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

• Age (7A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Cowichan Valley

Place of birth (272)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Place of birth^Footnote 6	81,885	71,240	10,290	6,520	1,000	810	1,190	485	705	765	350
Born in Canada	70,590	70,595	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	11,290	650	10,290	6,520	1,000	810	1,195	490	705	765	350
Americas	1,880	260	1,510	785	150	200	255	65	195	115	105
North America	1,490	245	1,155	620	125	130	215	55	155	70	90
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 States^Footnote 7	1,490	245	1,155	620	120	125	210	55	155	70	90
Central America	120	15	95	30	20	40	10	0	10	0	0
Belize	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	20	0	25	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	10	0	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	65	10	50	0	10	30	10	0	10	0	0
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	155	0	150	80	0	25	10	10	10	40	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	25	0	25	10	0	0	0	10	0	15	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	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Curaçao	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	25	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaica	35	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	10
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	10	0	10	10	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	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	25	0	25	20	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	115	0	110	55	10	15	20	10	20	0	10
Argentina	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Bolivia^Footnote 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	30	0	20	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Chile	40	0	40	20	0	0	20	0	20	0	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	10	0	10	0	0	10	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela^Footnote 9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Europe	6,875	255	6,550	4,985	600	285	495	190	305	180	75
Western Europe	1,755	120	1,610	1,280	115	60	120	55	65	40	25
Austria	45	0	45	40	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Belgium	45	0	50	20	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
France	105	15	90	40	10	0	20	20	0	15	0
Germany	805	70	710	515	80	35	70	20	55	15	25
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	695	15	675	635	20	10	15	0	15	0	0
Switzerland	60	15	45	25	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Eastern Europe	440	0	440	250	75	45	35	15	20	35	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	15	0	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	95	0	100	65	15	10	0	0	0	10	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	105	0	100	85	10	10	0	10	0	0	0
Latvia	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova^Footnote 10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	100	0	95	55	35	0	10	0	10	0	0
Romania	45	0	50	0	15	10	10	0	10	15	0
Russian Federation	30	0	25	20	0	0	0	10	0	10	0
Slovakia	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	25	0	30	15	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Northern Europe	4,370	130	4,215	3,210	405	160	340	125	225	90	25
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	105	0	100	90	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	75	0	75	75	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
Ireland^Footnote 11	90	0	90	75	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jersey	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	35	0	35	30	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	60	0	60	40	0	10	10	0	10	10	0
United Kingdom^Footnote 12	4,000	130	3,840	2,895	380	145	325	115	215	85	30
Southern Europe	310	0	285	245	10	20	0	0	0	10	20
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	25	0	25	10	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	60	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Gibraltar	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	35	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	110	10	105	95	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo^Footnote 13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of^Footnote 14	0	0	0	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	45	0	45	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^Footnote 15	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Africa	320	15	305	95	25	65	50	45	15	65	0
Western Africa	30	0	25	10	0	10	15	10	0	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	10	0	10	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	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	10	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena^Footnote 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	100	10	95	25	25	15	0	0	10	25	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	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Kenya	40	0	40	15	0	0	0	0	0	25	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania^Footnote 17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zambia	15	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	35	0	35	10	15	15	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Africa	20	0	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Sudan^Footnote 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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	165	0	165	60	0	45	30	30	0	25	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	165	10	165	60	10	45	30	25	0	25	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	1,850	75	1,610	505	175	210	335	160	180	375	165
West Central Asia and the Middle East	165	20	145	10	30	10	30	10	20	70	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	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran^Footnote 19	35	0	40	10	15	0	10	0	0	0	0
Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	10	0	15	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0
Jordan	20	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	10	0
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syria^Footnote 20	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	10	50	0
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Asia	550	30	420	85	30	95	130	40	95	75	95
China^Footnote 22	275	0	190	50	15	25	70	25	50	30	85
Hong Kong^Footnote 23	60	15	45	25	15	10	0	0	0	0	10
Japan	75	15	50	0	0	20	15	10	10	15	10
Korea, North^Footnote 24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^Footnote 25	90	0	90	10	0	40	15	10	15	30	0
Macao^Footnote 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	45	0	0	15	25	0	20	0	0
Southeast Asia	580	30	510	110	80	65	110	65	45	150	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	25	0	25	20	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Laos^Footnote 27	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Malaysia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Philippines	400	20	335	70	35	40	55	40	15	135	40
Singapore	15	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	65	0	60	0	10	10	35	25	10	10	0
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	65	0	65	10	30	15	10	0	10	0	0
Southern Asia	560	0	535	300	45	40	65	40	20	85	20
Bangladesh	0	0	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	495	0	480	290	45	40	55	30	25	55	15
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	25	0	15	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	10
Pakistan	35	0	40	10	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
Sri Lanka	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oceania	365	45	315	150	45	45	50	30	20	25	10
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	190	35	150	85	10	10	35	20	20	15	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	45	10	45	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	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	125	10	115	55	25	15	10	15	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 birth^Footnote 28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

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.

Footnote 2

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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.

Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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.

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.

Footnote 7

The official name of United States is United States of America.

Footnote 8

The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Footnote 9

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Footnote 10

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

Footnote 11

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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).

Footnote 13

The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

Footnote 14

Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

Footnote 15

Serbia excludes Kosovo.

Footnote 16

The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Footnote 17

The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

Footnote 18

The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

Footnote 19

The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

Footnote 20

The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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.

Footnote 22

China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

Footnote 23

The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

Footnote 24

The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Footnote 25

The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.

Footnote 26

The full name of Macao is Macao Special Administrative Region of China.

Footnote 27

The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Footnote 28

Includes other places of birth not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea'.

Data quality note(s) – Cowichan Valley

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  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.9%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016185.