Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Generation status (4): Total - Generation status
• Age (12): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Nunavut

Ethnic origin (279)	Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 2	Single ethnic origin responses^Footnote 3	Multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 4
Total - Ethnic origin^Footnote 5	35,580	28,115	7,470
North American Aboriginal origins	30,420	25,030	5,390
First Nations (North American Indian)	690	100	590
Inuit	29,950	24,885	5,060
Métis	185	40	150
Other North American origins	1,820	635	1,185
Acadian	105	30	75
American	235	35	200
Canadian	1,310	535	775
New Brunswicker	10	0	0
Newfoundlander	125	20	105
Nova Scotian	10	0	10
Ontarian	10	0	10
Québécois	55	10	40
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 6	10	0	0
European origins	8,320	1,730	6,590
British Isles origins	5,815	1,010	4,800
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	0	0	0
English	1,625	265	1,360
Irish	1,740	300	1,445
Manx	10	0	0
Scottish	3,265	315	2,945
Welsh	155	15	145
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 7	355	120	235
French origins	1,485	235	1,250
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	10	0	10
Corsican	0	0	0
French	1,475	235	1,245
Western European origins (except French origins)	980	120	855
Austrian	40	0	35
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	30	0	30
Dutch	195	40	155
Flemish	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0
German	745	70	670
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	20	10	15
Western European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	10	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	675	55	620
Danish	290	20	270
Finnish	45	10	35
Icelandic	30	10	30
Norwegian	145	10	140
Swedish	120	0	115
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	85	10	70
Eastern European origins	515	115	405
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	0	0	0
Czech	15	0	10
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^Footnote 10	10	0	10
Estonian	10	0	0
Hungarian	45	10	35
Latvian	10	10	10
Lithuanian	0	0	0
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	145	30	115
Romanian	20	0	15
Russian	100	10	90
Slovak	20	10	15
Ukrainian	195	35	160
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	25	10	20
Southern European origins	420	70	345
Albanian	0	0	10
Bosnian	0	0	0
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	15	0	10
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	20	10	10
Italian	180	30	150
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	120	10	105
Serbian	10	10	0
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0
Spanish	75	10	65
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^Footnote 12	10	0	10
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 13	0	0	0
Other European origins	340	120	225
Basque	10	0	0
Jewish	35	0	30
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.^Footnote 14	0	0	0
Other European origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 15	305	115	190
Caribbean origins	95	40	55
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	0	0	0
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	10
Cuban	0	0	0
Dominican	10	10	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	10	0	10
Jamaican	40	15	25
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	0	0	0
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	10	0	10
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^Footnote 16	15	10	10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 17	10	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins	65	30	35
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	0	0	10
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	0	0	0
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	0	0	0
Chilean	10	0	0
Colombian	0	0	0
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	10	10	0
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Guyanese	10	0	10
Hispanic	10	0	0
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	10
Mexican	10	0	0
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	10	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	0	10	0
Salvadorean	10	10	0
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 18	10	0	10
African origins	465	240	225
Central and West African origins	65	50	15
Akan	0	0	10
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	10	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	15	15	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	10	0	0
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	20	15	0
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	10	0
Togolese	10	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	15	0	10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 19	0	0	10
North African origins	25	10	15
Algerian	10	0	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	10	10	10
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	10	0	10
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 20	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	85	70	15
Afrikaner	10	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^Footnote 21	0	0	0
Burundian	0	0	0
Djiboutian	0	0	0
Eritrean	0	10	0
Ethiopian	25	25	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	10	10	10
South African	0	0	0
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	10	0
Zimbabwean	15	15	10
Zulu	0	10	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 22	0	10	0
Other African origins	285	110	180
Black, n.o.s.^Footnote 23	50	10	45
Other African origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 24	240	100	135
Asian origins	615	415	200
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	100	45	55
Afghan	0	0	10
Arab, n.o.s.^Footnote 25	10	10	0
Armenian	0	0	0
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	20	10	10
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	35	10	25
Palestinian	0	0	0
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	0	0	10
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	10	0	10
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 26	0	0	0
South Asian origins	130	100	30
Bangladeshi	15	15	10
Bengali	0	0	0
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	65	45	15
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	15	15	0
Punjabi	0	10	0
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	10	0	0
Tamil	0	0	10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 27	15	15	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	385	265	120
Burmese	10	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	115	65	50
Filipino	245	185	60
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	0	0	0
Japanese	15	10	10
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	10	0	10
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	10	0	0
Mongolian	10	0	0
Singaporean	10	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 28	0	0	10
Other Asian origins	10	10	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 29	10	0	10
Oceania origins	15	0	10
Australian	10	0	10
New Zealander	0	0	10
Pacific Islands origins	10	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	0
Maori	0	0	0
Samoan	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.^Footnote 30	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^Footnote 31	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

