Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), British Columbia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data ^{Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin}

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Place of birth	Period of immigration
Place of birth	Total immigrant population	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016

Total - Place of birth ^{Footnote 1}	1,292,675	356,155	152,225	287,505	147,730	173,510	175,550
China ^{Footnote 17}	199,990	21,630	17,295	45,180	37,130	40,645	38,110
India	162,645	26,770	18,390	42,115	22,785	25,130	27,460
Philippines	112,100	10,570	10,335	26,565	14,860	23,085	26,685
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	37,160	1,070	4,605	10,580	5,865	6,400	8,645
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	41,510	2,725	3,000	10,555	8,630	8,570	8,025
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	123,810	84,845	10,875	8,245	4,655	8,655	6,535
United States ^{Footnote 2}	57,780	27,355	5,805	6,285	4,700	7,150	6,485
Mexico	10,375	1,005	915	1,870	1,475	2,230	2,880
Taiwan	38,900	1,535	3,135	21,315	5,260	5,155	2,505
Japan	13,360	2,980	1,185	2,960	1,670	2,280	2,285
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	2,845	120	75	165	125	180	2,185
Pakistan	10,665	880	600	3,240	2,280	1,710	1,960
Australia	8,605	3,280	575	1,050	730	1,045	1,920
Iraq	5,550	185	205	1,210	655	1,390	1,910
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	74,210	17,135	16,435	34,935	2,155	1,750	1,805
Viet Nam	27,875	5,980	10,015	6,685	1,400	2,015	1,780
Russian Federation	10,920	745	190	3,120	2,840	2,285	1,735
South Africa, Republic of	13,375	3,125	1,535	4,110	1,690	1,285	1,625
Germany	35,045	23,850	3,145	3,230	1,330	2,045	1,450
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	5,890	2,960	615	340	100	440	1,435
Ukraine	7,500	1,585	160	2,245	1,320	965	1,230
Brazil	3,800	610	230	545	450	820	1,145
France	5,700	2,315	560	755	490	615	970
Afghanistan	5,040	40	560	1,160	1,440	970	870
Indonesia	4,735	1,185	480	990	710	660	710
Romania	9,000	800	1,060	3,265	1,855	1,320	690
Thailand	3,640	215	690	580	565	935	650
Italy	15,400	13,470	500	340	170	275	645
Nigeria	1,740	95	95	190	235	490	640
New Zealand	4,525	2,155	530	480	325	405	630
Egypt	2,705	600	175	430	300	570	625
Jamaica	3,500	1,815	350	390	185	130	625
Fiji	17,530	6,625	3,855	4,105	1,380	945	615
Colombia	3,915	285	190	715	985	1,160	575
Malaysia	8,435	2,375	2,495	1,490	555	950	575
Sri Lanka	4,585	365	615	1,305	860	910	530
Bangladesh	2,125	60	110	575	485	420	470
Kenya	4,705	2,035	870	680	315	370	435
El Salvador	5,420	90	2,575	1,675	280	375	430
Poland	15,115	3,990	6,290	3,445	490	485	410
Singapore	5,425	840	1,190	1,380	625	975	410
Netherlands	18,225	14,870	1,090	730	545	585	400
Saudi Arabia	1,345	0	100	290	180	380	395
Turkey	2,065	360	220	310	330	450	395
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	4,480	860	235	2,255	510	240	390
United Arab Emirates	1,605	0	40	425	315	435	390
Israel	2,225	425	230	320	435	455	360
Czech Republic	5,605	3,000	1,390	500	190	160	355
Somalia	1,085	15	140	270	105	195	355
Jordan	935	55	55	185	155	140	350
Peru	3,265	545	680	635	430	630	350
Spain	1,560	740	135	165	65	115	350
Burma (Myanmar)	2,040	340	140	420	230	570	345
Eritrea	740	0	180	105	30	95	320
Nepal	1,035	10	15	120	175	415	315
Ethiopia	2,075	75	310	515	380	490	305
Honduras	1,220	75	260	310	160	145	275
Hungary	6,175	3,855	935	485	340	290	275
Slovakia	3,065	850	580	640	500	225	275
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	1,480	210	135	320	195	355	275
Lebanon	2,235	525	505	480	205	260	265
Kazakhstan	1,320	25	10	365	375	295	260
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	865	15	25	145	160	280	240
Switzerland	4,385	2,145	615	860	280	245	235
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,575	545	75	3,330	255	140	225
Morocco	985	220	155	105	95	205	205
Argentina	1,830	510	250	245	445	185	195
Chile	3,275	1,735	620	330	150	245	190
Belarus	1,005	55	50	260	215	240	185
Mauritius	1,240	240	155	120	210	335	175
Belgium	1,515	855	90	155	120	120	170
Sweden	2,235	1,315	185	255	130	180	165
Guatemala	1,930	55	775	615	100	230	160
Zimbabwe	1,610	385	305	300	195	260	160
Bulgaria	2,050	85	70	735	580	430	155
Kuwait	745	15	75	295	75	135	155
Cambodia	1,895	245	1,030	265	65	140	150
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	760	70	20	115	125	290	150
Croatia	5,775	3,925	260	1,130	240	75	150
Austria	3,665	2,710	300	330	90	90	145
Cuba	680	50	55	110	105	210	140
Greece	3,635	2,905	270	160	45	110	140
Portugal	8,210	6,880	725	285	95	85	140
Dominican Republic	370	25	55	35	40	85	130
Ecuador	535	105	40	50	70	135	130
Kyrgyzstan	505	20	0	85	125	150	125
Ghana	885	165	130	220	90	155	120
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	510	10	50	140	130	60	120
Libya	420	30	20	70	65	125	115
Uganda	2,760	2,150	220	140	55	85	115
Costa Rica	525	75	80	125	70	70	100
Uzbekistan	550	0	10	105	200	125	100
Mongolia	220	0	0	0	40	90	95
Nicaragua	1,235	30	620	325	40	130	95
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	495	135	45	125	35	55	95
Denmark	4,640	4,085	225	165	25	60	75
