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 Ontario

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	13,242,160	7,534,635	5,707,520
North American Aboriginal origins	518,295	103,310	414,985
First Nations (North American Indian)	385,500	89,165	296,330
Inuit	6,865	1,215	5,650
Métis	137,485	12,925	124,560
Other North American origins	3,220,595	1,346,590	1,874,005
Acadian	16,580	1,420	15,165
American	140,165	10,700	129,465
Canadian	3,109,770	1,330,285	1,779,485
New Brunswicker	320	60	260
Newfoundlander	10,850	1,765	9,085
Nova Scotian	1,485	260	1,230
Ontarian	2,165	730	1,430
Québécois	5,390	1,155	4,235
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 6	675	220	455
European origins	8,151,470	2,948,580	5,202,890
British Isles origins	4,900,430	1,008,225	3,892,205
Channel Islander	1,120	70	1,050
Cornish	750	50	705
English	2,808,805	510,985	2,297,820
Irish	2,095,465	198,930	1,896,530
Manx	2,450	125	2,320
Scottish	2,107,295	216,095	1,891,200
Welsh	198,470	11,015	187,455
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 7	323,185	70,960	252,225
French origins	1,350,520	147,200	1,203,320
Alsatian	1,240	105	1,135
Breton	285	40	250
Corsican	205	0	205
French	1,349,260	147,055	1,202,200
Western European origins (except French origins)	1,766,975	371,935	1,395,040
Austrian	72,480	8,060	64,410
Bavarian	455	25	430
Belgian	57,890	9,825	48,060
Dutch	527,750	155,585	372,165
Flemish	4,005	710	3,295
Frisian	2,700	500	2,205
German	1,189,670	186,780	1,002,890
Luxembourger	915	130	785
Swiss	59,835	10,015	49,820
Western European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	1,095	305	790
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	266,080	33,250	232,835
Danish	53,550	8,110	45,445
Finnish	76,755	15,570	61,180
Icelandic	13,215	820	12,395
Norwegian	59,335	3,425	55,910
Swedish	71,035	4,375	66,660
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	12,540	945	11,590
Eastern European origins	1,339,605	446,435	893,175
Bulgarian	16,755	9,180	7,575
Byelorussian	11,690	3,140	8,550
Czech	42,345	10,930	31,415
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^Footnote 10	14,810	2,250	12,555
Estonian	15,075	4,480	10,590
Hungarian	163,500	44,995	118,510
Latvian	18,095	4,930	13,165
Lithuanian	35,100	7,445	27,650
Moldovan	3,905	1,255	2,650
Polish	523,490	166,840	356,655
Romanian	98,235	42,520	55,720
Russian	220,850	53,175	167,675
Slovak	40,530	12,235	28,295
Ukrainian	376,445	79,900	296,540
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	10,335	3,165	7,170
Southern European origins	1,772,165	906,215	865,950
Albanian	25,975	21,125	4,850
Bosnian	14,680	8,330	6,360
Catalan	285	35	245
Croatian	82,220	36,940	45,275
Cypriot	4,400	1,075	3,325
Greek	148,550	78,125	70,430
Italian	931,805	453,200	478,605
Kosovar	1,305	725	580
Macedonian	39,445	17,180	22,265
Maltese	35,255	11,760	23,490
Montenegrin	2,545	520	2,025
Portuguese	324,930	191,740	133,190
Serbian	66,835	37,865	28,970
Sicilian	4,190	890	3,305
Slovenian	26,485	9,480	17,005
Spanish	171,145	32,065	139,080
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^Footnote 12	20,245	4,950	15,295
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 13	965	205	765
Other European origins	105,870	35,325	70,540
