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Topic-based tabulation: 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

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Catalogue number :97-562-XCB2006015
Release date :April 2, 2008
Topic :Ethnic origin and visible minorities
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Note

Note: Ethnic origin

In 2006, the Ethnic origin question asked: 'What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person's ancestors?' Respondents were asked to specify as many origins as applicable. Four write-in spaces were provided and up to six ethnic origins were retained.

Since 1981, when respondents were first permitted to report more than one ethnic origin in the census, a distinction has been made between single and multiple ethnic origin responses. A 'single' response is given when a respondent provides one ethnic origin only. A 'multiple' response is given when a respondent provides two or more ethnic origins. A 'total response' indicates the sum of single and multiple responses for each specific group.

It must be noted that the measurement of ethnicity is affected by changes in the social environment in which the question is asked, and changes in the respondent's understanding or views about the topic. Awareness of family background or length of time since immigration can affect responses to the ethnic origin question. Some respondents may confuse or combine the concept of ethnic origin with other concepts such as citizenship, nationality, language or cultural identity.

As well, some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the census, while others may choose to give more general responses. This means that two respondents with the same ethnic ancestry could have different response patterns and thus could be counted as having different ethnic origins. For example, one respondent may report 'East Indian' ethnic origin while another respondent, with a similar ancestral background, may report 'Punjabi' or 'South Asian' origins; one respondent may report 'Black' while another, similar respondent, may report 'Ghanaian' or 'African.' As a result, ethnic origin data are very fluid, and counts for certain origins, such as 'East Indian' and 'Black,' may seem lower than initially expected. Users who wish to obtain broader response counts may wish to combine data for two or more ethnic origins together or use counts for ethnic categories such as 'South Asian origins' or 'African origins.'

For additional information on issues related to the collection and dissemination of ethnic origin data, and on the comparability of ethnic origin data over time, refer to the Ethnic Origin Reference Guide, 2006 Census, Catalogue number 97-562-GWE2006025.

Note: Impact of municipal restructuring

The boundaries and names of municipalities (census subdivisions) can change from one census to the next because of annexations, dissolutions and incorporations. To bridge the impact of these municipal changes on data dissemination, the 2006 Census team is producing a profile for dissolved census subdivisions. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Note: Institutional residents

People in seniors' residences in the 2006 Census are classified as 'not living in an institution'. This is a change from the 2001 Census where they were classified as institutional residents, specifically, 'living in an institution, resident under care or custody'.

Note: Non-permanent residents and the census universe

In the 2006 Census, non-permanent residents are defined as people 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 in Canada with them. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses, non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census.

From 1991 on, the Census of Population has enumerated both permanent and non-permanent residents of Canada. Prior to 1991, only permanent residents of Canada were included in the census. (The only exception to this occurred in 1941.) Non-permanent residents were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated.

Total population counts, as well as counts for all variables, are affected by this change in the census universe. Users should be especially careful when comparing data from 1991, 1996, 2001 or 2006 with data from previous censuses in geographic areas where there is a concentration of non-permanent residents.

Today in Canada, non-permanent residents make up a significant segment of the population, especially in several census metropolitan areas. Their presence can affect the demand for such government services as health care, schooling, employment programs and language training. The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) which include this population. In addition, this inclusion of non-permanent residents brings Canadian practice closer to the United Nations (UN) recommendation that long-term residents (persons living in a country for one year or longer) be enumerated in the census.

Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the enumeration of this population.

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

For counts of the non-permanent resident population in 1991, 2001 and 2006, please refer to the 2006 Census table 97-557-XCB2006006.


Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details ethnic origin , generation status , single and multiple ethnic origin responses and sex for the population 15 years and over in Pickering, CY
Ethnic origin (247) Generation status (4)
Total - Generation status 1st generationFootnote 2 2nd generationFootnote 3 3rd generation or moreFootnote 4
Total - Ethnic originFootnote 5 70,015 25,715 17,950 26,345
British Isles origins 31,880 5,600 8,075 18,200
Cornish 0 0 0 0
English 19,095 3,130 4,645 11,315
Irish 12,155 1,545 2,910 7,700
Manx 10 10 0 0
Scottish 13,260 1,925 3,355 7,980
Welsh 1,225 160 300 760
British Isles, n.i.e.Footnote 6 1,535 280 495 760
French origins 5,185 460 750 3,975
Acadian 65 10 10 60
French 5,135 455 750 3,930
Aboriginal origins 1,180 50 195 930
Inuit 10 0 0 10
Métis 195 0 20 180
North American Indian 995 50 180 770
Other North American origins 14,230 445 3,095 10,685
American 575 130 190 255
Canadian 13,885 350 2,995 10,540
Newfoundlander 35 0 10 25
Nova Scotian 45 0 0 45
Ontarian 0 0 0 10
Québécois 15 0 0 10
Other provincial or regional groups 0 0 0 0
Caribbean origins 7,180 4,705 2,200 275
Antiguan 65 30 30 0
Bahamian 25 10 0 0
Barbadian 595 295 255 45
Bermudan 0 0 0 0
Carib 15 10 0 0
Cuban 75 55 15 0
Dominican, n.o.s.Footnote 7 40 25 15 0
Grenadian 195 155 35 0
Guyanese 1,100 665 360 75
Haitian 30 30 0 0
Jamaican 3,405 2,185 1,130 95
Kittitian/Nevisian 30 25 10 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 0 0 0 0
St. Lucian 50 45 10 10
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 985 630 335 20
Vincentian/Grenadinian 95 75 20 0
West Indian 980 665 295 20
Caribbean, n.i.e.Footnote 8 70 30 40 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 710 525 150 35
Aboriginal from Central/South America 40 40 0 0
Argentinian 35 35 0 0
Belizean 0 0 0 0
Bolivian 0 0 0 0
Brazilian 15 0 15 0
Chilean 85 70 15 0
Colombian 30 15 10 0
Costa Rican 0 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 10 0 0 0
Guatemalan 10 10 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0 0
Honduran 0 0 0 0
Maya 0 0 0 0
Mexican 75 15 35 25
Nicaraguan 15 15 0 0
Panamanian 40 40 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 115 105 15 0
Salvadorean 105 75 30 0
Uruguayan 10 0 0 0
Venezuelan 50 45 0 0
Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e.Footnote 9 85 55 25 10
European origins 21,420 7,195 7,870 6,355
Western European origins 7,230 1,860 2,300 3,070
Austrian 435 115 170 150
Belgian 160 40 40 75
Dutch (Netherlands) 1,970 485 695 795
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0
German 4,965 1,275 1,500 2,190
Luxembourger 0 0 0 0
Swiss 205 30 75 100
Northern European origins 1,100 210 425 465
Finnish 340 85 165 95
Scandinavian origins 795 125 265 410
Danish 240 55 95 90
Icelandic 25 0 10 25
Norwegian 230 25 80 125
Swedish 285 40 75 165
Scandinavian, n.i.e.Footnote 10 30 10 10 10
Eastern European origins 5,075 1,590 1,640 1,850
Baltic origins 375 130 165 80
Estonian 190 60 85 50
Latvian 140 55 65 15
Lithuanian 55 15 25 20
Byelorussian 30 30 0 0
Czech and Slovak origins 455 140 215 100
Czech 260 90 125 45
Czechoslovakian 80 10 35 35
Slovak 175 45 80 40
Hungarian (Magyar) 635 280 230 125
Polish 1,790 565 625 600
Romanian 395 255 75 55
Russian 465 215 90 160
Ukrainian 1,510 140 485 890
Southern European origins 9,755 3,840 4,285 1,620
Albanian 65 40 25 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 25 0 15 10
Croatian 190 85 85 20
Cypriot 40 20 20 0
Greek 1,320 580 640 95
Italian 4,395 1,080 2,170 1,150
Kosovar 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 730 370 290 70
Maltese 245 60 130 55
Montenegrin 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 1,845 1,065 680 100
Serbian 120 70 50 0
Sicilian 20 0 20 0
Slovenian 75 30 45 0
Spanish 1,125 670 315 135
Yugoslav, n.i.e.Footnote 11 175 55 65 50
Other European origins 415 140 140 130
Basque 0 0 0 0
Gypsy (Roma) 0 0 0 0
Jewish 325 105 120 105
Slav (European) 15 15 0 0
European, n.i.e.Footnote 12 70 25 20 25
African origins 1,735 1,195 435 95
Afrikaner 0 0 0 0
Akan 0 0 0 0
Amhara 0 0 0 0
Angolan 0 0 0 0
Ashanti 30 15 20 0
Bantu 0 0 0 0
Black 480 305 130 40
Burundian 0 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0 0
Congolese (Zairian) 10 10 0 0
Congolese, n.o.s.Footnote 13 25 25 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0
East African 35 20 15 0
Eritrean 55 55 0 0
Ethiopian 10 0 10 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0 0
Ghanaian 15 15 0 0
Guinean, n.o.s.Footnote 14 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0
Ibo 0 0 0 0
Ivorian 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 55 40 0 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 70 55 20 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0
