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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 Okanagan-Similkameen
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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 80,440 68,190 11,935 6,855 1,290 1,535 1,565 735 830 685 315
Born in Canada 67,670 67,675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 12,770 520 11,935 6,850 1,290 1,535 1,565 730 835 685 315
Americas 1,895 225 1,585 840 200 230 220 90 135 85 80
North America 1,300 155 1,075 650 125 115 145 60 85 40 65
Greenland 0 0 10 10 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 1,295 160 1,065 645 130 110 145 60 80 40 65
Central America 245 45 190 20 45 55 40 20 20 30 15
Belize 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 60 0 55 0 25 20 10 0 10 0 0
Guatemala 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 145 30 110 20 10 20 25 15 10 30 0
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Caribbean and Bermuda 115 10 105 55 0 35 20 0 15 0 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 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barbados 25 0 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 10 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curaçao 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominican Republic 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haiti 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 40 0 35 20 0 10 10 0 10 0 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 10 0 10 0 0 10 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 10 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 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 15 215 115 30 30 20 15 10 20 10
Argentina 45 0 45 20 0 10 0 0 0 15 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 45 0 40 10 0 10 15 15 0 10 0
Chile 25 0 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colombia 20 0 20 10 10 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ecuador 10 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 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 45 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 25 10 20 0 10 10 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Europe 7,215 210 6,960 5,340 590 390 450 185 260 185 50
Western Europe 2,190 90 2,080 1,545 195 135 150 70 85 55 15
Austria 135 0 135 105 20 10 10 0 10 0 0
Belgium 20 0 20 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
France 135 15 115 70 10 15 25 10 10 0 10
Germany 1,220 75 1,135 865 95 55 75 35 35 50 0
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 505 0 500 420 50 0 25 0 20 0 0
Switzerland 175 0 175 70 25 55 25 15 0 10 0
Eastern Europe 850 0 845 555 130 75 50 35 15 30 0
Belarus 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 135 0 135 80 25 10 15 15 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 215 0 210 195 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvia 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 15 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaFootnote 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 230 0 230 135 70 0 10 0 0 20 0
Romania 75 10 70 35 15 10 10 10 10 0 0
Russian Federation 25 0 25 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 0
Slovakia 50 0 50 30 0 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ukraine 70 0 70 40 0 20 10 10 0 0 0
Northern Europe 2,995 110 2,860 2,220 175 160 240 80 160 60 30
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 120 0 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 55 0 55 55 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 75 0 70 35 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Isle of Man 10 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 30 0 30 35 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 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 2,670 105 2,525 1,945 160 150 235 80 150 45 35
Southern Europe 1,180 10 1,175 1,020 90 25 10 0 0 35 0
Albania 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 65 0 65 50 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 40 0 35 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 270 10 265 250 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 25 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 670 0 665 590 75 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 30 0 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 20 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 400 30 365 140 45 95 55 35 25 25 10
Western Africa 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benin 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 85 15 70 55 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malawi 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritius 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Réunion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zambia 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 20 0 20 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Africa 40 0 40 20 10 0 10 0 10 10 0
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 35 0 35 20 10 0 10 0 10 0 0
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
SudanFootnote 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Africa 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angola 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 250 0 235 55 35 80 50 30 15 20 0
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 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 245 10 230 55 40 80 50 35 15 15 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 2,955 35 2,755 395 440 795 790 405 390 340 160
West Central Asia and the Middle East 130 10 95 40 25 20 15 15 0 0 25
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 40 0 40 0 20 10 15 15 0 0 0
Iraq 20 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 10 0 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SyriaFootnote 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 420 0 385 95 30 95 120 55 70 45 35
ChinaFootnote 22 170 0 160 45 0 20 75 30 40 15 15
Hong KongFootnote 23 70 0 65 30 15 20 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 65 10 50 0 0 15 10 0 0 15 15
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 110 0 100 10 0 35 35 15 20 10 10
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 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Southeast Asia 580 10 520 80 90 135 120 45 70 100 45
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Cambodia 20 0 20 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 45 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
LaosFootnote 27 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 385 10 360 30 45 95 95 20 70 90 25
Singapore 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 40 0 35 0 10 15 15 15 0 0 0
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 65 0 60 10 20 20 0 0 0 10 10
Southern Asia 1,820 10 1,755 180 295 540 535 285 250 195 55
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 1,790 10 1,730 175 295 530 540 290 250 190 50
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Pakistan 25 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oceania 300 15 265 135 15 25 50 20 25 45 20
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 190 10 165 75 0 20 30 10 20 40 20
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 10 0 10 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 10 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 85 10 80 50 0 10 10 10 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 10 0 0 10 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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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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