Basque	1,590	80	1,505
Jewish	77,285	23,285	53,995
Roma (Gypsy)	2,295	470	1,820
Slavic, n.o.s.^Footnote 14	2,065	740	1,325
Other European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 15	23,290	10,740	12,550
Caribbean origins	462,600	237,360	225,235
Antiguan	3,275	940	2,335
Bahamian	2,300	485	1,820
Barbadian	26,630	8,360	18,270
Bermudan	2,010	215	1,795
Carib	2,295	70	2,225
Cuban	14,485	4,465	10,025
Dominican	9,185	3,880	5,300
Grenadian	14,690	6,365	8,330
Guadeloupean	65	0	65
Haitian	17,720	12,090	5,630
Jamaican	257,060	140,260	116,795
Kittitian/Nevisian	2,260	590	1,675
Martinican	195	10	190
Montserratan	620	100	520
Puerto Rican	1,500	215	1,280
St. Lucian	7,175	3,405	3,775
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	59,560	18,855	40,710
Vincentian/Grenadinian	12,155	4,800	7,355
West Indian, n.o.s.^Footnote 16	56,865	26,060	30,805
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 17	16,970	6,210	10,760
Latin, Central and South American origins	322,210	152,590	169,620
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	10,795	850	9,945
Arawak	1,055	50	1,005
Argentinian	11,460	2,605	8,860
Belizean	805	95	710
Bolivian	1,890	735	1,150
Brazilian	18,395	5,390	13,005
Chilean	14,625	6,225	8,400
Colombian	40,820	28,205	12,620
Costa Rican	2,785	1,060	1,730
Ecuadorian	20,385	11,950	8,435
Guatemalan	10,040	5,290	4,750
Guyanese	73,360	27,800	45,560
Hispanic	5,800	3,215	2,590
Honduran	3,360	1,475	1,890
Maya	2,495	390	2,110
Mexican	43,115	18,165	24,950
Nicaraguan	7,100	3,450	3,650
Panamanian	2,480	455	2,025
Paraguayan	600	110	490
Peruvian	14,785	6,565	8,215
Salvadorean	27,595	16,790	10,810
Uruguayan	4,200	1,235	2,965
Venezuelan	11,745	3,850	7,900
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 18	14,095	6,640	7,450
African origins	414,095	245,330	168,765
Central and West African origins	85,735	64,905	20,835
Akan	965	545	415
Angolan	1,635	615	1,020
Ashanti	1,205	605	600
Beninese	550	230	320
Burkinabe	420	265	155
Cameroonian	4,695	3,770	925
Chadian	645	470	170
Congolese	10,425	8,040	2,385
Edo	1,025	675	355
Ewe	180	85	95
Gabonese	165	35	135
Gambian	635	435	195
Ghanaian	24,850	19,530	5,315
Guinean	1,105	575	525
Ibo	1,940	1,260	685
Ivorian	1,345	855	495
Liberian	770	425	345
Malian	490	225	270
Malinké	345	185	160
Nigerian	26,560	19,435	7,125
Peulh	135	40	85
Senegalese	1,000	520	480
Sierra Leonean	1,170	675	500
Togolese	665	315	355
Wolof	80	35	45
Yoruba	4,055	2,815	1,240
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 19	4,745	2,230	2,515
North African origins	86,665	56,285	30,380
Algerian	4,070	2,280	1,790
Berber	1,845	720	1,125
Coptic	2,305	1,025	1,280
Dinka	210	120	85
Egyptian	52,840	36,230	16,615
Libyan	3,785	2,795	990
Maure	290	35	260
Moroccan	12,305	4,915	7,390
Sudanese	8,975	6,580	2,395
Tunisian	2,290	955	1,335
North African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 20	1,750	630	1,125
Southern and East African origins	128,910	88,035	40,880
Afrikaner	560	60	500
Amhara	720	340	380
Bantu, n.o.s.^Footnote 21	875	525	350
Burundian	3,110	2,470	640
Djiboutian	1,035	550	485
Eritrean	11,865	9,650	2,215
Ethiopian	22,560	17,445	5,110
Harari	475	240	235
Kenyan	5,860	2,745	3,120
Malagasy	435	240	190
