Data tables, 2016 Census

Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
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Ethnic origin (279) Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responsesFootnote 2 Single ethnic origin responsesFootnote 3 Multiple ethnic origin responsesFootnote 4
Total - Ethnic originFootnote 5 512,250 344,185 168,065
North American Aboriginal origins 58,550 18,165 40,380
First Nations (North American Indian) 44,020 12,150 31,870
Inuit 9,270 3,585 5,690
Métis 7,850 2,440 5,415
Other North American origins 280,640 198,795 81,845
Acadian 490 60 425
American 1,890 145 1,745
Canadian 276,130 196,820 79,310
New Brunswicker 10 0 0
Newfoundlander 4,085 1,710 2,375
Nova Scotian 30 20 15
Ontarian 20 10 10
Québécois 100 20 80
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 6 10 0 0
European origins 274,465 117,920 156,540
British Isles origins 259,465 112,045 147,415
Channel Islander 85 15 65
Cornish 35 0 35
English 191,860 76,140 115,715
Irish 106,220 29,365 76,855
Manx 50 0 55
Scottish 34,650 3,900 30,750
Welsh 4,380 520 3,855
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Footnote 7 6,030 2,105 3,920
French origins 26,845 2,120 24,725
Alsatian 0 0 0
Breton 0 0 0
Corsican 0 0 0
French 26,835 2,115 24,720
Western European origins (except French origins) 11,045 1,285 9,760
Austrian 360 50 315
Bavarian 20 0 20
Belgian 200 10 190
Dutch 2,150 265 1,885
Flemish 55 10 45
Frisian 0 0 0
German 8,620 935 7,690
Luxembourger 0 0 10
Swiss 240 20 220
Western European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 8 25 0 25
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 3,940 420 3,520
Danish 685 80 600
Finnish 240 50 190
Icelandic 195 50 140
Norwegian 1,705 140 1,560
Swedish 995 60 935
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 9 320 35 285
Eastern European origins 4,230 740 3,490
Bulgarian 75 45 35
Byelorussian 30 0 35
Czech 180 30 150
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Footnote 10 55 0 60
Estonian 30 20 10
Hungarian 415 80 335
Latvian 70 10 65
Lithuanian 110 10 105
Moldovan 0 0 0
Polish 1,540 140 1,400
Romanian 185 35 150
Russian 910 215 695
Slovak 65 0 65
Ukrainian 1,350 160 1,185
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 11 85 10 70
Southern European origins 4,765 890 3,880
Albanian 50 45 0
Bosnian 45 30 20
Catalan 10 0 10
Croatian 160 25 135
Cypriot 20 0 15
Greek 380 85 295
Italian 1,710 265 1,445
Kosovar 0 0 0
Macedonian 20 10 10
Maltese 130 15 115
Montenegrin 0 0 10
Portuguese 1,215 290 925
Serbian 55 20 35
Sicilian 10 0 10
Slovenian 10 0 15
Spanish 1,110 105 1,000
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Footnote 12 35 0 30
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 13 20 0 25
Other European origins 1,065 415 650
Basque 60 0 60
Jewish 285 15 270
Roma (Gypsy) 100 100 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Footnote 14 0 0 10
Other European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 15 615 300 320
Caribbean origins 890 250 635
Antiguan 10 0 10
Bahamian 10 0 0
Barbadian 95 15 80
Bermudan 25 10 20
Carib 0 0 0
Cuban 140 55 90
Dominican 20 10 10
Grenadian 0 0 10
Guadeloupean 0 0 0
Haitian 25 0 20
Jamaican 395 130 265
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 10 0 10
St. Lucian 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 100 20 85
Vincentian/Grenadinian 10 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Footnote 16 60 15 45
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Footnote 17 40 0 35
Latin, Central and South American origins 930 370 560
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 10 0 10
Arawak 0 0 0
Argentinian 70 10 70
Belizean 10 10 0
Bolivian 20 10 15
Brazilian 50 30 20
Chilean 30 10 15
Colombian 165 120 40
Costa Rican 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 60 10 45
Guatemalan 40 0 40
Guyanese 55 10 45
Hispanic 50 20 35
Honduran 20 10 15
Maya 35 0 30
Mexican 240 80 165
Nicaraguan 20 0 20
Panamanian 0 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0
Peruvian 30 15 15
Salvadorean 15 10 10
Uruguayan 0 0 0
Venezuelan 75 30 40
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 18 75 0 75
African origins 2,705 1,710 1,000
Central and West African origins 750 590 155
Akan 10 10 0
Angolan 0 0 0
Ashanti 10 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0
Cameroonian 40 0 30
Chadian 0 0 0
Congolese 130 110 25
Edo 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0
Ghanaian 65 60 0
Guinean 0 0 0
Ibo 20 20 0
Ivorian 15 0 10
Liberian 15 15 0
Malian 0 0 0
Malinké 0 0 0
Nigerian 360 280 85
Peulh 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 10 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 80 65 10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 19 30 15 10
North African origins 630 475 155
Algerian 20 15 10
Berber 20 20 0
Coptic 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0
Egyptian 325 245 80
Libyan 160 140 20
Maure 0 0 0
Moroccan 40 20 25
Sudanese 75 40 35
Tunisian 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 20 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 610 380 230
Afrikaner 0 0 0
Amhara 10 0 10
Bantu, n.o.s.Footnote 21 0 0 0
Burundian 25 20 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0
Eritrean 55 45 10
Ethiopian 65 55 15
Harari 0 0 0
Kenyan 10 10 0
Malagasy 0 0 0
Mauritian 20 15 10
Oromo 15 0 10
Rwandan 0 0 0
Seychellois 20 0 20
Somali 30 15 15
South African 120 40 85
Tanzanian 40 20 20
Tigrian 0 0 0
Ugandan 60 50 10
Zambian 35 20 20
Zimbabwean 115 75 35
Zulu 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 22 65 25 40
Other African origins 800 265 540
Black, n.o.s.Footnote 23 65 0 60
Other African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 24 755 260 500
