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

• Generation status (4): Total - Generation status
• Age (12): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

Ethnic origin (279)	Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 2	Single ethnic origin responses^Footnote 3	Multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 4
Total - Ethnic origin^Footnote 5	908,340	437,945	470,390
North American Aboriginal origins	74,035	14,555	59,480
First Nations (North American Indian)	48,640	11,775	36,865
Inuit	1,840	220	1,620
Métis	26,025	2,555	23,465
Other North American origins	410,825	214,975	195,850
Acadian	23,700	3,525	20,180
American	7,515	495	7,015
Canadian	387,360	210,320	177,040
New Brunswicker	35	10	20
Newfoundlander	1,745	350	1,395
Nova Scotian	1,290	190	1,100
Ontarian	95	40	55
Québécois	375	30	350
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 6	20	10	10
European origins	621,520	172,230	449,290
British Isles origins	513,730	122,995	390,735
Channel Islander	90	10	75
Cornish	105	10	100
English	262,375	49,670	212,705
Irish	195,865	19,790	176,080
Manx	145	0	135
Scottish	272,880	48,555	224,330
Welsh	17,135	980	16,160
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 7	18,975	3,975	15,000
French origins	149,665	15,820	133,845
Alsatian	25	0	25
Breton	15	0	15
Corsican	20	0	20
French	149,625	15,820	133,810
Western European origins (except French origins)	125,110	19,180	105,930
Austrian	1,775	150	1,625
Bavarian	10	10	10
Belgian	2,620	320	2,300
Dutch	32,045	4,945	27,095
Flemish	160	10	155
Frisian	50	10	40
German	97,550	13,460	84,095
Luxembourger	30	0	25
Swiss	2,705	230	2,480
Western European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	140	45	90
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	14,980	1,555	13,425
Danish	3,700	510	3,185
Finnish	1,135	175	965
Icelandic	660	100	565
Norwegian	5,170	410	4,760
Swedish	3,565	240	3,325
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	1,365	120	1,245
Eastern European origins	29,685	5,185	24,500
Bulgarian	280	95	185
Byelorussian	195	40	155
Czech	1,165	205	960
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^Footnote 10	415	45	380
Estonian	345	95	255
Hungarian	2,700	405	2,290
Latvian	380	70	310
Lithuanian	1,150	135	1,010
Moldovan	10	0	10
Polish	11,575	1,735	9,835
Romanian	1,190	205	980
Russian	4,775	830	3,945
Slovak	610	115	495
Ukrainian	9,115	1,145	7,975
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	310	65	250
Southern European origins	28,680	5,490	23,190
Albanian	285	135	150
Bosnian	155	90	60
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	685	225	455
Cypriot	40	0	40
Greek	3,360	1,355	2,005
Italian	15,620	2,160	13,460
Kosovar	255	140	120
Macedonian	165	55	110
Maltese	440	35	400
Montenegrin	20	10	15
Portuguese	3,580	600	2,975
Serbian	255	75	180
Sicilian	40	0	35
Slovenian	155	25	130
Spanish	4,295	465	3,835
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^Footnote 12	405	95	310
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 13	85	20	70
Other European origins	5,465	2,005	3,460
Basque	160	10	150
Jewish	2,035	275	1,760
Roma (Gypsy)	135	10	125
Slavic, n.o.s.^Footnote 14	30	0	20
Other European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 15	3,145	1,710	1,440
Caribbean origins	5,215	1,230	3,990
Antiguan	100	30	80
Bahamian	230	115	115
Barbadian	580	95	485
Bermudan	185	30	155
Carib	40	0	45
Cuban	340	130	215
Dominican	150	25	125
Grenadian	30	10	25
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	115	45	70
Jamaican	2,080	515	1,565
Kittitian/Nevisian	45	10	40
Martinican	10	0	10
Montserratan	10	0	0
Puerto Rican	115	0	115
St. Lucian	65	25	40
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	325	55	270
Vincentian/Grenadinian	35	0	35
West Indian, n.o.s.^Footnote 16	790	110	680
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 17	330	50	285
Latin, Central and South American origins	3,055	910	2,145
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	185	10	180
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	65	10	55
Belizean	20	0	25
Bolivian	35	15	25
Brazilian	275	60	220
Chilean	125	25	105
Colombian	435	225	200
Costa Rican	30	10	30
Ecuadorian	50	30	20
Guatemalan	95	15	75
Guyanese	350	55	300
Hispanic	65	15	50
Honduran	55	30	25
Maya	65	15	55
Mexican	810	210	595
Nicaraguan	45	20	25
Panamanian	25	10	20
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	180	85	100
Salvadorean	105	15	90
Uruguayan	15	0	15
Venezuelan	80	15	65
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 18	185	50	140
African origins	17,655	5,230	12,430
Central and West African origins	1,340	900	435
Akan	0	10	0
Angolan	10	0	10
Ashanti	0	10	0
Beninese	20	15	0
Burkinabe	10	0	0
Cameroonian	70	60	10
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	180	140	35
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	10	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	15	15	0
Ghanaian	185	125	70
Guinean	25	0	25
Ibo	90	25	60
Ivorian	10	10	0
Liberian	20	0	15
Malian	10	10	0
Malinké	15	0	15
Nigerian	445	275	175
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	10	10	0
Sierra Leonean	80	35	45
Togolese	65	65	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	65	65	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 19	120	55	65
