Census Profile, 2016 Census
Yellowknife [Census agglomeration], Northwest Territories and Northwest Territories [Territory]
Characteristic |
Yellowknife Northwest Territories [Census agglomeration] |
Northwest Territories [Territory] |
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Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
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Ethnic origin populationUpdate of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin | ||||||
Total - Ethnic origin for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 103 | 19,285 | 9,715 | 9,565 | 41,135 | 20,905 | 20,230 |
North American Aboriginal origins | 4,520 | 2,050 | 2,465 | 20,720 | 10,185 | 10,530 |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 3,200 | 1,475 | 1,725 | 15,155 | 7,505 | 7,645 |
Inuit | 625 | 270 | 355 | 4,515 | 2,170 | 2,340 |
Métis | 1,285 | 580 | 705 | 2,915 | 1,395 | 1,525 |
Other North American origins | 6,165 | 3,080 | 3,080 | 8,220 | 4,195 | 4,020 |
Acadian | 205 | 105 | 100 | 250 | 125 | 120 |
American | 250 | 155 | 100 | 495 | 285 | 210 |
Canadian | 5,900 | 2,920 | 2,985 | 7,655 | 3,865 | 3,785 |
New Brunswicker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newfoundlander | 40 | 15 | 20 | 70 | 35 | 30 |
Nova Scotian | 15 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
Ontarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Québécois | 20 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 20 |
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
European origins | 11,950 | 6,090 | 5,865 | 18,115 | 9,335 | 8,780 |
British Isles origins | 8,980 | 4,600 | 4,380 | 12,815 | 6,630 | 6,185 |
Channel Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cornish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
English | 5,070 | 2,555 | 2,515 | 6,560 | 3,315 | 3,245 |
Irish | 3,545 | 1,775 | 1,770 | 5,060 | 2,580 | 2,480 |
Manx | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Scottish | 4,280 | 2,205 | 2,075 | 6,090 | 3,175 | 2,915 |
Welsh | 415 | 200 | 215 | 555 | 260 | 295 |
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 | 525 | 290 | 235 | 765 | 410 | 350 |
French origins | 2,660 | 1,290 | 1,370 | 4,230 | 2,085 | 2,150 |
Alsatian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Breton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corsican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
French | 2,655 | 1,285 | 1,375 | 4,230 | 2,075 | 2,150 |
Western European origins (except French origins) | 3,190 | 1,555 | 1,635 | 4,480 | 2,240 | 2,240 |
Austrian | 130 | 70 | 60 | 185 | 100 | 80 |
Bavarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Belgian | 105 | 30 | 80 | 145 | 50 | 95 |
Dutch | 760 | 390 | 370 | 1,015 | 540 | 480 |
Flemish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frisian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
German | 2,415 | 1,160 | 1,255 | 3,410 | 1,670 | 1,745 |
Luxembourger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swiss | 115 | 60 | 50 | 140 | 75 | 65 |
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) | 1,200 | 625 | 575 | 1,720 | 900 | 820 |
Danish | 210 | 80 | 130 | 350 | 150 | 195 |
Finnish | 45 | 25 | 20 | 75 | 40 | 40 |
Icelandic | 145 | 75 | 70 | 200 | 105 | 90 |
Norwegian | 540 | 305 | 230 | 710 | 400 | 310 |
Swedish | 245 | 110 | 135 | 370 | 175 | 200 |
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 | 95 | 60 | 35 | 125 | 80 | 50 |
Eastern European origins | 1,980 | 1,000 | 985 | 2,865 | 1,435 | 1,430 |
Bulgarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Byelorussian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Czech | 65 | 55 | 10 | 90 | 65 | 25 |
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 15 |
Estonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hungarian | 185 | 100 | 80 | 260 | 150 | 110 |
Latvian | 40 | 35 | 10 | 50 | 35 | 15 |
Lithuanian | 20 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 15 |
Moldovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polish | 655 | 300 | 355 | 860 | 400 | 465 |
Romanian | 90 | 45 | 45 | 115 | 55 | 60 |
Russian | 325 | 165 | 165 | 510 | 260 | 255 |
Slovak | 50 | 30 | 25 | 65 | 35 | 30 |
Ukrainian | 895 | 410 | 485 | 1,290 | 590 | 700 |
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Southern European origins | 875 | 450 | 425 | 1,215 | 630 | 580 |
Albanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bosnian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Catalan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Croatian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 0 |
Cypriot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greek | 30 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 35 | 15 |
Italian | 355 | 195 | 160 | 500 | 275 | 225 |
Kosovar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Macedonian | 35 | 20 | 20 | 45 | 15 | 30 |
Maltese | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Montenegrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portuguese | 140 | 65 | 70 | 205 | 105 | 100 |
Serbian | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Sicilian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Slovenian | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
Spanish | 270 | 110 | 155 | 315 | 135 | 180 |
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 15 |
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Other European origins | 135 | 65 | 70 | 255 | 135 | 115 |
Basque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jewish | 80 | 40 | 40 | 95 | 50 | 50 |
Roma (Gypsy) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 140 | 80 | 60 |
Caribbean origins | 165 | 75 | 90 | 215 | 105 | 110 |
Antiguan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bahamian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barbadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bermudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dominican | 40 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 25 |
Grenadian | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guadeloupean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haitian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamaican | 95 | 45 | 45 | 120 | 60 | 60 |
Kittitian/Nevisian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martinican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montserratan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rican | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Lucian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 25 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 15 |
Vincentian/Grenadinian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Latin, Central and South American origins | 155 | 75 | 80 | 205 | 90 | 110 |
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Arawak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argentinian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Belizean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Brazilian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Chilean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Colombian | 20 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guatemalan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Guyanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Honduran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maya | 10 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Mexican | 45 | 20 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 30 |
Nicaraguan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Panamanian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peruvian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salvadorean | 30 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 20 |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Venezuelan | 15 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
African origins | 630 | 365 | 260 | 780 | 455 | 330 |
