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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Ethnic origin (247) Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses 1 Single ethnic origin responses 2 Multiple ethnic origin responses 3
Note(s) :
  1. Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
    There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
  1. TOTAL - SINGLE AND MULTIPLE ETHNIC ORIGIN RESPONSES
    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.
  2. SINGLE ETHNIC ORIGIN RESPONSES
    A single ethnic origin response occurs when a respondent provides one ethnic origin only.
  3. MULTIPLE ETHNIC ORIGIN RESPONSES
    A multiple ethnic origin response occurs when a respondent provides two or more ethnic origins.
  4. TOTAL - ETHNIC ORIGIN
    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.
  5. BRITISH ISLES, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  6. DOMINICAN, N.O.S.
    The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
  7. CARIBBEAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  8. LATIN, CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  9. SCANDINAVIAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  10. YUGOSLAV, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  11. EUROPEAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

  12. CONGOLESE, N.O.S.
    The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
  13. GUINEAN, N.O.S.
    The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
  14. AFRICAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  15. MAGHREBI, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  16. ARAB, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  17. WEST ASIAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  18. SOUTH ASIAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  19. EAST OR SOUTHEAST ASIAN, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
  20. ASIAN, N.O.S.
    The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'
  21. PACIFIC ISLANDER, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • 2001 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.
Total - Ethnic origin 4 45,870 36,050 9,820
British Isles origins 2,645 760 1,885
Cornish 0 0 0
English 640 180 460
Irish 1,550 455 1,095
Manx 10 10 10
Scottish 640 105 530
Welsh 0 0 0
British Isles, n.i.e. 5 35 15 15
French origins 16,165 7,645 8,520
Acadian 330 135 195
French 15,980 7,515 8,460
Aboriginal origins 885 265 625
Inuit 0 0 0
Métis 100 25 70
North American Indian 805 235 570
Other North American origins 34,735 26,595 8,140
American 90 20 75
Canadian 33,935 25,900 8,030
Newfoundlander 0 0 0
Nova Scotian 0 0 0
Ontarian 0 0 0
Québécois 850 670 180
Other provincial or regional groups 0 10 0
Caribbean origins 75 55 15
Antiguan 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 0 0
Barbadian 0 0 0
Bermudan 0 0 0
Carib 0 0 0
Cuban 0 0 0
Dominican, n.o.s. 6 0 0 0
Grenadian 0 0 0
Guyanese 0 0 0
Haitian 70 50 15
Jamaican 0 0 0
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 0 0 0
St. Lucian 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 0 0 0
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0
West Indian 0 0 0
Caribbean, n.i.e. 7 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 105 40 65
Aboriginal from Central/South America 0 0 0
Argentinian 40 0 40
Belizean 0 0 0
Bolivian 0 0 0
Brazilian 0 0 0
Chilean 0 0 0
Colombian 15 15 0
Costa Rican 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 0 0 0
Guatemalan 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0
Honduran 0 0 0
Maya 0 0 0
Mexican 30 15 15
Nicaraguan 0 0 0
Panamanian 0 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0
Peruvian 0 0 0
Salvadorean 0 0 0
Uruguayan 0 0 0
Venezuelan 0 0 0
Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e. 8 10 0 10
European origins 1,120 305 815
Western European origins 525 140 385
Austrian 0 0 0
Belgian 95 60 40
Dutch (Netherlands) 45 0 50
Flemish 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 355 75 285
Luxembourger 0 0 0
Swiss 25 10 15
Northern European origins 30 0 30
Finnish 0 0 0
Scandinavian origins 30 0 25
Danish 20 0 25
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0
Scandinavian, n.i.e. 9 0 0 0
Eastern European origins 70 45 25
Baltic origins 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Byelorussian 0 0 0
Czech and Slovak origins 0 0 10
Czech 0 0 0
Czechoslovakian 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0
Hungarian (Magyar) 25 10 20
Polish 15 10 0
Romanian 10 10 0
Russian 15 15 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0
Southern European origins 550 115 440
Albanian 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0
Cypriot 0 0 0
Greek 95 10 85
Italian 335 85 245
Kosovar 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0
Montenegrin 0 0 0
Portuguese 95 15 75
Serbian 0 0 0
Sicilian 10 0 10
Slovenian 0 0 0
Spanish 70 0 70
Yugoslav, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Other European origins 10 0 0
Basque 0 0 0
Gypsy (Roma) 0 0 0
Jewish 0 0 0
Slav (European) 0 0 0
European, n.i.e. 11 10 0 10
African origins 205 85 120
Afrikaner 0 0 0
Akan 0 0 0
Amhara 0 0 0
Angolan 0 0 0
Ashanti 0 0 0
Bantu 0 0 0
Black 10 10 0
Burundian 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0
Congolese (Zairian) 0 0 0
Congolese, n.o.s. 12 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0
East African 0 0 0
Eritrean 0 0 0
Ethiopian 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0
Ghanaian 0 0 0
Guinean, n.o.s. 13 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0
Ibo 0 0 0
Ivorian 0 0 0
Kenyan 0 0 0
Malagasy 45 25 15
Malian 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 0 0
Nigerian 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Peulh 0 0 0
Rwandan 15 15 0
Senegalese 10 10 0
Seychellois 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
South African 0 0 0
Sudanese 0 0 0
Tanzanian 0 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0
Togolese 20 0 20
Ugandan 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0
Zambian 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 0 0 0
Zulu 0 0 0
African, n.i.e. 14 120 25 100
Arab origins 190 110 80
Egyptian 0 0 0
Iraqi 0 0 0
Jordanian 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 0 0 0
Lebanese 80 55 25
Libyan 0 0 0
Maghrebi origins 25 20 10
Algerian 10 10 0
Berber 0 0 0
Moroccan 10 0 0
Tunisian 15 0 10
Maghrebi, n.i.e. 15 0 0 0
Palestinian 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 0 0 0
Syrian 10 10 0
Yemeni 0 0 0
Arab, n.i.e. 16 75 25 50
West Asian origins 110 65 40
Afghan 0 0 0
Armenian 15 0 10
Assyrian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0
Iranian 35 15 20
Israeli 0 0 0
Kurd 50 50 0
Pashtun 0 0 0
Tatar 0 0 0
Turk 30 0 30
West Asian, n.i.e. 17 0 0 0
South Asian origins 0 0 0
Bangladeshi 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0
East Indian 10 0 0
Goan 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0
Pakistani 0 0 0
Punjabi 0 0 0
Sinhalese 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0
South Asian, n.i.e. 18 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 120 110 10
Burmese 0 0 0
Cambodian 0 0 0
Chinese 90 80 10
Filipino 10 10 0
Hmong 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0
Khmer 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0
Laotian 0 0 0
Malaysian 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0
Singaporean 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0
Vietnamese 25 25 0
East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e. 19 0 0 0
Asian, n.o.s. 20 0 0 0
Oceania origins 20 10 10
Australian 10 0 15
New Zealander 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins 10 10 0
Fijian 10 10 0
Hawaiian 0 0 0
Maori 0 0 0
Polynesian 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0
Pacific Islander, n.i.e. 21 0 0 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006006 (Rimouski, Code404)