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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 Medicine Hat, 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 61,715 55,650 5,320 1,685 515 710 1,195 545 645 1,205 745
Born in Canada 55,425 55,420 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 6,290 225 5,320 1,685 515 710 1,195 550 645 1,210 745
Americas 1,325 85 1,055 240 195 140 290 105 185 200 185
North America 480 55 350 165 45 20 100 25 75 25 70
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 7 475 55 350 165 45 20 100 25 75 25 75
Central America 380 10 355 25 105 80 90 25 60 50 20
Belize 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
El Salvador 150 0 145 0 70 30 35 0 35 15 0
Guatemala 35 0 35 0 10 0 15 0 15 10 0
Honduras 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 150 0 130 20 10 35 45 30 15 20 20
Nicaragua 15 0 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caribbean and Bermuda 205 15 145 10 10 25 45 10 30 65 40
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 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Barbados 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 10 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 85 0 85 0 0 10 30 0 25 45 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 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 10 0 0
Jamaica 40 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 15 0 15 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 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 20 0 10 0 0 10 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 260 10 205 45 35 10 55 35 20 60 55
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Brazil 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Chile 55 0 60 20 30 0 0 0 10 10 0
Colombia 140 0 105 0 0 0 55 35 10 45 35
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 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 0 0 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Europe 2,590 115 2,315 1,260 180 330 355 195 165 185 155
Western Europe 665 60 580 435 35 40 60 40 20 15 25
Austria 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
France 25 10 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 415 50 350 245 20 30 30 25 10 15 20
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 180 10 175 140 15 0 20 0 15 0 0
Switzerland 15 0 15 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 365 0 355 180 45 35 55 30 30 40 10
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 35 0 35 15 10 0 0 0 10 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 45 0 45 25 0 0 0 0 0 15 10
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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 90 0 90 55 15 15 0 0 10 0 0
Romania 75 0 70 30 20 10 15 10 0 0 0
Russian Federation 20 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10
Slovakia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 90 0 90 40 0 0 35 15 20 10 0
Northern Europe 1,210 55 1,055 535 95 135 195 90 105 90 95
Åland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 15 10 10 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 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 55 0 50 15 0 10 0 0 0 20 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 10 0 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United KingdomFootnote 12 1,125 50 975 485 95 125 195 90 105 75 100
Southern Europe 345 0 325 115 10 120 50 45 10 35 25
Albania 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 145 0 140 10 0 75 40 35 10 25 0
Croatia 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 30 0 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 35 0 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
KosovoFootnote 13 30 0 25 0 0 20 0 10 0 0 10
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SerbiaFootnote 15 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 10 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 490 0 445 30 0 75 280 135 140 55 45
Western Africa 100 0 95 0 0 0 70 50 20 15 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 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 30 0 30 0 0 0 30 30 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 60 0 55 0 0 0 35 20 15 15 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 160 0 130 10 10 20 85 60 25 15 25
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 0 25 0 0 0 30 20 10 0 0
Kenya 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malawi 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Mauritius 10 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 35 0 35 0 0 10 20 25 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 60 0 50 0 0 10 35 20 15 0 15
Northern Africa 105 0 100 0 0 0 80 0 75 10 0
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 55 10 50 0 0 0 45 0 45 10 0
Libya 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SudanFootnote 18 35 0 35 0 0 0 35 10 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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 10 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 120 0 110 20 0 50 40 15 20 0 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 120 0 110 20 0 50 35 20 25 0 15
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 1,845 20 1,470 140 130 175 250 115 140 775 350
West Central Asia and the Middle East 265 0 225 10 10 30 15 0 15 165 40
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 10 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 20 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Iraq 25 0 25 0 0 0 10 0 0 20 0
Israel 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Kazakhstan 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Kuwait 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 0 0 10 0 0 10 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 25 0 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 20 0
SyriaFootnote 20 130 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 30
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 10 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Asia 360 15 275 70 10 65 80 60 20 50 70
ChinaFootnote 22 200 0 155 30 10 20 60 60 0 40 40
Hong KongFootnote 23 65 0 65 20 10 25 0 0 0 10 0
Japan 40 10 20 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 15
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 25 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 15
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 0 0 10 10 10 0 10 0
Southeast Asia 785 0 655 45 105 75 50 0 50 375 125
Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 35 0 35 0 30 0 0 0 10 0 0
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LaosFootnote 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 600 0 505 10 30 50 50 10 50 360 100
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 50 10 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 30
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 80 0 75 35 30 10 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Asia 430 0 315 15 10 10 100 45 60 180 115
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhutan 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 325 0 215 10 10 15 75 30 50 115 115
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Pakistan 25 0 25 0 0 0 20 15 0 10 0
Sri Lanka 20 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Oceania 45 0 35 20 0 0 15 0 10 0 10
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 30 0 25 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 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 0 0 0 10 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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