For more information on generation status 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

Total ethnic origin responses are the sum of single and multiple responses for each ethnic origin. Total response counts indicate the number of persons who reported a specified ethnic origin, either as their only origin or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. The sum of all ethnic origin responses is greater than the total population estimate due to the reporting of multiple origins.

Footnote 3

A single ethnic origin response occurs when a person provides one ethnic origin only.

Footnote 4

A multiple ethnic origin response occurs when a person provides two or more ethnic origins.

Footnote 5

This is a total population estimate. The sum of the ethnic groups in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ethnic origin in the census.

Footnote 6

Includes general responses indicating North American origins (e.g., 'North American') as well as more specific responses indicating North American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maritimer').

Footnote 7

Includes general responses indicating British Isles origins (e.g., 'British,' 'United Kingdom') as well as more specific responses indicating British Isles origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Celtic').

Footnote 8

Includes general responses indicating Western European origins (e.g., 'Western European') as well as more specific responses indicating Western European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Liechtensteiner').

Footnote 9

Includes general responses indicating Northern European origins (e.g., 'Northern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Northern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Faroese,' 'Scandinavian').

Footnote 10

Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 11

Includes general responses indicating Eastern European origins (e.g., 'Eastern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Eastern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baltic').

Footnote 12

Includes responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 13

Includes general responses indicating Southern European origins (e.g., 'Southern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Gibraltarian').

Footnote 14

Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 15

Includes general responses indicating Other European origins (e.g., 'European') as well as more specific responses indicating European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Central European').

Footnote 16

Includes responses of 'West Indian,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 17

Includes general responses indicating Caribbean origins (e.g., 'Antilles,' 'Caribbean') as well as more specific responses indicating Caribbean origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Aruban').

Footnote 18

Includes general responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins (e.g., 'South American') as well as more specific responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Surinamese').

Footnote 19

Includes general responses indicating Central or West African origins (e.g., 'West African') as well as more specific responses indicating Central or West African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Luba,' 'Mossi').

Footnote 20

Includes general responses indicating North African origins (e.g., 'North African') as well as more specific responses indicating North African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maghreb').

Footnote 21

Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 22

Includes general responses indicating Southern or East African origins (e.g., 'East African') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern or East African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Hutu,' 'Shona').

Footnote 23

Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 24

Includes general responses indicating Other African origins (e.g., 'African') as well as more specific responses indicating Other African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Saharan').

Footnote 25

Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 26

Includes general responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins (e.g., 'West Asian,' 'Middle Eastern') as well as more specific responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baloch,' 'Circassian').

Footnote 27

Includes general responses indicating South Asian origins (e.g., 'South Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating South Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Telugu').

Footnote 28

Includes general responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins (e.g., 'Southeast Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bruneian').

Footnote 29

Includes general responses indicating Other Asian origins (e.g., 'Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating Other Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Eurasian').

Footnote 30

Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.

Footnote 31

Includes general responses indicating Pacific Islands origins (e.g., 'Pacific Islander') as well as more specific responses indicating Pacific Islands origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Tahitian').

Data quality note(s) – Nunavut

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 8.7%.
• 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-X2016187.