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Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables
Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data
Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Data table
Geography
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Age
Total
0 to 14
15 years and over
15 to 24
25 to 54
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 years and over
65 to 74
75 years and over
Sex
Both sexes
Male
Female
Ethnic origins
Total responses
Footnote
28
Single responses
Footnote
29
Multiple responses
Footnote
30
Total - Ethnic origin
Footnote
1
13,242,160
7,534,640
5,707,520
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)
10,795
850
9,945
Acadian
16,585
1,420
15,160
Afghan
54,535
45,290
9,240
Afrikaner
565
60
500
Akan
965
545
420
Albanian
25,980
21,125
4,855
Algerian
4,070
2,280
1,790
Alsatian
1,240
105
1,135
American
140,165
10,700
129,465
Amhara
720
340
380
Angolan
1,630
620
1,015
Antiguan
3,275
935
2,335
Arab, n.o.s.
Footnote
21
44,705
27,130
17,570
Arawak
1,055
50
1,005
Argentinian
11,465
2,600
8,860
Armenian
29,675
16,230
13,445
Ashanti
1,205
605
600
Assyrian
12,070
8,175
3,900
Australian
13,310
1,190
12,125
Austrian
72,475
8,065
64,415
Azerbaijani
4,105
1,565
2,535
Bahamian
2,305
485
1,820
Bangladeshi
29,190
24,825
4,370
Bantu, n.o.s.
Footnote
17
875
520
350
Barbadian
26,630
8,360
18,270
Basque
1,585
85
1,505
Bavarian
450
25
425
Belgian
57,890
9,825
48,065
Belizean
805
95
710
Bengali
15,235
12,270
2,970
Beninese
550
230
320
Berber
1,845
725
1,125
Bermudan
2,010
215
1,795
Bhutanese
1,445
865
580
Black, n.o.s.
Footnote
19
17,385
3,335
14,050
Bolivian
1,890
735
1,150
Bosnian
14,680
8,325
6,355
Brazilian
18,390
5,390
13,000
Breton
290
45
250
British Isles origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
3
323,180
70,960
252,225
Bulgarian
16,755
9,175
7,575
Burkinabe
415
265
155
Burmese
4,420
1,980
2,440
Burundian
3,110
2,470
640
Byelorussian
11,690
3,140
8,555
Cambodian (Khmer)
14,655
8,485
6,170
Cameroonian
4,700
3,770
925
Canadian
3,109,770
1,330,280
1,779,485
Carib
2,295
70
2,225
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
13
16,965
6,205
10,765
Catalan
290
35
250
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
15
4,745
2,230
2,510
Chadian
645
475
170
Channel Islander
1,120
70
1,055
Chilean
14,625
6,220
8,400
Chinese
849,340
698,420
150,920
Colombian
40,825
28,205
12,620
Congolese
10,425
8,040
2,385
Coptic
2,310
1,025
1,285
Cornish
750
50
705
Corsican
205
0
205
Costa Rican
2,785
1,060
1,730
Croatian
82,220
36,940
45,280
Cuban
14,490
4,460
10,025
Cypriot
4,405
1,075
3,325
Czech
42,345
10,925
31,420
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.
Footnote
6
14,810
2,255
12,555
Danish
53,550
8,110
45,445
Dinka
210
125
85
Djiboutian
1,040
555
485
Dominican
9,180
3,880
5,300
Dutch
527,750
155,585
372,165
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
24
4,380
3,010
1,365
East Indian
774,495
602,005
172,495
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
7
10,335
3,160
7,170
Ecuadorian
20,385
11,945
8,435
Edo
1,025
675
350
Egyptian
52,840
36,230
16,615
English
2,808,810
510,985
2,297,820
Eritrean
11,865
9,655
2,215
Estonian
15,075
4,480
10,595
Ethiopian
22,560
17,450
5,115
Ewe
180
80
95
Fijian
1,610
420
1,190
Filipino
337,760
255,710
82,050
Finnish
76,755
15,575
61,180
First Nations (North American Indian)
385,505
89,170
296,335
Flemish
4,005
710
3,295
French
1,349,255
147,055
1,202,205
Frisian
2,705
500
2,205
Gabonese
165
35
130
Gambian
630
435
195
Georgian
2,815
1,380
1,435
German
1,189,670
186,780
1,002,890
Ghanaian
24,845
19,530
5,315
Goan
4,770
1,755
3,010
Greek
148,555
78,120
70,430
Grenadian
14,695
6,360
8,330
Guadeloupean
70
0
65
Guatemalan
10,040
5,290
4,750
Guinean
1,105
580
525
Gujarati
5,915
3,885
2,030
Guyanese
73,360
27,805
45,560
Haitian
17,715
12,085
5,630
Harari
475
240
235
Hawaiian
470
15
455
Hazara
680
265
420
Hispanic
5,805
3,215
2,590
Hmong
645
450
195
Honduran
3,360
1,470
1,890
Hungarian
163,500
44,995
118,505
Ibo
1,940
1,260
680
Icelandic
13,215
820
12,395
Indonesian
9,325
2,115
7,205
Inuit
6,870
1,215
5,650
Iranian
117,060
94,550
22,515
Iraqi
50,455
39,260
11,195
Irish
2,095,465
198,930
1,896,535
Israeli
17,080
3,995
13,085
Italian
931,805
453,205
478,605
Ivorian
1,350
850
495
Jamaican
257,055
140,265
116,800
Japanese
41,625
18,835
22,785
Jewish
77,285
23,285
