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

• Age (7A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Comox Valley

Place of birth (272)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Place of birth^Footnote 6	65,355	56,660	8,225	5,000	840	780	1,070	455	615	535	470
Born in Canada	55,990	55,980	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	9,365	675	8,215	4,995	835	780	1,075	460	615	535	475
Americas	1,565	160	1,345	795	115	145	170	60	110	120	60
North America	1,305	135	1,110	690	95	110	140	45	95	80	55
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 States^Footnote 7	1,295	130	1,110	690	100	110	140	45	95	80	55
Central America	60	15	45	0	10	10	10	0	10	10	0
Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	35	10	30	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Nicaragua	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	85	0	85	45	0	10	10	10	0	20	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	0	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	25	0	25	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	15	0	20	15	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	115	15	100	60	10	15	10	10	0	10	0
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia^Footnote 8	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	25	0	25	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Chile	35	0	35	25	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Colombia	20	10	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	0	0	10	0	0	0	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
Venezuela^Footnote 9	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Europe	5,625	390	5,155	3,735	485	320	425	175	250	190	80
Western Europe	1,700	265	1,405	1,010	100	155	75	50	30	60	35
Austria	95	10	75	55	10	15	0	0	0	0	10
Belgium	35	0	40	25	0	0	10	10	0	10	0
France	185	45	140	80	0	10	25	10	15	10	0
Germany	855	185	655	465	50	100	15	10	0	30	15
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	390	15	380	320	30	10	20	15	0	0	0
Switzerland	120	10	110	65	15	15	10	10	10	0	10
Eastern Europe	400	10	385	185	85	20	80	50	30	10	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	30	0	20	0	0	0	20	0	20	0	10
Czech Republic	90	0	85	60	15	0	10	10	0	0	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	50	0	45	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	25	0	0	0
Moldova^Footnote 10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	130	10	120	40	65	10	0	0	10	10	0
Romania	15	0	20	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	30	0	25	0	10	0	15	10	0	0	0
Slovakia	25	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Ukraine	15	0	15	10	0	10	0	10	0	0	0
Northern Europe	3,315	115	3,170	2,360	290	135	270	75	190	110	30
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	115	0	115	105	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	45	0	45	40	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
Ireland^Footnote 11	80	0	70	50	10	0	0	0	10	0	10
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	45	0	40	35	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom^Footnote 12	2,995	115	2,855	2,110	255	135	260	70	185	105	25
Southern Europe	210	0	195	175	10	10	0	0	0	10	10
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	10	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	30	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	70	0	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo^Footnote 13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of^Footnote 14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	35	0	35	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^Footnote 15	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	30	10	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Africa	420	30	365	130	25	85	115	40	75	10	30
Western Africa	45	10	30	0	0	0	20	15	0	0	10
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	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	15	0	15	0	0	0	15	10	0	0	0
Saint Helena^Footnote 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	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Africa	110	10	90	40	15	15	20	0	15	0	15
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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Kenya	15	0	15	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	0	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	10	0	15	0	0	10	10	0	10	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
Tanzania^Footnote 17	20	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zambia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	40	0	25	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Northern Africa	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Sudan^Footnote 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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	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	15	10	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	10	235	85	10	65	75	25	50	10	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa, Republic of	245	10	230	85	10	65	75	25	50	0	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	1,490	75	1,140	215	185	205	335	170	165	205	270
West Central Asia and the Middle East	100	10	90	20	15	10	40	10	30	0	10
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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	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
Iran^Footnote 19	35	0	30	0	10	0	20	10	15	0	0
Iraq	10	0	10	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Israel	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	0	0	10	0	10	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syria^Footnote 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	20	0	15	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
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	10	0	0	0	10	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	545	45	385	60	55	60	155	85	65	60	115
China^Footnote 22	225	0	195	40	10	15	100	45	55	25	25
Hong Kong^Footnote 23	50	10	25	10	10	15	0	0	0	0	20
Japan	60	10	40	10	0	0	15	15	0	10	10
Korea, North^Footnote 24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^Footnote 25	125	10	65	0	15	10	25	20	10	15	50
Macao^Footnote 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	90	20	60	10	0	20	0	10	0	15	10
Southeast Asia	580	15	525	95	115	140	110	60	50	65	40
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	20	0	15	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Laos^Footnote 27	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	30	0	30	25	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Philippines	240	0	220	20	15	80	55	15	45	55	20
Singapore	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	35	10	30	0	10	0	15	15	0	10	0
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	225	0	205	40	95	40	25	25	0	10	20
Southern Asia	260	10	140	40	0	0	30	15	20	70	120
Bangladesh	0	0	0	10	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	220	0	115	25	0	0	25	0	20	65	100
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Sri Lanka	15	0	20	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0
Oceania	270	20	215	120	20	25	30	10	15	20	35
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	160	20	110	65	10	0	25	10	15	10	30
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	15	0	15	0	10	10	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	95	0	90	60	10	20	10	10	0	0	10
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 birth^Footnote 28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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.

Footnote 2

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

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.

Footnote 4

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

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.

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.

Footnote 7

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

Footnote 8

The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Footnote 9

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Footnote 10

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

Footnote 11

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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).

Footnote 13

The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

Footnote 14

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

Footnote 15

Serbia excludes Kosovo.

Footnote 16

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

Footnote 17

The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

Footnote 18

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

Footnote 19

The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

Footnote 20

The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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.

Footnote 22

China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

Footnote 23

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

Footnote 24

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

Footnote 25

The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.

Footnote 26

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

Footnote 27

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

Footnote 28

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

Data quality note(s) – Comox Valley

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  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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-X2016185.