North African origins	2,030	1,310	720
Algerian	80	10	70
Berber	70	15	55
Coptic	30	0	30
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	1,295	895	395
Libyan	215	140	75
Maure	10	0	10
Moroccan	130	60	70
Sudanese	125	115	20
Tunisian	65	30	35
North African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 20	90	40	50
Southern and East African origins	1,865	940	920
Afrikaner	30	0	20
Amhara	10	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^Footnote 21	0	10	10
Burundian	0	0	10
Djiboutian	0	0	0
Eritrean	165	115	45
Ethiopian	280	190	90
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	160	60	100
Malagasy	15	0	15
Mauritian	10	0	0
Oromo	30	25	10
Rwandan	105	55	50
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	180	135	50
South African	525	95	425
Tanzanian	65	0	50
Tigrian	15	0	10
Ugandan	60	45	20
Zambian	80	70	10
Zimbabwean	95	45	45
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 22	170	80	85
Other African origins	12,620	2,075	10,545
Black, n.o.s.^Footnote 23	2,255	320	1,930
Other African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 24	10,455	1,750	8,705
Asian origins	42,495	28,780	13,715
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	17,210	10,080	7,135
Afghan	225	200	30
Arab, n.o.s.^Footnote 25	1,600	1,045	555
Armenian	265	100	165
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	20	0	15
Georgian	25	0	20
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	1,405	1,065	335
Iraqi	595	390	200
Israeli	245	30	215
Jordanian	260	140	125
Kazakh	45	15	25
Kurd	235	145	85
Kuwaiti	245	160	80
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	7,445	3,290	4,150
Palestinian	990	615	380
Pashtun	30	25	10
Saudi Arabian	725	575	150
Syrian	2,190	1,200	990
Tajik	20	0	15
Tatar	40	0	35
Turk	690	320	370
Turkmen	10	10	10
Uighur	10	15	0
Uzbek	85	70	15
Yemeni	205	160	50
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 26	780	490	290
South Asian origins	8,495	5,985	2,510
Bangladeshi	245	200	40
Bengali	70	45	20
Bhutanese	225	135	90
East Indian	6,255	4,290	1,970
Goan	10	10	0
Gujarati	10	10	0
Kashmiri	0	0	10
Nepali	430	340	90
Pakistani	665	315	345
Punjabi	225	100	125
Sinhalese	40	25	20
Sri Lankan	340	225	110
Tamil	60	20	40
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 27	465	275	190
East and Southeast Asian origins	16,715	12,440	4,275
Burmese	15	0	15
Cambodian (Khmer)	55	15	40
Chinese	9,695	7,275	2,425
Filipino	3,580	2,625	955
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	140	30	110
Japanese	905	400	505
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	1,590	1,315	275
Laotian	10	10	0
Malaysian	75	25	50
Mongolian	60	10	50
Singaporean	10	0	10
Taiwanese	245	125	120
Thai	245	115	125
Tibetan	0	10	0
Vietnamese	760	460	305
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 28	75	50	25
Other Asian origins	410	275	130
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 29	405	280	130
Oceania origins	895	45	855
Australian	490	25	470
New Zealander	290	15	275
Pacific Islands origins	125	10	115
Fijian	15	0	10
Hawaiian	25	0	25
Maori	45	0	40
Samoan	10	0	10
Polynesian, n.o.s.^Footnote 30	15	0	15
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 31	25	0	25

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

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.

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.

Footnote 3

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

Footnote 4

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

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.

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').

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').

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').

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').

Footnote 10

Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.

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 responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.

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').

Footnote 14

Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.

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').

Footnote 16

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

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').

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').

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').

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').

Footnote 21

Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.

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').

Footnote 23

Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.

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').

Footnote 25

Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.

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').

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').

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').

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').

Footnote 30

Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.

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').

Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• 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-X2016187.