53,995
Jordanian
9,655
5,395
4,260
Karen
1,645
1,425
220
Kashmiri
1,795
630
1,165
Kazakh
1,325
615
715
Kenyan
5,860
2,745
3,120
Kittitian/Nevisian
2,260
590
1,675
Korean
93,425
83,640
9,785
Kosovar
1,305
725
575
Kurd
9,210
5,905
3,305
Kuwaiti
1,510
730
780
Kyrgyz
340
175
165
Laotian
9,875
5,180
4,695
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
14
14,100
6,645
7,455
Latvian
18,100
4,930
13,165
Lebanese
86,245
49,380
36,865
Liberian
770
425
350
Libyan
3,780
2,795
985
Lithuanian
35,105
7,450
27,650
Luxembourger
915
125
790
Macedonian
39,445
17,175
22,265
Malagasy
430
240
185
Malaysian
7,310
1,000
6,315
Malian
495
225
265
Malinké
345
180
165
Maltese
35,255
11,760
23,495
Manx
2,445
125
2,325
Maori
485
35
450
Martinican
195
0
195
Maure
285
30
255
Mauritian
3,600
1,285
2,320
Maya
2,500
390
2,105
Métis
137,485
12,925
124,560
Mexican
43,120
18,165
24,950
Moldovan
3,905
1,250
2,650
Mongolian
2,935
795
2,140
Montenegrin
2,545
520
2,030
Montserratan
625
105
520
Moroccan
12,305
4,915
7,390
Nepali
8,150
6,460
1,685
New Brunswicker
320
55
265
New Zealander
4,250
385
3,870
Newfoundlander
10,850
1,765
9,085
Nicaraguan
7,100
3,455
3,650
Nigerian
26,560
19,435
7,125
North African origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
16
1,755
630
1,125
Northern European origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
5
12,535
945
11,590
Norwegian
59,335
3,420
55,910
Nova Scotian
1,485
260
1,230
Ontarian
2,165
725
1,435
Oromo
1,295
895
400
Other African origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
20
103,560
32,775
70,790
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
25
13,425
9,765
3,665
Other European origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
11
23,290
10,740
12,550
Other North American origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
2
675
220
455
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
27
555
115
440
Pakistani
149,060
107,675
41,390
Palestinian
28,485
16,505
11,975
Panamanian
2,480
455
2,020
Paraguayan
600
105
490
Pashtun
3,010
1,275
1,735
Peruvian
14,785
6,565
8,220
Peulh
135
45
85
Polish
523,490
166,840
356,650
Polynesian, n.o.s.
Footnote
26
275
20
255
Portuguese
324,930
191,740
133,190
Puerto Rican
1,500
215
1,285
Punjabi
55,455
32,905
22,550
Québécois
5,390
1,155
4,230
Roma (Gypsy)
2,295
475
1,820
Romanian
98,235
42,520
55,715
Russian
220,850
53,175
167,675
Rwandan
3,210
2,400
810
Salvadorean
27,600
16,785
10,810
Samoan
225
0
215
Saudi Arabian
3,660
2,145
1,515
Scottish
2,107,290
216,095
1,891,200
Senegalese
1,000
515
480
Serbian
66,835
37,870
28,970
Seychellois
345
115
235
Sicilian
4,195
885
3,305
Sierra Leonean
1,175
680
495
Singaporean
1,260
220
1,040
Sinhalese
5,195
3,030
2,160
Slavic, n.o.s.
Footnote
10
2,065
740
1,325
Slovak
40,530
12,235
28,300
Slovenian
26,485
9,485
17,000
Somali
41,000
36,050
4,950
South African
19,760
3,635
16,130
South Asian origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
23
58,710
43,415
15,290
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
18
8,470
3,350
5,125
Southern European origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
9
965
205
760
Spanish
171,145
32,070
139,075
Sri Lankan
124,270
92,530
31,740
St. Lucian
7,170
3,405
3,770
Sudanese
8,975
6,580
2,395
Swedish
71,035
4,375
66,660
Swiss
59,835
10,015
49,825
Syrian
31,440
17,685
13,750
Taiwanese
10,065
6,090
3,975
Tajik
1,850
715
1,130
Tamil
42,760
19,485
23,270
Tanzanian
2,615
1,070
1,545
Tatar
2,140
360
1,780
Thai
6,865
2,490
4,375
Tibetan
6,365
5,650
715
Tigrian
770
495
275
Togolese
665
315
355
Trinidadian/Tobagonian
59,560
18,850
40,710
Tunisian
2,295
955
1,340
Turk
34,165
16,765
17,400
Turkmen
700
225
475
Ugandan
2,950
1,765
1,185
Uighur
755
490
265
Ukrainian
376,440
79,900
296,540
Uruguayan
4,200
1,235
2,965
Uzbek
2,395
975
1,420
Venezuelan
11,745
3,850
7,895
Vietnamese
107,640
73,755
33,885
Vincentian/Grenadinian
12,155
4,800
7,355
Welsh
198,470
11,020
187,460
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
22
16,270
8,895
7,375
West Indian, n.o.s.
Footnote
12
56,865
26,060
30,805
Western European origins, n.i.e.
Footnote
4
1,090
305
790
Wolof
80
40
45
Yemeni
4,220
1,850
2,370
Yoruba
4,055
2,820
1,235
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.
Footnote
8
20,245
4,955
15,290
Zambian
805
440
360
Zimbabwean
3,425
2,150
1,280
Zulu
440
135
305
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