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
About this variable: Place of birth (272)
Definition
Place of birth
'Place of birth' refers to the name of the geographic location where the person was born. The geographic location is specified according to geographic boundaries current at the time of data collection, not the geographic boundaries at the time of birth.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the geographic location refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It refers to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada.
Values
- Total - Place of birth Footnote 1
- Born in Canada
- Born outside Canada
- Americas
- North America
- Greenland
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States Footnote 8
- Central America
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Caribbean and Bermuda
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, United States
- South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia Footnote 50
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela Footnote 63
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Eastern Europe
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova Footnote 83
- Poland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Slovakia
- Ukraine
- Northern Europe
- Åland Islands
- Denmark
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- Guernsey
- Iceland
- Ireland Footnote 96
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Norway
- Sark
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- United Kingdom Footnote 103
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Holy See (Vatican City State)
- Italy
- Kosovo Footnote 113
- Macedonia, Republic of Footnote 114
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Serbia Footnote 119
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena Footnote 137
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania Footnote 158
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Sudan Footnote 167
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
- Central Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Congo, Republic of the
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Swaziland
- Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Georgia
- Iran Footnote 194
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria Footnote 205
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) Footnote 211
- Yemen
- Eastern Asia
- China Footnote 214
- Hong Kong Footnote 215
- Japan
- Korea, North Footnote 217
- Korea, South Footnote 218
- Macao Footnote 219
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos Footnote 227
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Viet Nam
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Oceania
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
- Other places of birth Footnote 272
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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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.
- Footnote 8
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The official name of United States is United States of America.
- Footnote 50
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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Footnote 63
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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 83
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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.
- Footnote 96
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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.
- Footnote 103
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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).
- Footnote 113
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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.
- Footnote 114
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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.
- Footnote 119
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Serbia excludes Kosovo.
- Footnote 137
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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
- Footnote 158
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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.
- Footnote 167
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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.
- Footnote 194
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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 205
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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 211
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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.
- Footnote 214
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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.
- Footnote 215
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The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
- Footnote 217
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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 218
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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 219
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The full name of Macao is Macao Special Administrative Region of China.
- Footnote 227
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The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 272
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Includes other places of birth not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea'.
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