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 Nanaimo

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	101,985	41,145	60,840
North American Aboriginal origins	9,285	2,600	6,690
First Nations (North American Indian)	6,595	2,240	4,360
Inuit	85	0	80
Métis	2,905	355	2,550
Other North American origins	27,975	10,275	17,700
Acadian	165	15	150
American	2,105	185	1,925
Canadian	26,415	10,065	16,345
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	70	10	60
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	0	0	10
Québécois	20	0	15
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 6	0	0	0
European origins	80,240	21,210	59,025
British Isles origins	60,080	11,995	48,090
Channel Islander	0	0	10
Cornish	10	0	15
English	38,960	7,430	31,530
Irish	19,410	1,215	18,195
Manx	60	0	60
Scottish	26,230	2,245	23,985
Welsh	4,190	290	3,900
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 7	3,795	810	2,985
French origins	11,265	840	10,425
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	10	0	10
Corsican	0	0	0
French	11,260	840	10,415
Western European origins (except French origins)	22,015	3,660	18,355
Austrian	1,045	110	935
Bavarian	10	0	10
Belgian	700	85	615
Dutch	5,870	1,265	4,605
Flemish	70	10	65
Frisian	10	10	0
German	15,675	2,095	13,585
Luxembourger	15	0	15
Swiss	550	95	460
Western European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	11,265	1,230	10,040
Danish	2,100	345	1,755
Finnish	1,110	180	930
Icelandic	840	65	775
Norwegian	4,640	375	4,265
Swedish	3,255	210	3,040
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	535	50	490
Eastern European origins	13,280	2,005	11,275
Bulgarian	50	10	45
Byelorussian	30	10	25
Czech	510	65	440
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^Footnote 10	280	20	255
Estonian	140	20	120
Hungarian	1,595	305	1,290
Latvian	130	15	115
Lithuanian	135	0	130
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	3,750	390	3,360
Romanian	635	95	535
Russian	2,375	185	2,190
Slovak	200	55	150
Ukrainian	5,665	815	4,845
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	40	15	25
Southern European origins	7,045	1,350	5,695
Albanian	50	10	35
Bosnian	25	20	10
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	575	240	335
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	460	90	365
Italian	3,935	600	3,335
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	35	10	20
Maltese	55	15	40
Montenegrin	15	0	20
Portuguese	620	140	480
Serbian	170	30	145
Sicilian	25	0	30
Slovenian	120	35	85
Spanish	1,105	115	990
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^Footnote 12	315	50	265
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 13	10	0	10
Other European origins	575	140	430
Basque	0	10	0
Jewish	190	0	185
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	10
Slavic, n.o.s.^Footnote 14	40	0	35
Other European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 15	335	135	200
Caribbean origins	375	40	330
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	10	0	10
Barbadian	40	0	45
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	25	10	20
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	10	10	0
Jamaican	140	15	125
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	35	0	35
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	90	0	80
Vincentian/Grenadinian	15	0	10
West Indian, n.o.s.^Footnote 16	15	0	10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 17	25	10	20
Latin, Central and South American origins	935	260	675
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	35	0	35
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	30	0	30
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	95	35	55
Chilean	90	10	85
Colombian	80	45	35
Costa Rican	10	0	0
Ecuadorian	0	0	10
Guatemalan	20	10	15
Guyanese	30	0	35
Hispanic	35	30	0
Honduran	40	10	35
Maya	25	0	25
Mexican	330	85	245
Nicaraguan	40	10	35
Panamanian	10	0	10
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	55	15	35
Salvadorean	20	10	20
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	40	10	35
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 18	20	10	15
African origins	1,145	380	760
Central and West African origins	170	125	45
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	0	0	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	20	20	0
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Liberian	10	0	10
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	125	95	30
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	10	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	10	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	10	0	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 19	10	0	10
North African origins	90	20	65
Algerian	20	10	15
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	25	10	15
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	40	0	35
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 20	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	480	170	310
Afrikaner	0	10	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^Footnote 21	0	0	0
Burundian	0	0	0
Djiboutian	0	0	0
Eritrean	0	0	0
Ethiopian	0	10	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	30	15	15
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	10	10	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	15	15	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0
South African	320	70	250
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	35	30	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	30	10	15
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 22	35	10	25
Other African origins	405	60	345
Black, n.o.s.^Footnote 23	50	0	45
Other African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 24	360	60	295
Asian origins	8,970	6,325	2,650
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	980	475	510
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.^Footnote 25	155	80	75
Armenian	35	0	35
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	10	0	10
Georgian	15	0	15
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	335	210	125
Iraqi	10	0	10
Israeli	25	0	25
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	20	0	10
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	160	35	125
Palestinian	10	0	10
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	70	35	35
Syrian	125	75	50
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	55	0	45
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	10
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 26	30	10	15
South Asian origins	2,120	1,660	460
Bangladeshi	0	0	0
Bengali	15	10	10
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	1,830	1,440	390
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	10	15	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	20	0	15
Pakistani	15	10	0
Punjabi	190	145	40
Sinhalese	10	0	0
Sri Lankan	35	15	20
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 27	20	10	15
East and Southeast Asian origins	5,920	4,175	1,740
Burmese	15	10	10
Cambodian (Khmer)	145	85	60
Chinese	2,925	2,065	860
Filipino	1,125	720	410
Hmong	10	0	0
Indonesian	155	15	140
Japanese	670	340	335
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	420	390	30
Laotian	10	0	10
Malaysian	45	0	45
Mongolian	15	0	15
Singaporean	10	0	10
Taiwanese	65	45	20
Thai	95	55	40
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	580	440	140
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 28	10	10	0
Other Asian origins	20	15	10
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 29	20	15	10
Oceania origins	720	60	660
Australian	380	45	335
New Zealander	105	10	95
Pacific Islands origins	230	0	230
Fijian	55	10	50
Hawaiian	135	0	130
Maori	20	0	20
Samoan	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.^Footnote 30	20	0	15
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 31	10	0	10

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) – Nanaimo

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
• 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.