Asian origins 10,090 6,945 3,145
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 2,660 1,315 1,345
Afghan 10 0 10
Arab, n.o.s.Footnote 25 355 275 80
Armenian 55 10 50
Assyrian 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 10 0 10
Georgian 10 0 10
Hazara 0 0 0
Iranian 215 115 100
Iraqi 265 200 60
Israeli 0 0 0
Jordanian 135 75 60
Kazakh 15 0 10
Kurd 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 15 0 20
Kyrgyz 0 0 0
Lebanese 990 205 790
Palestinian 95 45 50
Pashtun 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 35 25 10
Syrian 335 260 75
Tajik 60 60 0
Tatar 0 0 0
Turk 100 35 70
Turkmen 0 0 0
Uighur 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 0 20
Yemeni 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Footnote 26 40 15 30
South Asian origins 2,740 2,160 580
Bangladeshi 240 190 55
Bengali 55 30 30
Bhutanese 55 40 15
East Indian 1,820 1,370 445
Goan 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 10 0
Nepali 95 80 15
Pakistani 335 260 75
Punjabi 40 15 20
Sinhalese 10 0 0
Sri Lankan 120 95 30
Tamil 55 15 35
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 27 85 60 30
East and Southeast Asian origins 4,735 3,450 1,285
Burmese 30 0 30
Cambodian (Khmer) 25 0 20
Chinese 2,700 1,960 740
Filipino 1,525 1,155 370
Hmong 0 0 0
Indonesian 70 15 50
Japanese 105 35 65
Karen 35 20 10
Korean 100 80 20
Laotian 30 15 15
Malaysian 115 50 65
Mongolian 15 0 10
Singaporean 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 15 15
Thai 65 40 25
Tibetan 20 0 10
Vietnamese 70 45 25
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 28 0 10 0
Other Asian origins 45 20 20
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 29 45 20 25
Oceania origins 240 30 205
Australian 160 25 145
New Zealander 30 0 25
Pacific Islands origins 45 0 45
Fijian 10 0 0
Hawaiian 0 0 0
Maori 0 0 0
Samoan 15 0 10
Polynesian, n.o.s.Footnote 30 10 0 10
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Footnote 31 20 0 10

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information on generation status 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

Total ethnic origin responses are the sum of single and multiple responses for each ethnic origin. Total response counts indicate the number of persons who reported a specified ethnic origin, either as their only origin or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. The sum of all ethnic origin responses is greater than the total population estimate due to the reporting of multiple origins.

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Footnote 3

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

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Footnote 4

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

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Footnote 5

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 census.

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Footnote 6

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').

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Footnote 7

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').

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Footnote 8

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').

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Footnote 9

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').

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Footnote 10

Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 12

Includes responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 13

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').

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Footnote 14

Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 15

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').

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Footnote 16

Includes responses of 'West Indian,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 17

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

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Footnote 18

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').

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Footnote 19

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., 'Luba,' 'Mossi').

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Footnote 20

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').

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Footnote 21

Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 22

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').

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Footnote 23

Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 24

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').

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Footnote 25

Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 26

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').

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Footnote 27

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., 'Telugu').

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Footnote 28

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').

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Footnote 29

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').

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Footnote 30

Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.

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Footnote 31

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').

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016187.

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