Central and West African origins | 85 | 55 | 30 | 110 | 70 | 40 |
Akan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Angolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ashanti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beninese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burkinabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cameroonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Chadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congolese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Edo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ewe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gabonese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gambian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ghanaian | 20 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
Guinean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ibo | 30 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 10 |
Ivorian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malinké | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nigerian | 45 | 35 | 10 | 50 | 35 | 15 |
Peulh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Senegalese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sierra Leonean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Togolese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wolof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yoruba | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
North African origins | 150 | 95 | 60 | 175 | 105 | 65 |
Algerian | 35 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 15 | 15 |
Berber | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Coptic | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Dinka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egyptian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Libyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moroccan | 30 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 10 |
Sudanese | 80 | 50 | 25 | 95 | 60 | 30 |
Tunisian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southern and East African origins | 250 | 145 | 105 | 275 | 160 | 115 |
Afrikaner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Amhara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burundian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Djiboutian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eritrean | 25 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 10 |
Ethiopian | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
Harari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kenyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malagasy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mauritian | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Oromo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rwandan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seychellois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Somali | 65 | 40 | 30 | 70 | 40 | 30 |
South African | 15 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
Tanzanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tigrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ugandan | 30 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Zambian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwean | 70 | 30 | 35 | 70 | 35 | 35 |
Zulu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Other African origins | 155 | 75 | 80 | 240 | 120 | 125 |
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 50 | 30 | 20 |
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 | 130 | 50 | 80 | 205 | 90 | 110 |
Asian origins | 2,525 | 1,215 | 1,310 | 3,125 | 1,500 | 1,625 |
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins | 140 | 65 | 75 | 215 | 105 | 105 |
Afghan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 30 | 15 |
Armenian | 25 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
Assyrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Azerbaijani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Georgian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hazara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iranian | 45 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 20 | 35 |
Iraqi | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Israeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kazakh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kurd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kuwaiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyrgyz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lebanese | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
Palestinian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pashtun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saudi Arabian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Syrian | 15 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 15 |
Tajik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turk | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Turkmen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uighur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uzbek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yemeni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Asian origins | 495 | 290 | 200 | 615 | 355 | 260 |
Bangladeshi | 55 | 35 | 20 | 70 | 35 | 30 |
Bengali | 35 | 20 | 15 | 50 | 30 | 15 |
Bhutanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Indian | 290 | 180 | 105 | 355 | 220 | 135 |
Goan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gujarati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kashmiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nepali | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
Pakistani | 75 | 40 | 35 | 85 | 45 | 40 |
Punjabi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Sinhalese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lankan | 20 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
Tamil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
East and Southeast Asian origins | 1,905 | 870 | 1,040 | 2,315 | 1,050 | 1,265 |
Burmese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cambodian (Khmer) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chinese | 285 | 140 | 140 | 375 | 175 | 200 |
Filipino | 1,170 | 535 | 635 | 1,415 | 620 | 790 |
Hmong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indonesian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Japanese | 155 | 55 | 100 | 200 | 85 | 120 |
Karen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Korean | 85 | 40 | 45 | 105 | 45 | 55 |
Laotian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malaysian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mongolian | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Singaporean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taiwanese | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
Thai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Tibetan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnamese | 235 | 115 | 120 | 245 | 120 | 120 |
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Asian origins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Oceania origins | 60 | 25 | 35 | 85 | 35 | 50 |
Australian | 25 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 15 | 25 |
New Zealander | 35 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 20 | 20 |
Pacific Islands origins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Fijian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Samoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.
How to cite
How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Yellowknife [Census agglomeration], Northwest Territories and Northwest Territories [Territory] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 30, 2024).
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