Mauritian	3,605	1,285	2,315
Oromo	1,295	895	400
Rwandan	3,210	2,400	815
Seychellois	350	110	235
Somali	40,995	36,050	4,950
South African	19,760	3,630	16,130
Tanzanian	2,615	1,070	1,545
Tigrian	770	495	280
Ugandan	2,955	1,770	1,185
Zambian	805	445	360
Zimbabwean	3,425	2,145	1,280
Zulu	440	135	305
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 22	8,475	3,350	5,125
Other African origins	119,665	36,110	83,555
Black, n.o.s.^Footnote 23	17,385	3,335	14,045
Other African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 24	103,560	32,775	70,790
Asian origins	3,100,455	2,498,700	601,755
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	523,340	367,930	155,410
Afghan	54,535	45,295	9,240
Arab, n.o.s.^Footnote 25	44,705	27,130	17,570
Armenian	29,670	16,225	13,450
Assyrian	12,075	8,175	3,895
Azerbaijani	4,105	1,565	2,535
Georgian	2,815	1,380	1,435
Hazara	680	260	420
Iranian	117,065	94,550	22,515
Iraqi	50,455	39,260	11,195
Israeli	17,080	4,000	13,085
Jordanian	9,655	5,395	4,260
Kazakh	1,325	615	715
Kurd	9,210	5,905	3,310
Kuwaiti	1,510	730	780
Kyrgyz	340	180	165
Lebanese	86,240	49,380	36,860
Palestinian	28,480	16,505	11,980
Pashtun	3,010	1,270	1,730
Saudi Arabian	3,660	2,145	1,515
Syrian	31,435	17,685	13,755
Tajik	1,850	715	1,135
Tatar	2,140	355	1,785
Turk	34,165	16,765	17,400
Turkmen	700	225	470
Uighur	760	495	270
Uzbek	2,400	975	1,420
Yemeni	4,225	1,855	2,370
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 26	16,270	8,895	7,375
South Asian origins	1,182,845	951,745	231,100
Bangladeshi	29,195	24,825	4,370
Bengali	15,240	12,270	2,970
Bhutanese	1,450	870	580
East Indian	774,495	602,000	172,490
Goan	4,775	1,760	3,015
Gujarati	5,915	3,885	2,030
Kashmiri	1,795	630	1,165
Nepali	8,150	6,465	1,690
Pakistani	149,060	107,675	41,385
Punjabi	55,455	32,900	22,555
Sinhalese	5,195	3,030	2,160
Sri Lankan	124,270	92,530	31,735
Tamil	42,760	19,490	23,270
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 27	58,710	43,420	15,290
East and Southeast Asian origins	1,422,895	1,169,260	253,635
Burmese	4,420	1,980	2,440
Cambodian (Khmer)	14,655	8,485	6,170
Chinese	849,345	698,425	150,920
Filipino	337,760	255,710	82,055
Hmong	645	445	195
Indonesian	9,325	2,120	7,205
Japanese	41,620	18,835	22,785
Karen	1,645	1,425	220
Korean	93,425	83,635	9,780
Laotian	9,875	5,185	4,700
Malaysian	7,310	1,000	6,315
Mongolian	2,940	800	2,140
Singaporean	1,260	220	1,040
Taiwanese	10,065	6,090	3,970
Thai	6,860	2,490	4,375
Tibetan	6,365	5,655	715
Vietnamese	107,635	73,750	33,885
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 28	4,375	3,010	1,365
Other Asian origins	13,430	9,765	3,665
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 29	13,430	9,765	3,665
Oceania origins	20,680	2,180	18,500
Australian	13,310	1,185	12,125
New Zealander	4,255	385	3,870
Pacific Islands origins	3,490	605	2,880
Fijian	1,610	420	1,190
Hawaiian	470	15	455
Maori	480	35	450
Samoan	225	10	215
Polynesian, n.o.s.^Footnote 30	275	15	260
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 31	555	120	440

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) – Ontario

• 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: 4.6%.
• 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.