Latvia	640	325	25	130	50	35	75
Namibia	215	25	15	25	45	30	75
Tunisia	270	60	25	45	30	35	75
Finland	2,735	2,305	115	115	80	45	70
Albania	470	0	10	125	170	105	65
Algeria	485	80	45	125	100	80	60
Azerbaijan	320	0	10	55	85	120	60
Cameroon	120	10	10	0	0	40	60
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	3,020	2,075	465	230	90	105	60
Armenia	255	10	0	25	60	100	55
Bhutan	125	0	0	0	10	60	55
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	2,140	570	515	900	70	30	55
Oman	180	0	0	75	20	25	55
Slovenia	1,150	960	20	65	15	30	55
Zambia	600	240	85	95	55	70	55
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	740	10	25	385	210	65	50
Lithuania	405	180	25	50	60	35	50
Yemen	160	30	25	20	10	20	50
Bahrain	175	15	10	65	15	25	45
Norway	1,620	1,385	50	45	40	55	45
Qatar	115	0	0	25	0	40	45
Trinidad and Tobago	2,615	1,690	410	285	90	100	45
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	315	85	35	20	30	100	40
Burundi	195	25	15	20	10	90	40
Haiti	565	85	55	235	40	110	40
Iceland	150	50	10	30	15	10	40
Liberia	270	0	0	40	85	100	40
Rwanda	220	10	0	40	50	80	40
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	290	55	25	60	75	45	35
Barbados	645	415	55	75	25	45	30
Bermuda	265	160	15	20	20	20	30
Botswana	65	0	0	10	0	20	30
Estonia	465	305	15	75	25	10	25
Guyana	1,305	860	195	140	50	30	25
Jersey	110	45	0	20	0	20	25
Sierra Leone	150	10	20	20	50	25	25
Côte d'Ivoire	75	10	10	15	25	10	20
Georgia	200	10	0	65	65	40	20
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	1,645	780	585	145	50	65	20
Panama	185	30	30	70	25	10	20
Paraguay	1,745	1,325	95	135	55	110	20
Puerto Rico	80	25	0	0	25	0	20
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	245	115	30	30	20	30	20
Tajikistan	165	0	0	20	85	30	20
Madagascar	60	0	25	0	10	10	15
Malawi	115	40	30	15	0	10	15
Mali	35	0	0	15	10	0	15
South Sudan	440	0	20	115	215	75	15
Bahamas	115	55	0	25	15	10	10
Brunei Darussalam	2,050	575	1,010	335	30	85	10
Burkina Faso	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Cayman Islands	35	0	10	0	20	10	10
Chad	25	0	10	0	10	10	10
Cyprus	300	170	35	35	35	20	10
Dominica	60	40	0	0	0	0	10
Gambia	20	0	0	0	0	10	10
Gibraltar	45	30	10	0	0	0	10
Grenada	215	140	15	40	10	10	10
Guinea	60	10	0	20	20	10	10
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	170	110	10	35	10	0	10
Luxembourg	110	55	0	20	20	10	10
Montenegro	200	50	0	85	30	20	10
Niger	15	0	0	10	0	0	10
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	185	75	20	40	30	15	10
Papua New Guinea	50	15	10	20	10	0	10
Senegal	55	0	20	0	10	10	10
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	25	0	0	10	0	10	10
Togo	70	0	0	30	0	30	10
Tonga	95	25	20	10	10	25	10
Uruguay	310	140	45	65	30	15	10
Åland Islands	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	150	95	15	15	15	10	0
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	125	65	25	20	10	10	0
Aruba	85	60	10	15	0	10	0
Belize	115	60	25	15	10	10	0
Benin	35	0	10	0	0	20	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	20	10	10	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Republic of the	60	15	15	0	15	20	0
Cook Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curaçao	45	20	15	10	0	0	0
Djibouti	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
French Guiana	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	35	15	15	0	10	0	0
Gabon	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Greenland	30	10	10	10	0	10	0
Guadeloupe	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Guernsey	60	50	0	0	10	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man	130	95	10	15	0	15	0
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	20	0	0	10	0	10	0
Liechtenstein	20	0	10	10	0	0	0
Maldives	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	480	415	20	25	0	15	0
Marshall Islands	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Montserrat	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	170	110	15	25	15	10	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	30	10	20	0	0	0	0
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	45	0	10	10	15	15	0
Palau	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	105	90	0	10	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	140	75	25	15	0	25	0
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	85	30	20	15	10	10	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles	70	10	20	25	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	115	40	15	15	10	35	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	45	10	0	10	10	15	0
Timor-Leste	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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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).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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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.

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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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

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

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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.