Countries of Citizenship (184), Single and Multiple Citizenship Responses (3), Immigrant Status (4), 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

• Immigrant status (4): Total - Immigrant status
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details countries of citizenship , single and multiple citizenship responses , immigrant status , and sex for the population in private households in Canada

Countries of citizenship (184)	Single and multiple citizenship responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple citizenship responses^Footnote 2	Single citizenship responses^Footnote 3	Multiple citizenship responses^Footnote 4
Total - Countries of citizenship^Footnote 5	34,460,065	32,996,975	1,463,095
Canada	32,034,590	30,592,180	1,442,405
China, People's Republic of^Footnote 6	382,430	340,560	41,870
India	293,340	274,215	19,125
United States^Footnote 7	284,870	149,705	135,170
Philippines	281,655	259,215	22,440
United Kingdom - British citizen^Footnote 8	265,085	113,025	152,060
France^Footnote 9	138,390	65,245	73,150
Pakistan	134,970	59,240	75,725
Iran^Footnote 10	97,695	52,185	45,510
Italy	75,405	27,170	48,230
Poland	73,675	13,850	59,825
Germany	64,370	46,550	17,815
Korea, South^Footnote 11	63,725	60,505	3,220
Portugal	62,250	26,655	35,595
Romania	56,950	10,510	46,440
Mexico	56,080	35,555	20,520
Algeria	54,050	20,665	33,390
Lebanon	52,820	15,405	37,415
Colombia	50,610	22,915	27,695
Morocco	47,325	19,720	27,600
Syria^Footnote 12	44,605	35,940	8,670
Egypt	42,730	21,760	20,975
Israel	42,295	13,275	29,025
Russian Federation	42,290	15,000	27,290
Jamaica	40,715	26,465	14,245
Nigeria	39,605	27,175	12,430
Iraq	39,295	26,135	13,155
Taiwan	36,125	12,065	24,060
Brazil	35,755	19,670	16,090
Bangladesh	33,290	18,010	15,275
Australia^Footnote 13	32,740	16,495	16,245
Haiti	32,415	27,730	4,680
Sri Lanka	30,325	26,025	4,300
Viet Nam	30,095	23,525	6,570
Japan	29,285	23,790	5,495
Ireland^Footnote 14	28,940	14,595	14,345
Netherlands^Footnote 15	24,660	16,290	8,370
Switzerland	23,720	3,635	20,085
Afghanistan	23,365	16,485	6,880
Ukraine	22,350	18,005	4,350
Greece	20,835	5,590	15,245
Turkey	20,105	9,340	10,765
El Salvador	18,410	8,895	9,520
Tunisia	17,565	9,000	8,570
Venezuela^Footnote 16	16,940	9,385	7,555
Peru	16,570	6,595	9,980
Trinidad and Tobago	16,480	6,720	9,760
Hungary	16,120	6,695	9,415
Serbia^Footnote 17	15,370	4,250	11,130
Croatia	15,250	4,520	10,730
Guyana	14,715	7,515	7,205
South Africa, Republic of	14,445	7,910	6,535
Bulgaria	14,220	3,080	11,140
Chile	13,915	5,945	7,975
Jordan	13,735	6,855	6,880
New Zealand^Footnote 18	12,940	4,460	8,480
Cameroon	12,800	12,125	675
Cuba	12,515	7,860	4,655
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	12,250	11,135	1,120
Spain	11,680	5,210	6,475
Somalia	11,385	9,080	2,300
Argentina	11,370	3,445	7,930
Belgium	11,350	5,315	6,030
Moldova^Footnote 19	10,875	5,770	5,105
Eritrea	10,750	9,270	1,475
Ethiopia	10,345	9,250	1,100
Czech Republic	9,555	2,850	6,705
Albania	9,525	3,710	5,815
Mauritius	9,340	5,015	4,320
Saudi Arabia	8,975	8,465	510
Côte d'Ivoire	8,240	6,765	1,475
