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Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Place of Birth (272), Age (7A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Welland, CY
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Place of birth (272) Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigrationFootnote 1 Non-immigrantsFootnote 2 ImmigrantsFootnote 3 Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016Footnote 4 Non-permanent residentsFootnote 5
Total - Place of birthFootnote 6 51,495 45,620 5,435 3,235 550 480 750 315 430 425 445
Born in Canada 45,440 45,440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 6,060 175 5,435 3,235 550 480 750 315 430 425 445
Americas 1,325 120 1,135 270 195 105 400 140 265 165 75
North America 640 100 495 210 60 45 130 30 105 45 45
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United StatesFootnote 7 640 100 495 210 60 40 130 25 110 45 45
Central America 170 15 150 0 65 25 60 40 15 10 10
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 80 0 80 0 50 25 10 0 0 0 0
Guatemala 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 40 0 40 0 0 0 45 40 0 0 0
Mexico 40 10 15 0 10 0 10 10 10 10 10
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 285 0 280 20 60 20 125 35 85 55 0
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Barbados 20 0 20 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 15 0 0 0
Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grenada 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haiti 80 0 80 0 0 0 55 10 50 20 0
Jamaica 100 0 95 10 20 0 35 15 15 30 0
Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthélemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Martin (French part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 50 0 50 10 10 10 20 0 20 0 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands, British 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands, United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South America 230 10 215 35 15 15 85 35 55 55 15
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Brazil 25 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
Chile 25 0 25 0 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
Colombia 65 0 70 10 0 0 50 10 40 10 0
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guyana 15 0 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uruguay 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 65 0 65 10 0 10 10 0 0 45 10
Europe 3,490 30 3,410 2,820 265 190 100 45 50 45 50
Western Europe 480 25 455 405 20 15 25 0 20 0 10
Austria 20 0 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 25 0 20 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 35 0 35 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Germany 180 10 160 130 0 10 15 0 15 0 10
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 215 0 210 205 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 705 0 675 350 130 140 45 25 20 25 25
Belarus 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 10
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 40 0 40 15 10 0 10 0 10 0 0
Estonia 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 245 0 240 135 60 30 10 10 0 10 0
Latvia 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaFootnote 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 205 0 195 85 60 45 0 0 0 0 10
Romania 70 0 65 25 0 35 0 0 0 0 0
Russian Federation 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 0
Slovakia 65 0 70 55 0 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ukraine 35 0 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Northern Europe 880 10 860 715 85 20 25 15 15 10 10
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IrelandFootnote 11 25 0 25 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 845 10 825 685 75 25 25 15 10 10 15
Southern Europe 1,425 0 1,415 1,355 35 20 0 0 0 10 0
Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 175 0 170 160 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 35 0 35 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 1,100 0 1,100 1,085 15 0 0 10 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 65 0 55 30 15 0 0 0 0 10 10
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 290 10 255 40 10 55 115 50 60 40 25
Western Africa 25 0 25 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Saint HelenaFootnote 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 80 0 80 15 0 10 30 15 20 20 0
Burundi 10 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethiopia 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritius 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Réunion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda 15 0 10 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somalia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Northern Africa 80 0 70 15 0 30 15 10 10 10 10
Algeria 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 30 0 25 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 10
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
SudanFootnote 18 35 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 0 10 0
Tunisia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Africa 55 0 55 0 0 10 40 30 10 10 0
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Cameroon 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 30 0 30 0 0 0 30 30 0 0 0
Congo, Republic of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Africa 50 0 30 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 10
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 45 10 25 10 0 0 0 0 10 15 15
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 945 25 630 105 80 130 130 80 50 175 290
West Central Asia and the Middle East 150 0 105 20 25 35 10 0 10 15 40
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 40 0 40 0 15 10 0 0 0 10 0
Oman 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Saudi Arabia 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
SyriaFootnote 20 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)Footnote 21 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 465 15 235 10 15 70 60 30 25 80 215
ChinaFootnote 22 260 15 130 0 10 50 45 25 15 35 115
Hong KongFootnote 23 30 0 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 170 0 70 0 0 25 10 0 10 35 100
MacaoFootnote 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southeast Asia 160 0 145 45 40 25 25 20 0 20 15
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LaosFootnote 27 15 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 100 0 100 30 10 25 20 20 0 20 0
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 30 0 30 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Asia 170 0 145 30 0 10 40 25 15 65 25
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 120 0 90 25 0 10 45 25 15 20 25
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 25 0 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Sri Lanka 25 0 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Oceania 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other places of birthFootnote 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration 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

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 3

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 6

For more information on the place of birth 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 7

The official name of United States is United States of America.

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Footnote 8

The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Footnote 9

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Footnote 10

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Footnote 11

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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Footnote 12

The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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Footnote 13

The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Footnote 14

Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Footnote 15

Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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Footnote 16

The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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Footnote 17

The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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Footnote 18

The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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Footnote 19

The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Footnote 20

The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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Footnote 21

West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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Footnote 22

China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Footnote 23

The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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Footnote 24

The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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Footnote 25

The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.

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Footnote 26

The full name of Macao is Macao Special Administrative Region of China.

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Footnote 27

The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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Footnote 28

Includes other places of birth not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea'.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016185.

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