
- Venezuelan
- Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e. Footnote 68
- European origins
- Western European origins
- Austrian
- Belgian
- Dutch (Netherlands)
- Flemish
- Frisian
- German
- Luxembourger
- Swiss
- Northern European origins
- Finnish
- Scandinavian origins
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Scandinavian, n.i.e. Footnote 86
- Eastern European origins
- Baltic origins
- Estonian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Byelorussian
- Czech and Slovak origins
- Czech
- Czechoslovakian
- Slovak
- Hungarian (Magyar)
- Polish
- Romanian
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Southern European origins
- Albanian
- Bosnian
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Cypriot
- Greek
- Italian
- Kosovar
- Macedonian
- Maltese
- Montenegrin
- Portuguese
- Serbian
- Sicilian
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Yugoslav, n.i.e. Footnote 119
- Other European origins
- Basque
- Gypsy (Roma)
- Jewish
- Slav (European)
- European, n.i.e. Footnote 125
- African origins
- Afrikaner
- Akan
- Amhara
- Angolan
- Ashanti
- Bantu
- Black
- Burundian
- Cameroonian
- Chadian
- Congolese (Zairian)
- Congolese, n.o.s. Footnote 138
- Dinka
- East African
- Eritrean
- Ethiopian
- Gabonese
- Gambian
- Ghanaian
- Guinean, n.o.s. Footnote 146
- Harari
- Ibo
- Ivorian
- Kenyan
- Malagasy
- Malian
- Mauritian
- Nigerian
- Oromo
- Peulh
- Rwandan
- Senegalese
- Seychellois
- Sierra Leonean
- Somali
- South African
- Sudanese
- Tanzanian
- Tigrian
- Togolese
- Ugandan
- Yoruba
- Zambian
- Zimbabwean
- Zulu
- African, n.i.e. Footnote 172
- Arab origins
- Egyptian
- Iraqi
- Jordanian
- Kuwaiti
- Lebanese
- Libyan
- Maghrebi origins
- Algerian
- Berber
- Moroccan
- Tunisian
- Maghrebi, n.i.e. Footnote 185
- Palestinian
- Saudi Arabian
- Syrian
- Yemeni
- Arab, n.i.e. Footnote 190
- West Asian origins
- Afghan
- Armenian
- Assyrian
- Azerbaijani
- Georgian
- Iranian
- Israeli
- Kurd
- Pashtun
- Tatar
- Turk
- West Asian, n.i.e. Footnote 203
- South Asian origins
- Bangladeshi
- Bengali
- East Indian
- Goan
- Gujarati
- Kashmiri
- Nepali
- Pakistani
- Punjabi
- Sinhalese
- Sri Lankan
- Tamil
- South Asian, n.i.e. Footnote 217
- East and Southeast Asian origins
- Burmese
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Hmong
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Khmer
- Korean
- Laotian
- Malaysian
- Mongolian
- Singaporean
- Taiwanese
- Thai
- Tibetan
- Vietnamese
- East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e. Footnote 236
- Asian, n.o.s. Footnote 237
- Oceania origins
- Australian
- New Zealander
- Pacific Islands origins
- Fijian
- Hawaiian
- Maori
- Polynesian
- Samoan
- Pacific Islander, n.i.e. Footnote 247
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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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.
- Footnote 9
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 32
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
- Footnote 45
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 68
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 86
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 119
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 125
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 138
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
- Footnote 146
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
- Footnote 172
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 185
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 190
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 203
-
The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 217
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 236
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
- Footnote 237
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
- Footnote 247
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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'