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 Saint John
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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 5 123,520 59,070 64,455
North American Aboriginal origins 5,720 465 5,255
First Nations (North American Indian) 4,740 375 4,365
Inuit 145 35 115
Métis 1,045 55 985
Other North American origins 58,920 30,935 27,985
Acadian 1,765 170 1,590
American 1,285 95 1,185
Canadian 56,905 30,630 26,275
New Brunswicker 45 15 30
Newfoundlander 150 10 135
Nova Scotian 30 0 25
Ontarian 0 0 0
Québécois 25 10 15
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 6 0 0 0
European origins 86,530 23,455 63,075
British Isles origins 74,455 17,770 56,685
Channel Islander 10 0 10
Cornish 15 0 10
English 40,295 7,735 32,560
Irish 37,655 5,385 32,270
Manx 15 0 10
Scottish 30,785 3,990 26,795
Welsh 2,535 140 2,390
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Footnote 7 2,575 505 2,075
French origins 25,010 3,195 21,815
Alsatian 0 0 0
Breton 0 0 0
Corsican 0 0 0
French 25,010 3,195 21,810
Western European origins (except French origins) 10,055 1,100 8,960
Austrian 240 10 230
Bavarian 0 0 0
Belgian 165 10 160
Dutch 3,245 430 2,815
Flemish 10 0 10
Frisian 0 0 0
German 6,885 615 6,270
Luxembourger 0 0 0
Swiss 175 25 155
Western European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 8 15 10 10
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 2,400 260 2,140
Danish 765 75 685
Finnish 60 15 45
Icelandic 65 0 65
Norwegian 965 75 890
Swedish 510 65 445
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 9 180 20 160
Eastern European origins 2,810 485 2,325
Bulgarian 40 10 35
Byelorussian 25 10 15
Czech 105 20 85
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Footnote 10 85 10 75
Estonian 20 0 15
Hungarian 300 85 215
Latvian 80 0 75
Lithuanian 75 0 70
Moldovan 20 10 10
Polish 815 90 725
Romanian 155 85 75
Russian 605 55 545
Slovak 45 0 40
Ukrainian 895 100 795
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 11 25 10 20
Southern European origins 3,135 540 2,595
Albanian 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 15 10
Catalan 0 0 0
Croatian 145 10 135
Cypriot 0 0 0
Greek 360 130 225
Italian 1,545 180 1,365
Kosovar 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 0 10
Maltese 35 10 30
Montenegrin 0 0 0
Portuguese 400 95 305
Serbian 15 10 10
Sicilian 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 15 10
Spanish 670 50 615
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Footnote 12 40 15 25
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 13 0 0 0
Other European origins 300 110 190
Basque 15 0 15
Jewish 150 40 110
Roma (Gypsy) 10 0 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Footnote 14 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 15 125 75 55
Caribbean origins 550 85 460
Antiguan 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 0 0
Barbadian 40 10 30
Bermudan 60 0 60
Carib 0 0 0
Cuban 65 25 35
Dominican 0 0 0
Grenadian 0 0 10
Guadeloupean 10 0 10
Haitian 15 0 10
Jamaican 160 15 140
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 0 0 10
St. Lucian 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 75 15 55
Vincentian/Grenadinian 30 0 30
West Indian, n.o.s.Footnote 16 45 10 45
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Footnote 17 45 0 35
Latin, Central and South American origins 330 110 215
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 20 0 15
Arawak 0 0 0
Argentinian 0 0 0
Belizean 0 0 0
Bolivian 0 0 0
Brazilian 0 0 0
Chilean 10 0 10
Colombian 40 20 20
Costa Rican 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 0 0 0
Guatemalan 50 10 40
Guyanese 10 0 10
Hispanic 10 0 15
Honduran 0 0 0
Maya 0 0 10
Mexican 120 50 75
Nicaraguan 10 0 10
Panamanian 10 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0
Peruvian 25 15 15
Salvadorean 10 0 0
Uruguayan 0 0 0
Venezuelan 10 10 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 18 10 0 10
African origins 1,375 400 970
Central and West African origins 295 205 90
Akan 0 0 0
Angolan 0 0 0
Ashanti 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0
Cameroonian 10 10 0
Chadian 0 0 0
Congolese 75 70 0
Edo 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0
Ghanaian 25 20 0
Guinean 0 0 10
Ibo 55 35 20
Ivorian 0 0 0
Liberian 0 0 0
Malian 35 0 40
Malinké 0 0 0
Nigerian 80 30 45
Peulh 0 0 0
Senegalese 10 0 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 19 35 35 0
North African origins 140 60 80
Algerian 25 10 10
Berber 15 10 10
Coptic 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0
Egyptian 45 25 25
Libyan 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0
Moroccan 60 20 40
Sudanese 10 0 10
Tunisian 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 20 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 175 70 105
Afrikaner 0 0 0
Amhara 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Footnote 21 0 0 0
Burundian 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0
Eritrean 10 0 10
Ethiopian 35 10 25
Harari 0 0 0
Kenyan 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Rwandan 25 25 0
Seychellois 0 0 0
Somali 10 10 0
South African 85 15 70
Tanzanian 0 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0
Ugandan 0 0 0
Zambian 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 30 10 20
Zulu 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 22 0 0 10
Other African origins 825 70 755
Black, n.o.s.Footnote 23 120 15 100
Other African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 24 710 60 650
Asian origins 5,245 3,610 1,635
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 2,170 1,180 990
Afghan 20 20 0
Arab, n.o.s.Footnote 25 215 155 65
Armenian 0 0 10
Assyrian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 10
Hazara 0 0 0
Iranian 185 180 0
Iraqi 20 10 15
Israeli 70 55 15
Jordanian 0 10 0
Kazakh 0 0 0
Kurd 10 0 10
Kuwaiti 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0
Lebanese 980 215 770
Palestinian 25 20 0
Pashtun 20 10 10
Saudi Arabian 50 45 10
Syrian 510 455 55
Tajik 0 0 0
Tatar 0 0 0
Turk 55 20 35
Turkmen 10 0 15
Uighur 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0
Yemeni 25 0 20
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Footnote 26 25 0 20
South Asian origins 765 525 240
Bangladeshi 30 30 0
Bengali 25 10 15
Bhutanese 0 0 0
East Indian 560 375 190
Goan 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0
Nepali 10 10 0
Pakistani 85 60 25
Punjabi 15 15 0
Sinhalese 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 15 0 10
Tamil 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 27 25 20 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 2,315 1,885 425
Burmese 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 10 0 10
Chinese 1,315 1,070 240
Filipino 235 160 75
Hmong 0 0 0
Indonesian 30 10 25
Japanese 85 40 45
Karen 0 0 0
Korean 500 485 10
Laotian 0 0 0
Malaysian 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0
Singaporean 10 0 10
Taiwanese 30 0 25
Thai 30 25 10
Tibetan 0 0 0
Vietnamese 140 95 45
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 28 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 35 10 20
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 29 30 15 15
Oceania origins 125 0 125
Australian 85 0 90
New Zealander 20 0 20
Pacific Islands origins 20 0 15
Fijian 0 0 0
Hawaiian 15 0 15
Maori 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Footnote 30 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Footnote 31 0 0 0

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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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