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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 Region 6
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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 19,805 16,665 2,885 505 325 490 870 400 470 700 255
Born in Canada 16,590 16,590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Born outside Canada 3,215 80 2,885 505 325 490 870 400 470 700 255
Americas 375 15 300 85 60 60 40 20 30 45 60
North America 145 0 125 45 20 30 20 15 0 10 15
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 7 140 0 125 50 25 30 15 20 0 10 20
Central America 75 10 45 10 25 10 0 0 0 0 15
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador 20 0 20 0 20 10 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 40 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
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 85 25 0 10 15 0 10 30 20
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 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominica 15 0 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dominican Republic 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grenada 10 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 65 0 60 10 10 0 10 0 15 30 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 10 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 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 50 10 45 10 0 15 10 0 15 0 0
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BoliviaFootnote 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Colombia 10 0 15 0 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 0 0 10 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VenezuelaFootnote 9 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Europe 650 60 560 285 95 95 35 10 25 50 30
Western Europe 190 35 150 80 30 20 10 10 0 10 0
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 30 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Germany 135 30 100 55 20 15 10 10 0 10 0
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 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Europe 75 0 70 10 25 30 10 0 10 0 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 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian Federation 20 0 15 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Slovakia 25 0 25 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Northern Europe 300 20 265 155 35 20 20 0 15 40 20
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 10 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 25 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 15
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 12 265 20 235 140 35 15 0 0 10 40 10
Southern Europe 80 0 80 40 0 25 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 15 0 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See (Vatican City State) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KosovoFootnote 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 14 20 0 20 0 0 20 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 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Africa 435 0 390 15 50 60 155 60 95 105 45
Western Africa 70 0 50 0 10 10 25 15 10 10 20
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 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 45 0 25 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 20
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 10 10 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Africa 215 0 200 10 15 25 105 35 70 55 10
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 15 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0
Ethiopia 30 0 30 0 0 0 25 10 15 10 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 20 0 15 0 0 0 15 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 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somalia 25 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0
South Sudan 20 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
TanzaniaFootnote 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uganda 35 0 25 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 10
Zambia 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 65 0 65 0 0 0 25 20 10 35 0
Northern Africa 80 0 80 0 10 30 30 0 20 15 10
Algeria 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Egypt 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 25 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 10 0
SudanFootnote 18 45 0 45 0 0 20 25 0 25 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 70 0 60 15 25 0 0 0 0 25 10
Botswana 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Namibia 25 0 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
South Africa, Republic of 45 0 30 10 20 0 0 10 0 0 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia 1,725 0 1,615 110 110 275 630 315 320 490 105
West Central Asia and the Middle East 105 0 100 15 0 20 30 10 20 35 0
Afghanistan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 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 35 0 35 10 0 10 0 0 0 15 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 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 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 10 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
United Arab Emirates 15 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 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 10
Eastern Asia 265 0 245 20 15 35 110 35 70 75 15
ChinaFootnote 22 80 0 75 0 10 25 40 10 30 10 0
Hong KongFootnote 23 30 0 35 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 65 0 60 0 0 0 30 0 30 30 0
Korea, NorthFootnote 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea, SouthFootnote 25 70 0 60 0 0 10 30 25 10 30 0
MacaoFootnote 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southeast Asia 1,030 0 970 65 80 180 320 175 145 330 55
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 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 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 840 0 785 40 40 120 290 150 145 290 55
Singapore 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viet Nam 175 0 170 15 35 50 30 25 0 40 10
Southern Asia 330 0 300 15 10 45 175 95 80 55 25
Bangladesh 80 0 80 0 0 0 70 25 45 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 165 0 145 10 10 10 75 55 25 40 20
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Pakistan 70 0 55 0 10 30 20 10 10 10 10
Sri Lanka 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Oceania 30 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 20 0 10 0 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 10 0 0 0 10 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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