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Appendix C
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996

Modified on June 24, 2008

Appendix C1
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: British Isles origins
British Isles origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Cornish British, n.i.e. British, n.i.e.
English English English
Irish Irish Irish
Manx British, n.i.e. British, n.i.e.
Scottish Scottish Scottish
Welsh Welsh Welsh
British Isles, n.i.e. British, n.i.e. British, n.i.e.

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Appendix C2
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: French origins
French origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Acadian Acadian Acadian
French French French

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Appendix C3
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Aboriginal origins
Aboriginal origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Inuit Inuit Inuit
Métis Métis Métis
North American Indian North American Indian North American Indian

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Appendix C4
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Other North American origins
Other North American origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
American American American
Canadian Canadian Canadian
Newfoundlander Newfoundlander Canadian
Nova Scotian Other provincial or regional groups Canadian
Ontarian Other provincial or regional groups Canadian
Québécois Québécois Québécois
Other provincial or regional groups Other provincial or regional groups Canadian

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Appendix C5
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Caribbean origins
Caribbean origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Antiguan Antiguan Antiguan
Bahamian Bahamian Bahamian
Barbadian Barbadian Barbadian
Bermudan Bermudan Bermudan
Carib Carib Caribbean, n.i.e.
Cuban Cuban Cuban
Dominican, n.o.s. Dominican, n.o.s. Caribbean, n.i.e.
Grenadian Grenadian Grenadian
Guyanese Guyanese Guyanese
Haitian Haitian Haitian
Jamaican Jamaican Jamaican
Kittitian/Nevisian Kittitian/Nevisian Kittitian/Nevisian
Martinican Martinique Caribbean, n.i.e.
Montserratan Caribbean, n.i.e. Caribbean, n.i.e.
Puerto Rican Puerto Rican Caribbean, n.i.e.
St. Lucian St. Lucian St. Lucian
Trinidadian/Tobagonian Trinidadian/Tobagonian Trinidadian/Tobagonian
Vincentian/Grenadinian Vincentian/Grenadinian Vincentian/Grenadinian
West Indian West Indian West Indian
Caribbean, n.i.e. Caribbean, n.i.e. Caribbean, n.i.e.

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Appendix C6
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Latin, Central and South
Latin, Central and South American origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Aboriginal from Central/South America Central/South American Indian Central/South American Indian
Argentinian Argentinian Argentinian
Belizean Belizean Caribbean, n.i.e.
Bolivian Bolivian Latin/Central/South American, n.i.e.
Brazilian Brazilian Brazilian
Chilean Chilean Chilean
Colombian Colombian Colombian
Costa Rican Costa Rican Costa Rican
Ecuadorian Ecuadorian Ecuadorian
Guatemalan Guatemalan Guatemalan
Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic
Honduran Honduran Honduran
Maya Maya Central/South American Indian
Mexican Mexican Mexican
Nicaraguan Nicaraguan Nicaraguan
Panamanian Panamanian Panamanian
Paraguayan Paraguayan Paraguayan
Peruvian Peruvian Peruvian
Salvadorean Salvadorean Salvadorean
Uruguayan Uruguayan Uruguayan
Venezuelan Venezuelan Venezuelan
Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e. Latin/Central/South American, n.i.e. Latin/Central/South American, n.i.e.

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Appendix C7
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: European origins: Western European origins
European origins: Western European origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Austrian Austrian Austrian
Belgian Belgian Belgian
Dutch (Netherlands) Dutch (Netherlands) Dutch (Netherlands)
Flemish Flemish Flemish
Frisian Frisian Frisian
German German German
Luxembourger Luxembourger Luxembourger
Swiss Swiss Swiss

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Appendix C8
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: European origins: Northern European origins
European origins: Northern European origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Finnish Finnish Finnish
Scandinavian origins
Danish Danish Danish
Icelandic Icelandic Icelandic
Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian
Swedish Swedish Swedish
Scandinavian, n.i.e. Scandinavian, n.i.e. Scandinavian, n.i.e.

