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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 Saint John, C
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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 65,470 60,745 4,070 1,100 265 320 825 285 540 1,550 650
Born in Canada 60,555 60,555 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Born outside Canada 4,915 195 4,070 1,100 265 320 825 290 540 1,550 650
Americas 820 120 665 290 55 95 135 55 80 90 35
North America 550 120 410 255 25 20 45 10 35 65 20
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 7 545 120 405 255 25 20 45 15 35 65 20
Central America 90 0 75 10 25 40 10 10 0 0 10
Belize 10 0 10 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guatemala 30 0 30 0 10 20 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 35 0 30 0 0 20 10 0 0 0 10
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 105 0 105 25 10 15 50 15 35 10 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 10 0 10 10 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 10 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 60 0 60 0 0 10 45 15 35 0 0
Curaçao 10 0 0 0 10 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 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 20 0 15 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 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 10 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 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 70 0 75 0 10 20 35 20 10 15 0
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chile 20 0 20 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 0
Colombia 25 0 25 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 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 20 0 20 0 0 0 15 15 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 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 1,190 45 1,085 675 140 80 120 50 65 65 60
Western Europe 170 20 145 105 20 0 10 0 10 10 10
Austria 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 115 15 85 65 10 10 0 0 10 0 10
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 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 235 0 185 15 30 30 65 30 30 60 50
Belarus 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 25 0 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 50 0 50 0 0 10 35 10 35 0 0
Russian Federation 45 0 35 0 0 0 15 15 0 15 15
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 95 0 55 10 0 20 10 15 0 20 40
Northern Europe 630 25 595 435 75 30 45 20 25 10 0
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 0 0 0 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 20 0 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 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 12 600 25 570 415 75 35 45 20 30 10 0
Southern Europe 160 0 160 125 10 15 10 0 0 0 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 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 55 0 50 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 15 0 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 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 40 0 35 30 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 340 0 265 30 10 30 50 25 25 140 80
Western Africa 100 0 40 0 0 10 15 10 10 15 60
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 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 10 0
Mali 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
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 55 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 45
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 65 0 60 10 10 10 10 0 0 30 10
Burundi 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 15 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 15 0 10 0 0 15 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 10 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 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 0
Northern Africa 60 0 50 15 10 10 15 10 10 10 15
Algeria 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0
Egypt 20 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 20 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
SudanFootnote 18 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisia 10 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 100 0 95 0 0 10 0 0 0 95 0
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Central African Republic 20 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
Congo, Republic of the 10 0 10 0 0 10 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 15 0 20 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 20 0 20 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 2,535 20 2,035 105 60 115 505 150 355 1,245 475
West Central Asia and the Middle East 935 10 740 10 20 25 105 35 65 580 190
Afghanistan 15 0 15 0 0 10 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IranFootnote 19 145 0 135 0 10 10 45 35 15 75 10
Iraq 15 0 15 0 0 0 20 0 15 0 0
Israel 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0
Jordan 15 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 10 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Lebanon 75 0 70 0 0 10 0 0 0 65 10
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 120 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 110
SyriaFootnote 20 395 0 345 0 10 0 15 0 15 325 50
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 35 0 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 15
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 980 10 765 25 10 50 210 70 140 470 210
ChinaFootnote 22 715 0 535 10 0 35 105 40 65 380 180
Hong KongFootnote 23 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 20 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 205 0 180 0 0 10 95 20 70 75 25
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 0 10 10 0 10 0
Southeast Asia 305 0 285 30 20 40 85 0 85 110 15
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 0
LaosFootnote 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Philippines 140 0 135 15 0 35 45 0 45 30 10
Singapore 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 30 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 0
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 100 0 100 10 10 10 20 0 25 60 0
Southern Asia 315 0 250 40 15 10 105 40 70 85 65
Bangladesh 25 0 20 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 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 230 0 175 30 15 0 60 20 40 70 50
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 50 0 50 0 0 0 35 15 25 10 0
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oceania 30 10 20 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 10 10 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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