Data tables, 2016 Census
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
About this variable: Ethnic origin (279)
Definition
Ethnic origin
'Ethnic origin' refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the person's ancestors. An ancestor is usually more distant than a grandparent.
Values
- Total - Ethnic origin Footnote 1
- North American Aboriginal origins
- First Nations (North American Indian)
- Inuit
- Métis
- Other North American origins
- Acadian
- American
- Canadian
- New Brunswicker
- Newfoundlander
- Nova Scotian
- Ontarian
- Québécois
- Other North American origins, n.i.e. Footnote 15
- European origins
- British Isles origins
- Channel Islander
- Cornish
- English
- Irish
- Manx
- Scottish
- Welsh
- British Isles origins, n.i.e. Footnote 25
- French origins
- Alsatian
- Breton
- Corsican
- French
- Western European origins (except French origins)
- Austrian
- Bavarian
- Belgian
- Dutch
- Flemish
- Frisian
- German
- Luxembourger
- Swiss
- Western European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 41
- Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)
- Danish
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Northern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 48
- Eastern European origins
- Bulgarian
- Byelorussian
- Czech
- Czechoslovakian, n.o.s. Footnote 53
- Estonian
- Hungarian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Moldovan
- Polish
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Ukrainian
- Eastern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 64
- Southern European origins
- Albanian
- Bosnian
- Catalan
- Croatian
- Cypriot
- Greek
- Italian
- Kosovar
- Macedonian
- Maltese
- Montenegrin
- Portuguese
- Serbian
- Sicilian
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Yugoslavian, n.o.s. Footnote 82
- Southern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 83
- Other European origins
- Basque
- Jewish
- Roma (Gypsy)
- Slavic, n.o.s. Footnote 88
- Other European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 89
- Caribbean origins
- Antiguan
- Bahamian
- Barbadian
- Bermudan
- Carib
- Cuban
- Dominican
- Grenadian
- Guadeloupean
- Haitian
- Jamaican
- Kittitian/Nevisian
- Martinican
- Montserratan
- Puerto Rican
- St. Lucian
- Trinidadian/Tobagonian
- Vincentian/Grenadinian
- West Indian, n.o.s. Footnote 109
- Caribbean origins, n.i.e. Footnote 110
- Latin, Central and South American origins
- Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)
- Arawak
- Argentinian
- Belizean
- Bolivian
- Brazilian
- Chilean
- Colombian
- Costa Rican
- Ecuadorian
- Guatemalan
- Guyanese
- Hispanic
- Honduran
- Maya
- Mexican
- Nicaraguan
- Panamanian
- Paraguayan
- Peruvian
- Salvadorean
- Uruguayan
- Venezuelan
- Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e. Footnote 135
- African origins
- Central and West African origins
- Akan
- Angolan
- Ashanti
- Beninese
- Burkinabe
- Cameroonian
- Chadian
- Congolese
- Edo
- Ewe
- Gabonese
- Gambian
- Ghanaian
- Guinean
- Ibo
- Ivorian
- Liberian
- Malian
- Malinké
- Nigerian
- Peulh
- Senegalese
- Sierra Leonean
- Togolese
- Wolof
- Yoruba
- Central and West African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 164
- North African origins
- Algerian
- Berber
- Coptic
- Dinka
- Egyptian
- Libyan
- Maure
- Moroccan
- Sudanese
- Tunisian
- North African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 176
- Southern and East African origins
- Afrikaner
- Amhara
- Bantu, n.o.s. Footnote 180
- Burundian
- Djiboutian
- Eritrean
- Ethiopian
- Harari
- Kenyan
- Malagasy
- Mauritian
- Oromo
- Rwandan
- Seychellois
- Somali
- South African
- Tanzanian
- Tigrian
- Ugandan
- Zambian
- Zimbabwean
- Zulu
- Southern and East African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 200
- Other African origins
- Black, n.o.s. Footnote 202
- Other African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 203
- Asian origins
- West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins
- Afghan
- Arab, n.o.s. Footnote 207
- Armenian
- Assyrian
- Azerbaijani
- Georgian
- Hazara
- Iranian
- Iraqi
- Israeli
- Jordanian
- Kazakh
- Kurd
- Kuwaiti
- Kyrgyz
- Lebanese
- Palestinian
- Pashtun
- Saudi Arabian
- Syrian
- Tajik
- Tatar
- Turk
- Turkmen
- Uighur
- Uzbek
- Yemeni
- West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e. Footnote 233
- South Asian origins
- Bangladeshi
- Bengali
- Bhutanese
- East Indian
- Goan
- Gujarati
- Kashmiri
- Nepali
- Pakistani
- Punjabi
- Sinhalese
- Sri Lankan
- Tamil
- South Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 248
- East and Southeast Asian origins
- Burmese
- Cambodian (Khmer)
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Hmong
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Karen
- Korean
- Laotian
- Malaysian
- Mongolian
- Singaporean
- Taiwanese
- Thai
- Tibetan
- Vietnamese
- East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 267
- Other Asian origins
- Other Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 269
- Oceania origins
- Australian
- New Zealander
- Pacific Islands origins
- Fijian
- Hawaiian
- Maori
- Samoan
- Polynesian, n.o.s. Footnote 278
- Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e. Footnote 279
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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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 15
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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 25
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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 41
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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 48
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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 53
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Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 64
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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 82
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Includes responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 83
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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 88
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Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 89
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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 109
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Includes responses of 'West Indian,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 110
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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 135
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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 164
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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 176
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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 180
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Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 200
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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 202
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Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 203
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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 207
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Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 233
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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 248
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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 267
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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 269
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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 278
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Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.
- Footnote 279
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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').
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