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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 Nanaimo, 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 87,650 73,095 13,120 6,675 1,365 1,450 2,360 1,060 1,295 1,280 1,425
Born in Canada 72,390 72,385 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 15,255 720 13,115 6,670 1,370 1,445 2,350 1,055 1,290 1,280 1,430
Americas 2,000 290 1,570 715 180 210 330 135 200 135 145
North America 1,355 235 1,045 555 105 110 175 70 110 90 75
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 1,350 235 1,045 555 105 110 175 70 105 95 75
Central America 190 20 150 30 35 35 30 10 15 15 15
Belize 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guatemala 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Mexico 115 25 90 20 20 15 20 10 10 15 10
Nicaragua 25 0 25 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 150 10 135 55 25 30 20 15 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahamas 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barbados 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 20 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grenada 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haiti 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0
Jamaica 35 0 25 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 10 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 35 0 35 25 10 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 310 30 240 70 15 30 110 40 75 15 40
Argentina 20 10 15 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 75 10 35 0 0 0 25 0 25 10 30
Chile 40 10 30 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Colombia 60 0 50 15 0 10 30 15 15 0 10
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 15 0 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 45 0 45 10 0 0 30 20 20 0 0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suriname 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Uruguay 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 30 10 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 10
Europe 7,075 260 6,695 4,830 530 395 730 285 450 210 120
Western Europe 1,615 105 1,490 1,155 105 65 100 30 65 65 20
Austria 65 10 65 55 0 10 0 10 0 0 0
Belgium 35 0 35 25 0 10 0 0 10 0 0
France 115 20 95 70 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Germany 805 65 735 535 50 40 45 20 25 55 10
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 510 10 490 420 30 0 40 0 35 0 10
Switzerland 75 10 70 45 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 665 10 630 270 125 75 130 80 50 30 25
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 10 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 85 0 85 30 25 0 30 25 0 0 0
Estonia 15 0 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 130 0 130 110 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvia 10 0 15 10 0 0 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 155 10 150 50 80 10 10 0 10 0 0
Romania 85 0 85 10 0 30 50 25 30 0 0
Russian Federation 70 10 60 15 10 10 20 10 10 10 10
Slovakia 30 0 25 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 70 0 55 20 0 0 15 15 0 20 15
Northern Europe 4,235 120 4,060 3,005 280 205 460 150 310 115 50
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 165 0 165 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 45 0 45 40 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Guernsey 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Iceland 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IrelandFootnote 11 95 10 85 50 20 0 0 0 0 10 10
Isle of Man 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 65 0 65 55 0 0 0 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 75 10 65 45 10 0 0 0 10 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 3,765 100 3,615 2,650 245 190 435 145 295 100 45
Southern Europe 565 25 515 400 25 55 35 15 20 10 25
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 20 0 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 165 0 155 135 0 20 0 0 0 0 10
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 60 10 45 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 145 10 140 115 0 0 15 15 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 20 0 15 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 50 0 45 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 45 0 45 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 40 0 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Africa 740 10 585 165 70 145 160 60 100 50 145
Western Africa 145 0 60 10 10 15 25 0 15 10 85
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 20 0 15 0 0 10 10 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 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 110 0 25 0 10 10 10 0 10 0 80
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 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 210 0 175 60 20 40 35 0 30 20 35
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Ethiopia 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Kenya 40 0 25 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
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 10 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 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
TanzaniaFootnote 17 30 0 30 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15
Zambia 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 75 0 65 20 10 25 10 0 10 10 0
Northern Africa 50 0 45 20 10 0 10 0 0 10 10
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 30 0 30 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 15 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 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 10
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 335 0 305 75 35 85 95 50 45 15 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 330 10 305 75 35 85 100 50 45 10 20
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 5,190 120 4,080 830 575 685 1,110 570 540 880 985
West Central Asia and the Middle East 515 15 365 35 40 60 140 55 85 90 135
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 180 0 180 25 30 30 85 50 35 0 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Jordan 20 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kazakhstan 30 0 25 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0
Kuwait 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 20 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 0
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Saudi Arabia 130 0 15 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 110
SyriaFootnote 20 55 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 10 0 10 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 2,200 50 1,440 255 115 215 515 310 205 345 705
ChinaFootnote 22 1,380 30 815 85 40 65 365 205 160 255 535
Hong KongFootnote 23 130 0 125 80 30 10 10 10 0 0 10
Japan 240 0 155 50 15 40 40 30 0 10 85
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 330 0 280 25 30 65 90 60 30 70 50
MacaoFootnote 26 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 120 15 65 10 0 40 15 10 0 0 35
Southeast Asia 1,465 50 1,350 225 320 235 255 70 180 320 65
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 95 15 85 10 60 0 0 0 0 10 0
Indonesia 50 0 50 15 15 0 15 0 15 0 0
LaosFootnote 27 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 55 0 55 25 15 0 10 0 0 10 0
Philippines 760 15 705 85 70 120 150 45 105 275 50
Singapore 40 10 25 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Thailand 75 10 55 0 10 15 20 0 15 10 0
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 370 10 355 65 145 85 45 15 30 20 10
Southern Asia 1,005 0 925 315 105 170 205 130 75 125 85
Bangladesh 30 0 25 0 0 0 10 10 0 20 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 905 10 830 295 95 155 185 120 65 105 75
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Pakistan 45 0 35 10 10 10 0 0 10 0 10
Sri Lanka 20 0 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Oceania 250 35 180 130 15 10 20 10 0 10 35
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 165 30 110 75 10 15 15 10 10 0 25
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 25 0 20 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 65 0 50 35 0 0 10 0 10 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 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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