Nepal	8,140	7,755	385
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,760	2,035	5,730
Thailand	7,515	5,210	2,305
Ecuador	7,090	3,210	3,875
Slovakia	6,905	2,755	4,150
Guatemala	6,830	3,900	2,930
Ghana	6,770	4,810	1,965
Malaysia	6,690	6,000	685
Kenya	6,515	4,715	1,805
Senegal	6,460	4,415	2,050
Dominican Republic	6,225	4,165	2,060
Libya	6,195	4,180	2,015
Barbados	6,025	2,195	3,835
Burundi	5,990	3,930	2,060
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5,980	4,685	1,295
Sweden	5,755	2,225	3,530
Indonesia	5,565	5,030	535
Finland^Footnote 20	5,150	1,395	3,755
Austria	4,995	3,060	1,930
Sudan^Footnote 21	4,950	2,865	2,085
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^Footnote 22	4,655	3,295	1,360
Belarus	4,540	1,955	2,585
Honduras	4,270	3,130	1,145
Denmark^Footnote 23	4,260	3,135	1,125
Rwanda	4,260	2,575	1,680
Singapore	4,155	3,455	705
Macedonia, Republic of^Footnote 24	4,140	925	3,210
Cambodia	3,805	2,660	1,145
Fiji	3,805	3,175	630
Saint Lucia	3,685	2,990	690
Bhutan	3,620	3,575	40
Zimbabwe	3,585	2,910	675
Grenada	3,540	2,215	1,320
Kosovo^Footnote 25	3,400	1,840	1,560
Uruguay	3,400	935	2,460
Guinea	3,365	2,210	1,160
Nicaragua	3,155	1,255	1,900
Kazakhstan	3,110	2,835	280
Burma (Myanmar)	3,080	2,820	260
Costa Rica	2,935	1,595	1,340
Togo	2,740	1,840	905
Slovenia	2,735	540	2,200
Benin	2,675	1,635	1,040
Malta	2,610	600	2,005
Yemen	2,470	1,725	745
Paraguay	2,415	1,325	1,095
Latvia	2,370	1,150	1,225
Burkina Faso	2,360	1,720	635
Mali	2,300	1,590	710
Norway^Footnote 26	2,260	1,660	595
Tanzania^Footnote 27	2,230	1,900	335
United Kingdom - dependencies and other^Footnote 28	2,220	880	1,340
South Sudan	2,125	1,430	695
Armenia	2,120	1,255	870
Bolivia^Footnote 29	2,070	1,085	990
Uganda	2,065	1,675	390
Lithuania	1,785	1,240	540
Madagascar	1,735	895	840
Uzbekistan	1,715	1,315	405
Estonia	1,530	245	1,285
Panama	1,495	570	920
Cyprus	1,485	245	1,240
Congo, Republic of the	1,415	1,065	350
Djibouti	1,385	1,010	375
Bahamas	1,270	1,025	245
Mongolia	1,165	960	205
Belize	1,145	485	660
Central African Republic	1,125	1,050	75
Laos^Footnote 30	1,065	760	305
Antigua and Barbuda	1,025	540	485
Sierra Leone	980	465	515
Georgia	950	860	85
Liberia	905	710	195
Azerbaijan	900	580	325
Kyrgyzstan	885	750	140
Niger	865	520	345
Dominica	840	385	455
Zambia	825	610	215
Angola	805	395	405
Iceland	785	455	330
Chad	770	505	265
Botswana	745	720	25
Gabon	700	455	245
Mauritania	700	540	160
Saint Kitts and Nevis	680	220	460
Kuwait	645	510	140
Namibia	635	590	50
United Arab Emirates	515	380	130
Montenegro	495	200	295
Gambia	450	385	65
Oman	360	260	95
Seychelles	345	95	250
Tajikistan	330	180	150
Bahrain	300	220	80
Korea, North^Footnote 31	280	260	20
Swaziland	275	235	40
Luxembourg	255	135	125
Brunei Darussalam	240	170	70
Turkmenistan	155	105	50
Mozambique	140	90	50
Suriname	140	105	40
Malawi	135	80	55
Equatorial Guinea	90	60	30
Cabo Verde	90	40	45
Samoa	75	40	35
Comoros	75	35	40
Papua New Guinea	70	65	0
Qatar	60	50	10
Tonga	60	35	20
Guinea-Bissau	40	25	20
Other countries of citizenship, n.i.e.^Footnote 32	190	85	100
Stateless^Footnote 33	3,790	3,795	0