Peulh 0 0 0 0
Rwandan 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0
South African 95 50 25 10
Sudanese 10 10 0 0
Tanzanian 15 10 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0 0
Ugandan 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 35 25 10 0
Zambian 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 0 0 0 0
Zulu 0 0 0 0
African, n.i.e.Footnote 15 855 610 205 30
Arab origins 815 635 110 65
Egyptian 165 135 10 20
Iraqi 10 10 0 0
Jordanian 10 10 0 0
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 265 185 45 40
Libyan 0 0 0 0
Maghrebi origins 45 30 10 0
Algerian 0 0 0 0
Berber 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 45 30 0 10
Tunisian 0 0 0 0
Maghrebi, n.i.e.Footnote 16 0 0 0 0
Palestinian 65 40 30 0
Saudi Arabian 10 0 0 0
Syrian 75 70 10 0
Yemeni 10 0 10 0
Arab, n.i.e.Footnote 17 215 185 25 10
West Asian origins 1,190 995 165 25
Afghan 550 495 40 10
Armenian 155 135 10 0
Assyrian 10 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0
Georgian 75 15 60 0
Iranian 215 205 10 10
Israeli 20 10 10 0
Kurd 0 0 0 0
Pashtun 0 0 0 0
Tatar 0 0 0 0
Turk 150 125 20 0
West Asian, n.i.e.Footnote 18 30 20 10 0
South Asian origins 6,585 5,225 1,280 80
Bangladeshi 35 35 0 0
Bengali 10 10 0 0
East Indian 5,260 4,050 1,135 70
Goan 35 25 10 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 20 20 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0
Pakistani 705 575 115 15
Punjabi 25 25 0 0
Sinhalese 15 10 0 0
Sri Lankan 500 475 30 0
Tamil 145 145 0 0
South Asian, n.i.e.Footnote 19 215 195 20 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 4,910 3,515 1,205 195
Burmese 0 0 0 0
Cambodian 0 0 0 0
Chinese 2,155 1,440 665 45
Filipino 2,200 1,760 425 15
Hmong 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 40 35 10 0
Japanese 230 35 65 130
Khmer 0 0 0 0
Korean 240 200 35 0
Laotian 0 0 0 0
Malaysian 50 35 15 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0
Singaporean 10 10 0 0
Taiwanese 40 40 10 0
Thai 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 90 75 10 0
East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e.Footnote 20 30 30 0 0
Asian, n.o.s.Footnote 21 0 0 0 0
Oceania origins 55 10 30 15
Australian 45 0 25 15
New Zealander 15 10 10 0
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0
Hawaiian 0 0 0 0
Maori 0 0 0 0
Polynesian 0 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander, n.i.e.Footnote 22 0 0 0 0

Footnotes

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each ethnic origin, either as their only response or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. Total responses represent the sum of single responses and multiple responses received in the census.

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Footnote 2

Persons born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada. Also included in the first generation are a small number of people born outside Canada to parents who are Canadian citizens by birth. In addition, the first generation includes people who are non-permanent residents (defined as people from another country living in Canada on Work or Study Permits or as refugee claimants, and any family members living with them in Canada).

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Footnote 3

Persons born inside Canada with at least one parent born outside Canada. This includes (a) persons born in Canada with both parents born outside Canada and (b) persons born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and one parent born outside Canada (these persons may have grandparents born inside or outside Canada as well).

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Footnote 4

Persons born inside Canada with both parents born inside Canada (these persons may have grandparents born inside or outside Canada as well).

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Footnote 5

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.

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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Footnote 13

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'

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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'

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Footnote 15

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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Footnote 21

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'

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Footnote 22

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006015.

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