Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Montréal, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data ^{Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin}

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Place of birth	Period of immigration
Place of birth	Total immigrant population	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016

Total - Place of birth ^{Footnote 1}	644,680	141,755	74,335	108,760	74,840	106,355	138,635
Afghanistan	1,490	15	105	510	295	310	250
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	1,140	0	0	260	360	270	255
Algeria	40,140	505	755	5,795	7,420	12,515	13,150
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	375	75	90	65	60	50	45
Anguilla	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	140	85	30	10	10	0	10
Argentina	2,650	515	495	375	750	325	195
Armenia	740	60	15	125	145	160	230
Aruba	20	15	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	485	190	45	30	35	70	120
Austria	725	585	40	30	25	15	30
Azerbaijan	245	10	0	100	50	40	40
Bahamas	95	10	30	20	0	0	40
Bahrain	50	10	10	20	0	0	10
Bangladesh	6,865	150	645	2,985	1,275	1,020	785
Barbados	1,495	1,165	130	120	25	20	30
Belarus	885	40	0	240	140	260	200
Belgium	2,835	1,220	255	330	255	305	465
Belize	40	10	15	10	0	10	10
Benin	1,110	20	10	95	90	315	585
Bermuda	30	20	0	0	0	0	0
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	510	60	190	115	45	45	50
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	740	75	45	570	10	25	10
Botswana	30	0	0	0	0	10	10
Brazil	3,960	235	165	310	275	1,245	1,725
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	25	15	10	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	3,610	95	125	805	1,120	910	560
Burkina Faso	805	10	20	35	70	190	480
Burma (Myanmar)	100	45	15	20	10	0	10
Burundi	1,600	40	45	220	300	480	515
Cabo Verde	20	0	10	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	5,235	1,150	2,400	760	305	320	305
Cameroon	6,790	65	80	245	440	1,710	4,260
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	110	0	0	10	10	50	35
Chad	570	10	15	70	175	175	130
Chile	4,340	1,340	1,200	1,035	250	340	175
China ^{Footnote 17}	30,710	2,130	2,035	5,690	7,305	5,770	7,785
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	9,135	825	435	565	1,500	2,630	3,180
Comoros	65	0	0	10	45	10	10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5,975	175	170	1,505	1,295	1,170	1,655
Congo, Republic of the	870	25	15	130	160	205	340
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	385	15	90	110	55	75	35
Croatia	1,080	680	55	185	35	10	105
Cuba	3,010	50	70	495	380	745	1,270
Curaçao	40	25	10	0	0	0	10
Cyprus	155	75	25	20	15	15	10
Czech Republic	905	435	245	110	40	40	40
Côte d'Ivoire	4,635	25	105	225	275	1,210	2,795
Denmark	160	105	0	10	15	10	20
Djibouti	300	10	0	25	75	65	135
Dominica	160	55	25	40	20	10	15
Dominican Republic	3,470	125	765	1,215	360	410	590
Ecuador	790	160	80	100	115	155	170
Egypt	12,705	4,845	1,285	1,160	595	1,605	3,215
El Salvador	6,965	360	3,665	1,680	280	450	525
Equatorial Guinea	20	0	0	10	10	0	0
Eritrea	200	0	20	50	10	65	50
Estonia	100	50	10	30	10	0	0
Ethiopia	735	40	160	220	110	95	110
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	40	25	15	0	0	0	0
Finland	145	75	25	15	15	10	10
France	38,165	6,815	2,265	5,590	4,320	6,710	12,465
French Guiana	80	15	10	30	10	15	10
French Polynesia	55	0	0	10	0	10	35
Gabon	405	15	10	55	95	105	130
Gambia	55	0	0	10	15	10	10
Georgia	315	0	15	130	70	20	85
Germany	4,240	2,545	240	410	290	435	325
Ghana	1,420	85	200	630	180	180	145
Gibraltar	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	10,320	9,220	515	245	80	75	190
Greenland	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	1,010	265	155	215	130	190	50
Guadeloupe	195	15	15	25	40	40	65
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	3,490	275	1,320	1,080	185	320	310
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	2,530	55	50	345	535	785	760
Guinea-Bissau	30	10	0	0	20	0	10
Guyana	1,825	785	535	295	70	85	55
Haiti	50,160	9,995	8,000	8,575	4,115	7,710	11,770
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	1,730	35	310	705	215	205	260
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	2,800	825	825	930	70	80	75
Hungary	2,270	1,670	175	130	55	95	135
Iceland	35	0	0	0	10	0	25
India	13,340	2,645	1,620	3,150	1,495	2,030	2,395
Indonesia	420	65	20	35	90	95	115
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	14,165	465	1,800	2,210	1,090	1,855	6,745
Iraq	1,980	280	335	490	165	330	380
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	490	265	35	30	65	20	80
Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	3,865	1,215	855	495	380	435	490
Italy	39,110	36,715	985	445	165	345	450
Jamaica	3,560	1,755	945	490	120	110	125
Japan	1,155	125	85	200	160	335	245
Jersey	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	905	40	145	210	140	190	180
Kazakhstan	1,455	15	10	535	295	345	260
Kenya	425	120	25	85	40	75	80
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	20	10	10	0	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	2,800	170	485	415	445	615	660
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	345	10	0	130	75	35	90
Kuwait	970	0	235	360	85	100	190
Kyrgyzstan	475	0	0	50	30	155	245
