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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. 15
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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 34,605 28,270 5,320 1,610 355 700 1,105 380 730 1,545 1,010
Born in Canada 28,005 28,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 6,600 270 5,320 1,610 360 700 1,110 375 730 1,545 1,010
Americas 910 145 690 200 55 120 150 25 120 165 70
North America 585 115 425 165 35 55 100 20 85 65 40
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 7 580 120 425 165 30 55 105 20 85 70 40
Central America 75 10 70 0 15 25 25 0 20 10 0
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
El Salvador 25 0 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0
Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mexico 35 0 35 0 0 10 20 0 20 0 0
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 135 20 105 20 0 35 10 0 0 45 10
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antigua and Barbuda 0 10 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 20 15 10 10 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 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 10 0 0 10 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 75 0 65 0 0 15 0 0 0 45 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 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 0 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South America 105 0 95 15 10 10 15 0 10 45 20
Argentina 15 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Chile 40 0 25 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 15
Colombia 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 10 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Europe 2,755 75 2,355 1,215 200 265 380 145 235 305 325
Western Europe 795 45 685 385 40 110 85 30 60 75 65
Austria 65 0 55 40 10 10 10 0 0 0 10
Belgium 20 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 80 0 70 20 0 25 15 0 15 10 10
Germany 360 20 290 165 15 40 40 15 25 30 45
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 140 10 125 85 0 25 10 0 10 10 0
Switzerland 135 10 120 65 20 10 10 10 0 10 0
Eastern Europe 355 0 280 100 50 35 40 25 15 55 75
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 105 0 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 15 55
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 30 0 30 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
MoldovaFootnote 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 115 0 100 30 35 15 0 0 0 20 15
Romania 15 0 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Russian Federation 40 0 35 10 0 0 15 15 0 10 0
Slovakia 30 0 35 10 0 10 0 10 10 10 0
Ukraine 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Europe 1,400 25 1,195 570 105 110 235 75 155 165 185
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 25 10 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 0 0 10 10 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 60 0 35 10 0 10 0 0 0 20 20
Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey 15 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 10 0 0 10 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 25 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
United KingdomFootnote 12 1,265 20 1,105 530 100 95 235 75 160 140 140
Southern Europe 205 10 200 160 10 10 15 10 10 10 0
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 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 45 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 95 0 90 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 0 0 0 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 20 0 20 15 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 15 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Spain 10 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Africa 155 15 125 15 10 45 45 15 30 15 10
Western Africa 10 0 15 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritania 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 35 10 20 0 10 10 10 0 10 0 0
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 25 10 15 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Africa 20 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 15 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Libya 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0
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 85 0 75 0 0 10 35 15 25 20 10
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 75 0 65 10 0 15 30 10 20 20 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Asia 2,175 20 1,920 155 90 235 495 165 330 945 235
West Central Asia and the Middle East 20 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 10 0 0 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SyriaFootnote 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 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 840 10 695 85 55 165 230 105 125 155 135
ChinaFootnote 22 70 0 30 0 0 10 10 0 0 20 35
Hong KongFootnote 23 25 0 25 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Japan 530 10 470 50 25 125 185 85 105 90 50
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 170 0 140 25 25 35 25 15 15 30 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 45 0 25 0 0 0 10 0 0 20 20
Southeast Asia 1,070 10 985 35 20 40 230 55 180 655 80
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 25 0 25 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
LaosFootnote 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 1,005 0 925 0 15 40 230 50 175 640 75
Singapore 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Southern Asia 250 0 230 35 15 20 30 0 30 130 10
Bangladesh 0 10 0 0 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 185 0 180 30 15 10 25 10 15 105 10
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Pakistan 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 30 0 25 0 0 10 10 0 0 10 10
Oceania 615 10 230 25 0 35 40 25 15 120 375
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 490 0 130 15 10 10 20 15 0 90 350
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 30 0 30 0 0 20 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 100 0 65 10 0 10 20 10 20 30 25
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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