Tabulation: Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

• Generation status (4): Total - Generation status
• Age groups (10): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Québec^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 21.4 %

Ethnic origin (264)	Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 3	Single ethnic origin responses^Footnote 4	Multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 5
Total - Ethnic origins^Footnote 6	746,685	550,595	196,095
North American Aboriginal origins	20,670	4,125	16,540
First Nations (North American Indian)	18,210	3,405	14,800
Inuit	290	105	185
Métis	2,510	615	1,895
Other North American origins	548,415	391,875	156,545
Acadian	3,595	1,255	2,340
American	3,010	345	2,660
Canadian	525,920	374,155	151,765
New Brunswicker	100	20	80
Newfoundlander	0	0	0
Nova Scotian	20	0	15
Ontarian	45	0	50
Québécois	21,590	16,105	5,485
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 7	0	0	0
European origins	319,870	135,615	184,255
British Isles origins	56,185	11,820	44,360
Channel Islander	110	30	80
Cornish	0	0	0
English	10,880	1,295	9,585
Irish	38,295	7,830	30,470
Manx	0	0	0
Scottish	13,170	2,535	10,635
Welsh	245	0	235
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	925	125	795
French origins	270,055	112,770	157,290
Alsatian	100	10	90
Breton	1,930	730	1,200
French	268,595	112,020	156,575
Western European origins (except French origins)	15,390	3,430	11,965
Austrian	315	25	285
Belgian	3,700	1,205	2,500
Dutch	1,080	250	825
Flemish	160	10	150
Frisian	0	0	0
German	9,160	1,525	7,630
Luxembourger	70	10	55
Swiss	1,535	390	1,135
Western European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	105	0	105
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	1,170	230	940
Danish	220	45	180
Finnish	125	0	115
Icelandic	25	0	30
Norwegian	475	95	380
Swedish	220	45	175
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	125	35	85
Eastern European origins	5,725	2,265	3,460
Bulgarian	175	145	30
Byelorussian	85	0	80
Czech	270	90	180
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.	65	0	50
Estonian	0	0	0
Hungarian	825	185	640
Latvian	110	110	0
Lithuanian	100	10	85
Moldovan	45	25	20
Polish	1,755	395	1,360
Romanian	1,000	655	345
Russian	885	370	515
Slovak	205	60	150
Ukrainian	745	200	545
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	15	0	20
Southern European origins	15,335	4,840	10,500
Albanian	360	340	20
Bosnian	630	550	80
Croatian	265	110	160
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	620	175	445
Italian	7,955	1,810	6,140
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	15	0	15
Maltese	35	20	15
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	2,075	790	1,285
Serbian	290	175	115
Sicilian	40	0	40
Slovenian	15	0	15
Spanish	3,780	780	3,000
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.	155	75	85
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 12	0	0	0
Other European origins	1,095	270	830
Basque	290	65	220
Jewish	410	35	375
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Other European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 13	400	170	235
Caribbean origins	2,265	1,145	1,115
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	20	0	0
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	215	130	85
Dominican	145	55	85
Grenadian	0	0	0
Haitian	1,515	880	635
Jamaican	135	35	105
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	90	0	80
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	20	0	20
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	50	0	50
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 14	125	15	105
Latin, Central and South American origins	6,925	4,435	2,490
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya)	280	70	215
Argentinian	90	0	85
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	85	45	45
Brazilian	505	275	230
Chilean	580	245	340
Colombian	2,785	2,300	485
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	70	30	40
Guatemalan	210	120	90
Guyanese	0	0	0
Hispanic	40	0	15
Honduran	60	25	35
Maya	85	40	45
Mexican	1,010	550	455
Nicaraguan	40	0	30
Panamanian	30	0	30
Paraguayan	30	0	20
Peruvian	375	250	130
Salvadorean	610	340	275
Uruguayan	30	0	0
Venezuelan	90	35	60
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 15	120	50	75
African origins	10,080	6,655	3,425
Central and West African origins	2,890	1,970	920
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	115	35	80
Burkinabe	30	25	0
Cameroonian	550	410	145
Chadian	35	35	0
Congolese	655	465	190
Gabonese	120	70	50
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	20	10	0
Guinean	80	25	50
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	315	185	130
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	140	80	55
Nigerian	105	60	45
Peulh	30	20	0
Senegalese	475	330	150
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	215	90	120
Yoruba	0	0	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 16	250	110	140
North African origins	4,940	3,160	1,780
Algerian	1,165	720	450
Berber	695	330	360
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	370	130	240
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	35	30	0
Moroccan	1,820	1,185	635
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	995	705	290
North African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 17	180	55	120
Southern and East African origins	1,430	1,075	355
Afrikaner	0	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.	40	35	0
Burundian	495	395	95
Eritrean	0	0	0
Ethiopian	20	0	15
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	0	0	0
Malagasy	245	190	50
Mauritian	65	35	35
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	390	300	95
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	25	0	15
South African	0	0	0
Tanzanian	15	20	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 18	160	70	85
Other African origins	1,160	455	710
Black, n.o.s.^Footnote 19	110	0	110
Other African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 20	1,090	450	640
Asian origins	10,725	6,730	3,995
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	3,835	1,810	2,020
Afghan	80	85	0
Arab, n.o.s.	1,470	725	745
Armenian	310	120	195
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Iranian	260	195	65
Iraqi	15	0	15
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	30	30	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Lebanese	1,230	560	675
Palestinian	45	20	30
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	305	30	270
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	130	35	90
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 21	25	15	0
South Asian origins	970	520	450
Bangladeshi	20	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0
East Indian^Footnote 22	505	205	305
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	295	210	85
Pakistani	55	35	0
Punjabi	0	0	0
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	25	0	25
Tamil	20	0	10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 23	145	55	90
East and Southeast Asian origins	5,935	4,395	1,545
Burmese	120	120	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	690	430	265
Chinese	3,010	2,255	755
Filipino	155	110	45
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	40	0	40
Japanese	295	155	140
Korean	215	160	60
Laotian	175	80	100
Malaysian	70	45	25
Mongolian	25	0	20
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	30	20	0
Thai	165	120	50
Tibetan	20	15	0
Vietnamese	1,210	800	410
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 24	105	95	10
Other Asian origins	0	0	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 25	0	0	0
Oceania origins	145	0	140
Australian	90	0	80
New Zealander	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins	45	0	45
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	0
Maori	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.	25	0	20
Samoan	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 26	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

