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 Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard
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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 5 139,685 67,610 72,080
North American Aboriginal origins 4,960 890 4,070
First Nations (North American Indian) 4,060 820 3,240
Inuit 160 25 135
Métis 825 45 780
Other North American origins 62,075 32,975 29,100
Acadian 3,490 520 2,970
American 1,015 100 920
Canadian 59,270 32,345 26,925
New Brunswicker 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 60 10 60
Nova Scotian 0 0 0
Ontarian 10 0 0
Québécois 0 0 0
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 6 15 10 10
European origins 98,615 28,205 70,410
British Isles origins 85,140 21,190 63,950
Channel Islander 0 0 0
Cornish 15 0 15
English 40,310 6,545 33,760
Irish 38,505 5,390 33,115
Manx 10 0 10
Scottish 50,685 8,600 42,085
Welsh 2,415 180 2,235
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Footnote 7 1,725 470 1,250
French origins 25,950 3,655 22,295
Alsatian 10 0 10
Breton 10 0 10
Corsican 0 0 0
French 25,935 3,655 22,280
Western European origins (except French origins) 11,625 2,055 9,570
Austrian 205 20 190
Bavarian 10 0 0
Belgian 440 100 340
Dutch 4,360 1,240 3,120
Flemish 15 10 10
Frisian 20 0 20
German 7,060 675 6,385
Luxembourger 0 0 0
Swiss 210 15 190
Western European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 8 10 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 1,915 180 1,730
Danish 675 100 570
Finnish 210 15 195
Icelandic 95 10 85
Norwegian 415 40 370
Swedish 455 25 435
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 9 170 0 170
Eastern European origins 3,030 450 2,580
Bulgarian 40 0 40
Byelorussian 10 0 10
Czech 95 15 80
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Footnote 10 70 10 70
Estonian 45 0 50
Hungarian 305 70 235
Latvian 55 10 45
Lithuanian 95 0 85
Moldovan 10 0 0
Polish 1,155 125 1,030
Romanian 125 0 120
Russian 500 45 455
Slovak 55 20 35
Ukrainian 930 140 785
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 11 40 0 45
Southern European origins 2,650 565 2,085
Albanian 100 100 0
Bosnian 30 15 15
Catalan 10 0 10
Croatian 185 0 180
Cypriot 0 0 0
Greek 175 35 140
Italian 1,200 195 1,005
Kosovar 15 10 0
Macedonian 10 0 10
Maltese 40 0 45
Montenegrin 10 0 10
Portuguese 330 120 215
Serbian 85 30 55
Sicilian 25 0 20
Slovenian 25 10 15
Spanish 515 35 475
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Footnote 12 15 10 10
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 13 15 0 20
Other European origins 430 105 325
Basque 10 0 10
Jewish 215 15 195
Roma (Gypsy) 0 0 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Footnote 14 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Footnote 15 205 90 115
Caribbean origins 325 125 205
Antiguan 0 0 0
Bahamian 30 20 10
Barbadian 10 0 10
Bermudan 15 0 0
Carib 0 0 0
Cuban 0 0 0
Dominican 25 0 20
Grenadian 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0
Haitian 30 20 15
Jamaican 155 50 105
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 15 10 10
St. Lucian 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 30 0 25
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Footnote 16 30 10 15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Footnote 17 15 0 10
Latin, Central and South American origins 420 210 210
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 0 0 0
Arawak 0 0 0
Argentinian 15 0 15
Belizean 15 0 15
Bolivian 0 0 0
Brazilian 50 40 10
Chilean 25 0 25
Colombian 85 65 15
Costa Rican 10 0 10
Ecuadorian 0 0 0
Guatemalan 45 35 10
Guyanese 10 0 10
Hispanic 10 0 0
Honduran 0 0 0
Maya 40 20 20
Mexican 95 30 65
Nicaraguan 0 0 0
Panamanian 0 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0
Peruvian 20 10 10
Salvadorean 0 0 0
Uruguayan 0 0 0
Venezuelan 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Footnote 18 0 0 0
African origins 980 430 550
Central and West African origins 180 130 50
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 10 10 0
Edo 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0
Ghanaian 15 20 0
Guinean 0 0 0
Ibo 10 0 10
Ivorian 0 0 0
Liberian 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0
Malinké 0 0 0
Nigerian 130 90 40
Peulh 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 20 15 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 19 10 0 10
North African origins 205 140 60
Algerian 0 0 0
Berber 0 0 0
Coptic 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0
Egyptian 115 75 50
Libyan 40 35 0
Maure 0 0 0
Moroccan 35 25 15
Sudanese 0 0 0
Tunisian 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 20 10 10 10
Southern and East African origins 115 45 70
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 0 0 0
Ethiopian 10 10 0
Harari 0 0 0
Kenyan 10 0 10
Malagasy 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Rwandan 0 0 0
Seychellois 10 10 0
Somali 20 20 0
South African 45 10 35
Tanzanian 0 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0
Ugandan 20 0 20
Zambian 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 0 0 0
Zulu 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 22 10 0 10
Other African origins 515 110 400
Black, n.o.s.Footnote 23 40 0 40
Other African origins, n.i.e.Footnote 24 475 110 365
Asian origins 6,485 4,770 1,715
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 1,625 815 810
Afghan 0 0 10
Arab, n.o.s.Footnote 25 155 110 40
Armenian 30 10 25
Assyrian 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 15 0 10
Georgian 15 0 15
Hazara 0 0 0
Iranian 295 210 80
Iraqi 20 10 10
Israeli 55 0 50
Jordanian 0 0 0
Kazakh 0 0 0
Kurd 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0
Lebanese 715 205 510
Palestinian 65 15 45
Pashtun 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 0 10 0
Syrian 245 210 35
Tajik 0 0 0
Tatar 15 0 15
Turk 40 25 15
Turkmen 0 0 0
Uighur 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0
Yemeni 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Footnote 26 30 10 15
South Asian origins 975 700 275
Bangladeshi 10 10 0
Bengali 10 10 0
Bhutanese 135 65 70
East Indian 615 425 185
Goan 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0
Nepali 185 110 80
Pakistani 75 30 45
Punjabi 15 0 15
Sinhalese 10 10 0
Sri Lankan 50 50 0
Tamil 0 0 10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 27 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 3,920 3,255 660
Burmese 0 10 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 10 15 0
Chinese 2,735 2,385 355
Filipino 730 530 200
Hmong 0 0 0
Indonesian 25 0 25
Japanese 110 55 60
Karen 0 0 0
Korean 220 165 55
Laotian 0 0 0
Malaysian 35 0 35
Mongolian 20 0 20
Singaporean 10 0 10
Taiwanese 20 20 0
Thai 40 25 10
Tibetan 0 0 0
Vietnamese 85 55 30
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 28 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 15 0 15
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Footnote 29 15 0 15
Oceania origins 90 10 80
Australian 55 10 45
New Zealander 30 0 30
Pacific Islands origins 10 0 10
Fijian 0 10 0
Hawaiian 0 0 0
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 10 0 10

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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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