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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 Division No. 1
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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 79,665 71,150 7,465 2,140 755 1,065 1,980 880 1,100 1,535 1,055
Born in Canada 70,795 70,795 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 8,870 360 7,465 2,135 755 1,065 1,980 880 1,100 1,530 1,050
Americas 2,950 150 2,480 380 310 375 990 385 605 425 325
North America 705 70 545 245 65 30 145 55 95 60 90
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 7 710 75 540 245 65 30 145 55 90 55 85
Central America 1,725 50 1,560 70 200 310 745 270 465 235 115
Belize 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 150 0 150 0 70 25 35 0 40 20 0
Guatemala 35 0 35 0 10 10 15 0 10 10 0
Honduras 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1,480 45 1,320 55 100 265 690 275 420 210 115
Nicaragua 10 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 10 0 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 210 20 155 15 10 20 45 10 30 65 40
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 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Barbados 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 85 0 85 0 0 15 30 0 25 45 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 10 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 45 10 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
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 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 15 0 10 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 20 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
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 305 0 220 50 35 15 60 40 20 65 80
Argentina 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
Brazil 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Chile 70 0 70 25 25 0 0 0 10 20 0
Colombia 135 0 105 0 0 0 50 40 10 50 35
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 20 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 0 0 0 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 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Europe 3,380 185 2,900 1,555 285 405 420 225 195 235 300
Western Europe 985 105 850 570 85 80 85 45 35 25 35
Austria 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
France 25 10 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 550 90 435 285 40 45 50 30 20 20 25
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 335 10 325 225 40 35 25 10 15 10 0
Switzerland 25 0 20 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 410 0 395 200 55 40 55 25 30 40 20
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 40 0 35 25 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 50 0 40 25 0 0 0 0 0 15 10
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaFootnote 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Poland 125 0 120 70 30 15 10 0 0 0 0
Romania 80 0 80 30 20 10 15 15 0 0 0
Russian Federation 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 90 0 90 45 0 0 30 15 20 10 0
Northern Europe 1,600 80 1,295 640 140 160 225 105 115 130 220
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 0 0 10 0 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 50 0 50 20 0 10 0 0 0 15 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 10 0 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 1,510 80 1,220 595 135 150 225 105 115 115 220
Southern Europe 385 0 365 145 10 125 55 50 10 40 20
Albania 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 140 0 140 0 0 80 40 40 0 20 0
Croatia 25 0 25 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 40 0 35 25 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 50 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
KosovoFootnote 13 35 0 25 0 0 20 0 10 0 0 10
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 40 0 45 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 545 0 490 25 10 85 290 145 145 85 45
Western Africa 105 0 95 0 0 0 75 50 25 25 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 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 35 0 30 0 0 0 30 30 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 65 0 60 0 0 0 35 20 15 25 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 165 0 135 10 0 15 85 60 25 20 30
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 35 0 35 0 0 0 30 20 15 0 0
Kenya 10 0 10 0 0 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 10
Mauritius 10 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somalia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 35 0 35 0 0 10 25 25 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 60 0 50 0 0 0 40 20 15 10 10
Northern Africa 100 0 100 0 0 0 80 0 70 10 0
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 60 0 55 0 0 0 45 0 45 10 0
Libya 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SudanFootnote 18 40 0 35 0 0 10 30 10 20 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 10 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 165 0 150 15 10 60 45 20 25 25 15
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 160 0 150 20 0 60 40 25 20 20 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 1,935 20 1,540 150 150 190 270 125 140 790 365
West Central Asia and the Middle East 270 10 225 0 0 30 15 0 15 165 45
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Iraq 25 0 25 0 0 0 10 0 10 15 0
Israel 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Kazakhstan 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Kuwait 20 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 10
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 10 0 10 0 0 10 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 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
SyriaFootnote 20 135 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 25
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 390 15 305 75 20 60 100 80 20 50 65
ChinaFootnote 22 205 0 160 35 0 20 65 60 10 35 40
Hong KongFootnote 23 65 0 60 20 0 25 10 0 10 10 0
Japan 50 10 25 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 15
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 45 0 35 10 10 0 15 15 0 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 30 0 25 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0
Southeast Asia 835 10 690 50 115 80 55 0 50 390 140
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 30 0 35 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LaosFootnote 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 635 0 530 15 40 55 50 0 45 375 100
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 65 0 20 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 40
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 75 0 75 30 30 10 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Asia 440 0 320 15 10 20 100 40 60 180 115
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhutan 45 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 335 0 225 10 0 20 75 30 50 115 110
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Pakistan 25 0 25 0 0 0 15 15 10 10 0
Sri Lanka 20 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Oceania 60 0 55 25 0 10 15 0 15 0 10
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 45 0 40 25 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 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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