The category 'Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported a specified ethnic origin, either as their only ethnic origin or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. The sum of all total responses for all ethnic origins is greater than the total population estimate due to the reporting of multiple origins.

Footnote 4

A single ethnic origin response occurs when a respondent provides one ethnic origin only.

Footnote 5

A multiple ethnic origin response occurs when a respondent provides two or more ethnic origins.

Footnote 6

This is a total population estimate. The sum of the ethnic groups in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ethnic origin in the NHS.

Footnote 7

Includes general responses indicating North American origins (e.g., 'North American') as well as more specific responses indicating North American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maritimer,' 'Manitoban').

Footnote 8

Includes general responses indicating British Isles origins (e.g., 'British,' 'United Kingdom') as well as more specific responses indicating British Isles origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Celtic').

Footnote 9

Includes general responses indicating Western European origins (e.g., 'Western European') as well as more specific responses indicating Western European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Liechtensteiner').

Footnote 10

Includes general responses indicating Northern European origins (e.g., 'Northern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Northern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Faroese,' 'Scandinavian').

Footnote 11

Includes general responses indicating Eastern European origins (e.g., 'Eastern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Eastern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baltic').

Footnote 12

Includes general responses indicating Southern European origins (e.g., 'Southern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Gibraltarian').

Footnote 13

Includes general responses indicating Other European origins (e.g., 'European') as well as more specific responses indicating European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Central European').

Footnote 14

Includes general responses indicating Caribbean origins (e.g., 'Caribbean') as well as more specific responses indicating Caribbean origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Guadelupian,' 'Aruban').

Footnote 15

Includes general responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins (e.g., 'South American') as well as more specific responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Surinamese').

Footnote 16

Includes general responses indicating Central or West African origins (e.g., 'West African') as well as more specific responses indicating Central or West African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Ewe,' 'Wolof').

Footnote 17

Includes general responses indicating North African origins (e.g., 'North African') as well as more specific responses indicating North African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maghreb').

Footnote 18

Includes general responses indicating Southern or East African origins (e.g., 'East African') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern or East African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Hutu,' 'Shona').

Footnote 19

Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the National Household Survey (NHS), 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 2011 NHS, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication).

Footnote 20

Includes general responses indicating Other African origins (e.g., 'African') as well as more specific responses indicating Other African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Saharan').

Footnote 21

Includes general responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins (e.g., 'West Asian,' 'Middle Eastern') as well as more specific responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baloch,' 'Circassian').

Footnote 22

Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the National Household Survey (NHS), 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 2011 NHS, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication).

Footnote 23

Includes general responses indicating South Asian origins (e.g., 'South Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating South Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bhutanese').

Footnote 24

Includes general responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins (e.g., 'Southeast Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bruneian,' 'Karen').

Footnote 25

Includes general responses indicating Other Asian origins (e.g., 'Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating Other Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Eurasian').

Footnote 26

Includes general responses indicating Pacific Islands origins (e.g., 'Pacific Islander') as well as more specific responses indicating Pacific Islands origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Tahitian').

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011028.