Symbol(s)

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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

For more information on immigration 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 2

'Total - Single and multiple citizenship responses' includes all citizenship responses, regardless of whether the person reported one citizenship or multiple citizenships.

For more information on citizenship 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 3

'Single citizenship responses' includes the citizenship response from persons who reported one citizenship only.

Footnote 4

'Multiple citizenship responses' includes citizenship responses from persons who reported multiple citizenships.

Footnote 5

This is a total population estimate. The sum of the responses in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one citizenship in the Census of Population.

For more information on citizenship 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 6

Includes responses of 'People's Republic of China,' 'Macao' and 'Hong Kong.' Macao and Hong Kong are special administrative regions of China.

Footnote 7

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of the United States. This includes responses such as 'American Samoa,' 'Guam,' 'Northern Mariana Islands,' 'Puerto Rico,' 'United States Minor Outlying Islands,' 'Virgin Islands, United States' and 'American dependency.' The official name of United States is United States of America.

Footnote 8

This includes responses such as 'British,' 'British citizen,' 'Britain,' 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey,' 'Sark' and 'Channel Islands.' The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Footnote 9

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of France. This includes responses such as 'French Polynesia,' 'French Guiana,' 'Guadeloupe,' 'Martinique,' 'Mayotte,' 'New Caledonia,' 'Réunion,' 'Saint Barthélemy,' 'Saint Martin (French part),' 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon,' 'Wallis and Futuna' and 'French dependency.'

Footnote 10

The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

Footnote 11

The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.

Footnote 12

The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

Footnote 13

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of Australia. This includes responses of 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands,' 'Christmas Island' and 'Norfolk Island.'

Footnote 14

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

Footnote 15

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of Netherlands. This includes responses such as 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,' 'Aruba,' 'Curaçao' and 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part).'

Footnote 16

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Footnote 17

Serbia: excludes response of 'Kosovo.'

Footnote 18

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of New Zealand. This includes responses such as 'Cook Islands,' 'Niue' and 'Tokelau.'

Footnote 19

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

Footnote 20

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of Finland. This includes responses such as 'Åland Islands.'

Footnote 21

The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

Footnote 22

This includes responses such as 'West Bank,' 'Gaza Strip' and '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 23

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of Denmark. This includes responses such as 'Faroe Islands' and 'Greenland.'

Footnote 24

Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

Footnote 25

The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

Footnote 26

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of Norway. This includes responses such as 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen.'

Footnote 27

The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

Footnote 28

Includes dependencies or associated overseas territory of the United Kingdom. This includes responses such as 'Anguilla,' 'Bermuda,' 'British Indian Ocean Territory,' 'Cayman Islands,' 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas),' 'Gibraltar,' 'Montserrat,' 'Pitcairn,' 'Saint Helena,' 'Turks and Caicos Islands,' 'British Virgin Islands,' 'British dependency' and 'British Overseas citizenship.' This excludes responses of 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey,' 'Sark' and 'Channel Islands.' The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Footnote 29

The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Footnote 30

The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Footnote 31

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

Footnote 32

Includes countries such as Andorra, Holy See (Vatican City State), Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Footnote 33

Includes responses of 'Stateless' and 'Western Sahara.'

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016215.