Data tables, 2016 Census

Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Place of Birth (272), Age (7A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest
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Place of birth (272)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Place of birth (272)	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Place of birth^{Footnote 6}	41,135	37,135	3,685	705	410	620	1,135	510	625	815	310
Born in Canada	37,035	37,035	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	4,100	105	3,690	700	410	620	1,140	510	630	820	305
Americas	540	20	445	140	80	80	80	35	45	70	75
North America	245	10	220	100	30	40	40	25	15	15	25
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States^{Footnote 7}	245	0	220	95	30	35	40	25	10	15	25
Central America	85	10	55	0	30	10	0	0	0	0	20
Belize	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	25	0	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	40	0	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Nicaragua	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	140	0	115	25	10	20	25	0	15	40	25
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	20	0	15	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaica	90	0	75	10	0	15	15	0	15	40	10
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South America	70	10	60	10	10	15	20	0	15	10	10
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia^{Footnote 8}	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Chile	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	20	0	15	0	0	10	10	10	10	0	0
Ecuador	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela^{Footnote 9}	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Europe	880	70	770	400	125	115	60	20	40	65	40
Western Europe	265	45	215	115	35	25	20	15	0	15	10
Austria	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	40	0	35	15	0	0	0	0	10	10	10
Germany	165	40	125	70	25	15	15	15	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	35	0	35	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Eastern Europe	110	0	105	20	30	35	15	10	15	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	15	0	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	10	0	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova^{Footnote 10}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	20	0	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	15	0	20	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Slovakia	30	0	25	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Northern Europe	395	25	355	210	45	30	20	0	20	40	20
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland^{Footnote 11}	30	0	20	15	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom^{Footnote 12}	350	20	320	190	50	30	15	0	15	40	10
Southern Europe	105	10	100	55	0	25	0	0	0	10	0
Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	15	0	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	45	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Kosovo^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of^{Footnote 14}	15	0	20	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^{Footnote 15}	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Africa	535	0	480	20	60	80	205	90	115	120	50
Western Africa	95	0	75	0	10	10	40	30	10	15	20
Benin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	30	0	25	0	15	0	10	10	0	0	0
Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	55	0	35	0	0	10	15	0	10	15	25
Saint Helena^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	15	0	15	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Africa	250	0	230	10	15	30	120	50	70	60	15
Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	15	0	15	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	0
Ethiopia	35	0	30	0	0	0	25	10	15	10	0
Kenya	10	0	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	20	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	15	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	30	0	20	0	0	15	10	0	10	0	0
South Sudan	20	0	20	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Tanzania^{Footnote 17}	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	40	0	25	0	0	0	20	0	20	10	10
Zambia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Zimbabwe	65	0	70	0	0	0	30	20	10	40	0
Northern Africa	100	0	100	0	0	40	40	10	25	20	0
Algeria	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Egypt	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	25	0	25	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Sudan^{Footnote 18}	55	0	55	0	0	25	35	10	25	0	0
Tunisia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Africa	80	0	65	15	30	0	10	0	0	20	10
Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
South Africa, Republic of	50	0	40	10	25	0	0	0	10	0	15
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	2,095	10	1,955	130	145	340	785	365	420	555	130
West Central Asia and the Middle East	130	0	120	15	0	35	35	10	25	35	10
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran^{Footnote 19}	35	0	35	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Jordan	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syria^{Footnote 20}	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
United Arab Emirates	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^{Footnote 21}	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Asia	320	10	300	25	25	40	130	50	85	75	20
China^{Footnote 22}	115	0	110	0	0	25	60	20	35	15	10
Hong Kong^{Footnote 23}	35	0	35	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	75	10	65	0	0	0	35	0	35	30	0
Korea, North^{Footnote 24}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^{Footnote 25}	80	0	75	0	10	10	35	25	10	30	0
Macao^{Footnote 26}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Taiwan	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Southeast Asia	1,230	0	1,160	75	95	210	405	195	215	370	75
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laos^{Footnote 27}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	10	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	1,025	0	955	45	50	155	375	165	210	330	70
Singapore	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	180	0	175	20	30	55	30	25	0	40	0
Southern Asia	410	0	380	15	20	55	210	115	95	80	30
Bangladesh	95	0	95	0	0	0	80	30	45	10	0
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	205	0	180	15	10	20	95	65	25	50	20
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	20	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	0
Pakistan	80	0	70	0	10	30	30	15	15	10	10
Sri Lanka	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0
Oceania	50	0	40	10	10	0	10	0	0	10	15
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	35	0	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	15	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	10	0
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other places of birth^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 3

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 6

For more information on the place of birth variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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The official name of United States is United States of America.

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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