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	1,440	660	580	155	20	30	0
Latvia	220	85	0	40	20	20	45
Lebanon	20,015	2,620	5,160	5,120	1,965	2,870	2,285
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	125	10	10	45	40	20	0
Libya	410	45	35	40	55	85	140
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	245	115	10	65	25	0	25
Luxembourg	85	20	0	0	10	0	45
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	105	45	25	40	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	100	25	10	35	25	0	0
Madagascar	1,305	185	200	215	120	220	360
Malawi	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	400	70	110	70	50	65	30
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	795	10	15	110	80	225	365
Malta	20	15	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	285	60	10	45	35	35	95
Mauritania	365	20	15	15	70	150	100
Mauritius	2,720	370	480	310	165	545	845
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	9,155	300	470	1,040	1,765	2,980	2,595
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	5,775	10	15	175	510	2,165	2,900
Monaco	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mongolia	145	0	0	0	0	60	85
Montenegro	120	35	15	50	15	10	10
Montserrat	175	135	30	10	0	0	0
Morocco	37,365	4,695	2,525	3,970	5,900	10,665	9,615
Mozambique	90	40	10	10	0	10	10
Namibia	20	0	0	0	10	0	10
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	105	0	0	0	15	45	40
Netherlands	915	575	45	30	55	130	80
New Caledonia	55	0	10	0	0	15	20
New Zealand	180	45	0	20	25	40	45
Nicaragua	970	10	350	410	50	65	85
Niger	375	0	0	20	95	95	175
Nigeria	910	45	45	120	65	240	395
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	140	65	10	25	25	0	10
Oman	15	0	0	0	0	0	15
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	65	10	15	20	0	0	0
Pakistan	6,730	655	505	1,765	1,635	1,085	1,095
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	580	15	220	225	35	25	60
Papua New Guinea	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	145	20	15	20	15	45	30
Peru	7,400	480	970	2,290	1,380	1,290	995
Philippines	20,540	1,475	2,215	5,255	1,940	4,830	4,825
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	6,930	2,490	2,545	1,335	240	150	170
Portugal	9,485	6,560	1,990	615	65	125	130
Puerto Rico	45	20	0	0	15	0	0
Qatar	180	10	65	50	15	25	20
Romania	14,255	1,290	1,175	3,850	3,830	2,410	1,695
Russian Federation	7,480	355	175	2,845	1,445	1,220	1,440
Rwanda	1,250	25	40	230	220	305	425
Réunion	70	10	0	0	10	45	20
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	215	140	35	20	0	0	15
Saint Lucia	435	125	30	50	30	90	110
Saint Martin (French part)	15	0	0	10	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	65	65	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,765	645	210	395	385	550	580
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1,280	10	175	330	205	220	350
Senegal	3,115	55	75	285	315	885	1,495
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	1,045	335	155	335	85	45	85
Seychelles	430	10	135	245	35	0	10
Sierra Leone	115	0	10	15	45	10	30
Singapore	240	35	45	45	30	55	35
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	605	350	90	110	20	30	10
Slovenia	390	345	10	10	0	0	25
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	435	10	50	245	40	25	75
South Africa, Republic of	505	155	45	80	45	75	100
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	2,250	1,325	195	115	70	160	395
Sri Lanka	8,310	145	1,410	3,390	1,450	1,225	685
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	130	30	20	30	25	10	15
Suriname	25	10	10	10	0	0	10
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Sweden	310	95	40	45	35	40	55
Switzerland	1,695	715	170	280	160	185	185
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	10,080	980	1,550	1,805	990	765	3,980
Taiwan	1,660	105	220	815	175	245	100
Tajikistan	135	0	0	45	40	30	25
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	320	100	10	90	45	45	25
Thailand	855	60	415	125	75	90	95
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	1,245	25	15	80	115	300	705
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	2,895	1,585	505	515	115	100	80
Tunisia	8,920	450	385	785	1,210	2,360	3,730
Turkey	4,115	725	890	1,160	510	435	395
Turkmenistan	45	0	15	0	10	10	10
Turks and Caicos Islands	15	0	0	0	0	10	10
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	245	165	20	15	10	10	25
Ukraine	5,750	490	130	1,590	870	1,035	1,635
United Arab Emirates	880	0	75	205	210	195	200
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	7,105	4,585	735	480	370	415	520
United States ^{Footnote 2}	12,335	3,475	1,300	1,660	1,170	2,215	2,510
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	805	310	70	190	145	65	30
Uzbekistan	710	30	10	165	135	240	125
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	3,280	175	195	585	525	670	1,130
Viet Nam	17,845	5,310	5,930	3,785	840	965	1,020
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	885	135	275	210	100	85	85
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	135	15	0	20	40	10	60
Zambia	75	30	10	10	10	15	10
Zimbabwe	265	10	10	40	150	40	25

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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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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.