Data tables, 2016 Census
Generation Status (6), Place of Birth of Person (128), Place of Birth of Father (128), Place of Birth of Mother (128) and Age (6A) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data
About this variable: Father - Place of birth (128)
Definition
Place of birth of father
'Place of birth of father' refers to the name of the geographic location where the father of the person was born. The geographic location is specified according to geographic boundaries current at the time of data collection, not the geographic boundaries at the time of birth.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the geographic location refers to the name of the country in which the father of the person was born.
Values
- Total - Place of birth of father Footnote 1
- Born in Canada
- Born outside Canada
- Americas
- North America
- United States Footnote 6
- Other places of birth in North America
- Central America
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- Other places of birth in Central America
- Caribbean and Bermuda
- Barbados
- Cuba
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Other places of birth in Caribbean and Bermuda
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Peru
- Venezuela Footnote 29
- Other places of birth in South America
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Other places of birth in Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Moldova Footnote 44
- Poland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Slovakia
- Ukraine
- Other places of birth in Eastern Europe
- Northern Europe
- Denmark
- Finland
- Ireland Footnote 54
- United Kingdom Footnote 55
- Other places of birth in Northern Europe
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Greece
- Italy
- Portugal
- Serbia Footnote 64
- Spain
- Other places of birth in Southern Europe
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Other places of birth in Western Africa
- Eastern Africa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Somalia
- Tanzania Footnote 77
- Other places of birth in Eastern Africa
- Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Other places of birth in Northern Africa
- Central Africa
- Cameroon
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Other places of birth in Central Africa
- Southern Africa
- South Africa, Republic of
- Other places of birth in Southern Africa
- Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Iran Footnote 95
- Iraq
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Syria Footnote 99
- Turkey
- West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) Footnote 101
- Other places of birth in West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Eastern Asia
- China Footnote 104
- Hong Kong Footnote 105
- Japan
- Korea, South Footnote 107
- Taiwan
- Other places of birth in Eastern Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos Footnote 113
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Viet Nam
- Other places of birth in Southeast Asia
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- India
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Other places of birth in Southern Asia
- Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- Other places of birth in Oceania
- Other places of birth Footnote 128
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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The places of birth presented in this table are the most frequently reported at the national level of the total combined responses for place of birth of person, place of birth of mother and place of birth of father.
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 6
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The official name of United States is United States of America.
- Footnote 29
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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 44
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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.
- Footnote 54
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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.
- Footnote 55
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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 64
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Serbia excludes Kosovo.
- Footnote 77
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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.
- Footnote 95
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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 99
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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 101
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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 104
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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.
- Footnote 105
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The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
- Footnote 107
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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 113
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The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 128
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Includes other places of birth not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea'.
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