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Appendix C9
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: European origins: Eastern European origins: Baltic origins
European origins: Eastern European origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Baltic origins
Estonian Estonian Estonian
Latvian Latvian Latvian
Lithuanian Lithuanian Lithuanian
Byelorussian
Byelorussian Byelorussian Byelorussian
Czech and Slovak origins
Czech Czech Czech
Czechoslovakian Czechoslovakian Czechoslovakian
Slovak Slovak Slovak
Other Eastern European origins
Hungarian (Magyar) Hungarian (Magyar) Hungarian (Magyar)
Polish Polish Polish
Romanian Romanian Romanian
Russian Russian Russian
Ukrainian Ukrainian Ukrainian

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Appendix C10
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: European origins: Southern European origins
European origins: Southern European origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Albanian Albanian Albanian
Bosnian Bosnian Bosnian
Bulgarian Bulgarian Bulgarian
Croatian Croatian Croatian
Cypriot Cypriot Cypriot
Greek Greek Greek
Italian Italian Italian
Kosovar Kosovar Albanian
Macedonian Macedonian Macedonian
Maltese Maltese Maltese
Montenegrin Montenegrin Yugoslav, n.i.e.
Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese
Serbian Serbian Serbian
Sicilian Sicilian Italian
Slovenian Slovenian Slovenian
Spanish Spanish Spanish
Yugoslav, n.i.e. Yugoslav, n.i.e. Yugoslav, n.i.e.

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Appendix C11
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: European origins: Other European origins
European origins: Other European origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Basque Basque Basque
Gypsy (Roma) Gypsy (Roma) Gypsy (Roma)
Jewish Jewish Jewish
Slav (European) Slav (European) Slav (European)
European, n.i.e. European, n.i.e. European, n.i.e.

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Appendix C12
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated
in 2006, 2001 and 1996: African origins
African origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified
  1. Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the census, while other respondents 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 one or more ethnic origins together or use counts for ethnic categories such as 'South Asian origins' or 'African origins.' (Please Note:, however, that 'African origins' should not be considered equivalent to the 'Black' population group or visible minority status, as there are persons reporting African origins who report a population group or visible minority status other than Black. Conversely, many people report a population group or visible minority status of Black and do not report having African origins. For information on population group and visible minority population in the 2006 Census, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication.)
  2. In the 2006 Census, the 2001 ethnic origins 'African (Black), n.i.e.' and 'African, n.i.e.' were combined into one aggregate group: 'African, n.i.e.' Prior to the 2006 Census, the ethnic group 'African (Black), n.i.e.' included general 'African' responses as well as responses of 'African Black' (as provided on one line of the census questionnaire) and African origins not included elsewhere. In 2006, the group 'African, n.i.e.' includes general 'African' responses as well as responses indicating African origins not included elsewhere. A response of 'African Black' provided on one line of the 2006 questionnaire was considered to be a multiple response and was counted in both 'Black' and in 'African, n.i.e.', an approach consistent with the treatment of multiple responses of 'African' and 'Black' written over more than one line of the census questionnaire in 2001 and in previous censuses.
  3. Due to changes in census processing procedures, the counts for 'Congolese (Zairian)' in 2006 and 'Zairian' in 2001 are not directly comparable. The counts for 'Congolese, n.o.s.' in 2006 and 2001 are also not directly comparable. Users who wish to analyse changes in the reporting of these origins over time should combine counts for 'Congolese (Zairian)' and 'Congolese, n.o.s.' in 2006 and compare those to the combined counts for 'Zairian' and 'Congolese, n.o.s.' in 2001.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Afrikaner Afrikaner South African
Akan Akan Ghanaian
Amhara Ethiopian Ethiopian
Angolan Angolan African (Black), n.i.e.
Ashanti Ashanti Ghanaian
Bantu African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Black1,2 Black1,2 Black1
Burundian Burundian Burundian
Cameroonian Cameroonian African (Black), n.i.e.
Chadian African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Congolese (Zairian)3 Zairian3 Zairian
Congolese n.o.s.3 Congolese n.o.s.3 African (Black), n.i.e.
Dinka African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
East African East African East African
Eritrean Eritrean Eritrean
Ethiopian Ethiopian Ethiopian
Gabonese African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Gambian African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Ghanaian Ghanaian Ghanaian
Guinean, n.o.s. Guinean, n.o.s. African (Black), n.i.e.
Harari Ethiopian Ethiopian
Ibo Ibo Nigerian
Ivorian Ivoirean African (Black), n.i.e.
Kenyan Kenyan Kenyan
Malagasy Malagasy Other African, n.i.e.
Malian Malian African (Black), n.i.e.
Mauritian Mauritian Mauritian
Nigerian Nigerian Nigerian
Oromo Oromo Ethiopian
Peulh African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Rwandan Rwandan Rwandan
Senegalese Senegalese African (Black), n.i.e.
Seychellois Seychellois Other African, n.i.e.
Sierra Leonean Sierra Leonean African (Black), n.i.e.
Somali Somali Somali
South African South African South African
Sudanese Sudanese Sudanese
Tanzanian Tanzanian Tanzanian
Tigrian Ethiopian Ethiopian
Togolese Togolese African (Black), n.i.e.
Ugandan Ugandan Ugandan
Yoruba Yoruba Nigerian
Zambian African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
Zimbabwean Zimbabwean African (Black), n.i.e.
Zulu African (Black), n.i.e. African (Black), n.i.e.
African (Black), n.i.e.2 African (Black), n.i.e.;African, n.i.e. 2 Other African, n.i.e.

