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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 St. John's, 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 6 107,095 97,820 6,540 1,355 390 680 1,750 570 1,180 2,365 2,735
Born in Canada 97,350 97,345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 9,740 475 6,535 1,355 390 675 1,750 570 1,180 2,365 2,735
Americas 1,640 200 1,055 340 60 75 290 100 185 300 385
North America 965 165 595 305 50 60 75 15 60 110 200
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United StatesFootnote 7 950 165 590 300 50 60 75 15 55 110 205
Central America 110 0 90 10 15 10 45 25 20 15 20
Belize 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 0 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 55 0 55 0 0 0 45 20 20 10 0
Nicaragua 15 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 205 25 155 15 0 0 45 10 30 85 25
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 25 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 60 0 60 0 0 0 30 10 25 25 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 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 80 0 65 0 0 10 10 0 10 45 15
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 10 0 10 0 0 0 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 360 0 225 10 0 0 125 50 75 90 135
Argentina 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 80 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 60
Chile 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Colombia 120 0 105 0 0 0 95 40 55 10 15
Ecuador 20 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 25 10 20 0 0 0 20 0 20 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 70 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 50
Europe 2,370 210 1,890 805 145 280 345 120 230 310 280
Western Europe 425 80 240 90 15 30 65 30 35 40 105
Austria 30 10 15 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Belgium 10 0 15 10 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
France 125 25 80 15 0 0 30 10 20 25 15
Germany 215 35 105 45 0 20 20 10 10 10 75
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 30 10 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Switzerland 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Eastern Europe 325 10 275 20 25 85 90 45 45 50 45
Belarus 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Bulgaria 35 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 10
Czech Republic 30 10 25 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 45 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 25
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaFootnote 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 45 0 45 10 15 10 10 0 10 10 0
Romania 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0
Russian Federation 125 0 110 0 0 25 65 30 35 30 10
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 15 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Northern Europe 1,300 115 1,090 630 90 125 110 40 70 145 85
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 20 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Faroe Islands 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 40 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10
IrelandFootnote 11 125 15 105 50 35 0 0 0 10 15 0
Isle of Man 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 25 0 15 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 10
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 1,065 95 920 565 50 115 95 35 55 100 55
Southern Europe 320 10 275 65 15 40 80 10 70 75 45
Albania 15 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 40 0 40 0 0 20 10 0 0 15 0
Croatia 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Greece 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 45 0 35 10 10 0 0 0 0 15 10
KosovoFootnote 13 80 0 80 0 0 0 55 0 55 25 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Portugal 80 0 70 55 10 0 0 0 10 0 10
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20
Africa 1,400 10 780 35 30 65 270 75 195 380 610
Western Africa 470 0 200 10 0 10 80 20 60 100 270
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 15 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 90 0 25 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 65
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 20 0 20 0 0 0 15 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 300 0 95 0 0 0 20 0 20 70 205
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 25 0 25 10 0 0 25 0 20 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 370 0 260 10 20 10 80 20 50 150 105
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 50 0 50 0 0 0 25 0 25 25 0
Ethiopia 35 0 30 0 0 0 20 0 20 15 0
Kenya 30 10 20 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0
Madagascar 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Malawi 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 20 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 10
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somalia 15 0 10 0 0 0 10 15 0 0 0
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 75 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 20
Uganda 45 0 45 0 0 0 10 0 10 35 0
Zambia 30 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Zimbabwe 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
Northern Africa 410 0 210 10 10 25 85 25 55 85 195
Algeria 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 10
Egypt 125 0 110 10 0 25 35 0 35 45 15
Libya 185 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 155
Morocco 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
SudanFootnote 18 45 0 45 10 0 0 40 20 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 80 0 45 0 0 0 10 0 0 30 35
Angola 10 0 10 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 65 0 35 0 0 0 10 0 10 30 30
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 70 0 60 10 10 15 25 10 20 10 10
Botswana 0 0 10 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 70 10 55 10 10 15 25 10 15 10 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 4,215 40 2,775 175 155 265 830 265 560 1,350 1,400
West Central Asia and the Middle East 1,020 20 795 15 20 45 155 25 130 565 200
Afghanistan 40 0 45 0 0 25 10 0 10 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
IranFootnote 19 90 0 65 0 0 10 20 0 25 35 30
Iraq 155 0 155 0 0 0 90 20 75 55 0
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 120 10 80 0 0 0 10 0 0 80 30
Kazakhstan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kuwait 15 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 10
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 30 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 15 10
Oman 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Saudi Arabia 65 10 40 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 20
SyriaFootnote 20 340 0 310 0 0 0 10 0 0 295 35
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 35 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Uzbekistan 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)Footnote 21 15 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 1,275 10 630 30 60 100 220 155 65 220 630
ChinaFootnote 22 1,140 10 545 0 30 90 220 155 60 195 590
Hong KongFootnote 23 45 0 45 20 20 10 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 50 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 35
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 25 0 25 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Southeast Asia 720 10 475 55 20 50 120 30 90 225 235
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 25 0 25 0 0 0 20 0 25 0 0
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
LaosFootnote 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 75 0 30 15 0 15 10 0 10 0 45
Philippines 485 0 340 25 0 15 70 20 50 225 145
Singapore 25 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10
Thailand 35 0 30 10 0 0 20 0 15 0 10
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 45 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 20
Southern Asia 1,200 0 875 75 50 65 335 55 285 340 330
Bangladesh 270 0 150 0 15 10 75 15 65 45 120
Bhutan 70 0 65 0 0 0 10 0 0 60 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 475 0 350 65 25 30 150 35 115 85 125
Maldives 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 60 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 10 45 10
Pakistan 225 0 170 0 0 20 90 0 85 55 55
Sri Lanka 100 0 80 10 0 10 0 0 0 55 15
Oceania 120 15 45 10 0 0 15 0 10 20 60
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 110 10 45 0 0 0 15 0 15 20 55
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 10 10 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 10 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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