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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. 7
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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 65,840 56,645 8,585 1,050 310 540 3,915 740 3,175 2,775 610
Born in Canada 56,310 56,310 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 9,530 340 8,580 1,045 315 540 3,910 740 3,175 2,775 610
Americas 2,760 135 2,470 200 60 55 1,420 160 1,265 735 155
North America 490 125 310 145 30 40 75 25 45 20 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 StatesFootnote 7 485 120 310 140 30 40 75 25 45 20 55
Central America 1,615 10 1,555 10 10 10 955 90 860 570 50
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 915 0 905 0 10 10 740 60 680 155 10
Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 580 0 545 10 0 0 140 0 140 395 35
Mexico 105 0 95 10 0 0 70 35 35 20 0
Nicaragua 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 150 10 110 35 0 0 25 10 10 40 30
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 0
Barbados 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 30 0 30 0 0 0 20 10 10 10 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 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 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 55 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 25
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 35 0 35 30 0 0 0 10 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 510 0 495 10 10 0 370 25 345 100 15
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 30 0 30 0 0 0 20 0 15 10 0
Brazil 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colombia 440 0 435 0 0 0 355 25 330 80 0
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Europe 2,230 120 2,000 675 165 315 630 225 405 210 110
Western Europe 695 120 575 260 55 80 170 80 90 20 0
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 20 0 20 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 40 15 25 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Germany 455 90 370 125 25 65 145 70 80 10 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 150 10 140 115 10 0 0 0 10 0 0
Switzerland 30 0 25 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 580 0 540 65 30 25 300 45 255 130 40
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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvia 10 0 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaFootnote 10 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Poland 70 0 70 40 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Russian Federation 80 0 70 0 0 20 45 30 20 0 10
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 390 0 360 10 10 0 240 10 230 105 35
Northern Europe 860 10 785 310 75 185 160 100 60 60 65
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 20 0 15 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 10 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 11 105 0 55 0 0 15 10 0 10 20 55
Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Norway 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 710 10 695 285 65 170 140 95 45 30 0
Southern Europe 95 0 90 45 0 25 10 0 10 0 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 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 20 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 35 0 35 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Africa 1,000 20 900 45 25 30 405 120 280 395 75
Western Africa 210 0 155 0 0 0 30 15 15 120 55
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 185 0 145 0 0 0 25 10 20 120 40
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 530 0 505 15 25 20 255 65 195 190 20
Burundi 15 0 15 0 0 10 10 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 60 0 50 0 10 0 10 0 10 35 0
Ethiopia 195 10 185 0 10 0 100 65 40 65 10
Kenya 20 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 190 0 190 0 0 0 135 0 130 50 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 40 0 35 0 0 0 10 0 0 30 0
Zambia 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Africa 80 0 80 0 0 10 60 30 30 15 0
Algeria 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 25 0 25 0 0 0 25 0 25 0 0
Libya 20 0 20 0 0 0 15 15 0 10 0
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SudanFootnote 18 25 0 25 0 0 0 20 10 10 10 0
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Africa 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Angola 0 0 10 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 10 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 175 20 155 20 0 10 50 15 35 80 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 0 0 0 0 10 0
South Africa, Republic of 160 20 145 15 0 0 50 15 35 70 0
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 3,490 35 3,195 125 65 130 1,455 230 1,220 1,425 265
West Central Asia and the Middle East 130 10 120 10 10 0 45 25 20 55 0
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 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 15 0 10 0 0 0 15 10 0 0 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 15 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 40 0 40 0 0 0 10 10 0 35 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 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 20 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
SyriaFootnote 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 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 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)Footnote 21 15 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 1,600 10 1,465 60 10 35 925 45 875 445 125
ChinaFootnote 22 1,450 0 1,350 45 0 25 885 25 860 390 100
Hong KongFootnote 23 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 130 10 100 15 0 10 30 20 0 45 25
MacaoFootnote 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Southeast Asia 635 0 590 30 45 45 175 80 95 295 40
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 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 20 0 15 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 10
LaosFootnote 27 15 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 545 0 520 15 20 35 160 80 85 295 25
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 30 0 25 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 10
Southern Asia 1,120 0 1,015 30 10 40 305 70 225 630 105
Bangladesh 30 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10
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 935 0 870 25 10 10 250 35 215 575 65
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 145 0 115 0 0 30 50 35 10 35 30
Sri Lanka 20 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Oceania 40 20 20 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 35 25 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 10 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 10 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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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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