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Appendix C13
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Arab origins
Arab origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Egyptian Egyptian Egyptian
Iraqi Iraqi Iraqi
Jordanian Jordanian Jordanian
Kuwaiti Kuwaiti Arab, n.i.e.
Lebanese Lebanese Lebanese
Libyan Libyan Arab, n.i.e.
Maghrebi origins
Algerian Algerian Algerian
Berber Berber Berber
Moroccan Moroccan Moroccan
Tunisian Tunisian Tunisian
Maghrebi, n.i.e. Maghrebi, n.i.e. Maghrebi, n.i.e.
Other Arab origins
Palestinian Palestinian Palestinian
Saudi Arabian Saudi Arabian Arab, n.i.e.
Syrian Syrian Syrian
Yemeni Yemeni Arab, n.i.e.
Arab, n.i.e. Arab, n.i.e. Arab, n.i.e.

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Appendix C14
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: West Asian origins
West Asian origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Afghan Afghan Afghan
Armenian Armenian Armenian
Assyrian Assyrian Arab, n.i.e.
Azerbaijani Azerbaijani West Asian, n.i.e.
Georgian Georgian Russian
Iranian Iranian Iranian
Israeli Israeli Israeli
Kurd Kurd Kurd
Pashtun Pashtun Afghan
Tatar Tatar Afghan
Turk Turk Turk
West Asian, n.i.e. West Asian, n.i.e. West Asian, n.i.e.

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Appendix C15
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: South Asian origins
South Asian origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified
  1. Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the census, while other respondents 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 one or more ethnic origins together or use counts for ethnic categories such as 'South Asian origins' or 'African origins.' (Please Note:, however, that 'African origins' should not be considered equivalent to the 'Black' population group or visible minority status, as there are persons reporting African origins who report a population group or visible minority status other than Black. Conversely, many people report a population group or visible minority status of Black and do not report having African origins. For information on population group and visible minority population in the 2006 Census, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication.)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Bangladeshi
Bengali Bengali Bengali
East Indian1 East Indian1 East Indian1
Goan Goan Goan
Gujarati Gujarati Gujarati
Kashmiri Kashmiri South Asian, n.i.e.
Nepali Nepali South Asian, n.i.e.
Pakistani Pakistani Pakistani
Punjabi Punjabi Punjabi
Sinhalese Sinhalese Sinhalese
Sri Lankan Sri Lankan Sri Lankan
Tamil Tamil Tamil
South Asian, n.i.e. South Asian, n.i.e. South Asian, n.i.e.

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Appendix C16
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: East and Southeast Asian origins
East and Southeast Asian origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Burmese Burmese Burmese
Cambodian Cambodian Cambodian
Chinese Chinese Chinese
Filipino Filipino Filipino
Hmong Hmong East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e.
Indonesian Indonesian Indonesian
Japanese Japanese Japanese
Khmer Khmer Cambodian
Korean Korean Korean
Laotian Laotian Laotian
Malaysian Malaysian Malay
Mongolian Mongolian Mongolian
Singaporean East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e. East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e.
Taiwanese Taiwanese Taiwanese
Thai Thai Thai
Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan
Vietnamese Vietnamese Vietnamese
East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e. East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e. East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e.
Asian, n.o.s. Asian, n.o.s. Asian, n.i.e.

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Appendix C17
Comparison of ethnic origins disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996: Oceania origins
Oceania origins
2006 Classification 2001 Classification 1996 Classification
Note:
  • n.i.e.  = not included elsewhere
  • n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses.
Australian Australian Australian
New Zealander New Zealander New Zealander
Pacific Islands origins
Fijian Fijian Fijian
Hawaiian Hawaiian Polynesian
Maori Maori Polynesian
Polynesian Polynesian Polynesian
Samoan Polynesian Polynesian
Pacific Islander, n.i.e. Pacific Islander, n.i.e. Pacific Islander, n.i.e.

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Date Modified: 2009-11-20

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