Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Canada, 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}	7,540,830	1,941,505	915,555	1,486,660	928,940	1,056,095	1,212,075
Afghanistan	51,960	240	4,430	15,005	13,785	9,260	9,245
Åland Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	15,365	110	50	4,340	5,550	2,705	2,615
Algeria	64,625	1,850	1,705	11,130	13,555	19,200	17,180
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	20	0	0	10	0	0	10
Angola	3,120	850	515	655	660	225	215
Anguilla	60	40	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	2,310	1,415	375	175	70	115	160
Argentina	19,430	4,865	3,220	3,375	4,290	2,165	1,510
Armenia	4,165	210	200	660	880	1,100	1,110
Aruba	580	465	55	20	0	20	15
Australia	21,115	7,695	1,595	2,515	1,780	2,560	4,965
Austria	15,845	12,605	1,210	970	420	235	410
Azerbaijan	3,845	40	130	940	1,185	985	560
Bahamas	1,635	500	285	220	105	135	390
Bahrain	2,390	85	185	870	405	395	450
Bangladesh	58,735	1,090	3,220	15,445	12,630	13,450	12,900
Barbados	14,095	8,710	2,125	1,645	370	580	665
Belarus	11,190	520	665	3,210	2,805	2,385	1,605
Belgium	18,935	11,350	1,580	1,710	1,245	1,345	1,710
Belize	1,995	405	525	260	405	185	220
Benin	2,760	40	65	220	300	905	1,230
Bermuda	1,845	970	200	160	160	185	175
Bhutan	4,250	15	0	30	15	1,710	2,470
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	4,400	545	785	870	600	960	650
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	25	20	10	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,135	3,640	1,020	26,980	2,250	1,060	1,180
Botswana	850	30	50	75	90	205	405
Brazil	29,315	3,195	2,055	4,175	3,305	8,085	8,495
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	4,485	1,085	2,250	815	105	160	75
Bulgaria	18,635	590	940	5,415	6,110	3,610	1,975
Burkina Faso	1,980	30	50	100	210	535	1,050
Burma (Myanmar)	8,215	1,240	650	1,270	780	2,970	1,300
Burundi	8,470	230	245	1,325	1,820	2,245	2,615
Cabo Verde	170	35	30	60	0	20	20
Cambodia	23,320	4,100	11,575	3,330	1,420	1,610	1,290
Cameroon	18,570	205	220	860	1,485	5,545	10,265
Cayman Islands	270	35	30	40	45	25	90
Central African Republic	1,055	15	10	45	75	165	745
Chad	1,595	20	75	290	325	390	495
Chile	26,705	11,035	6,920	4,270	1,425	1,705	1,335
China ^{Footnote 17}	649,260	56,670	50,885	148,960	140,605	123,125	129,015
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	70,040	4,060	2,520	6,405	18,335	23,415	15,300
Comoros	140	0	0	30	55	25	25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	25,655	955	675	5,510	5,370	5,730	7,400
Congo, Republic of the	2,460	115	50	370	595	570	755
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	3,950	200	685	945	565	775	785
Croatia	40,040	24,675	2,425	9,580	1,450	550	1,370
Cuba	17,850	445	545	3,085	3,580	4,830	5,370
Curaçao	470	250	105	40	15	25	35
Cyprus	4,020	3,080	390	215	105	80	145
Czech Republic	21,065	10,915	5,270	2,250	790	865	980
Côte d'Ivoire	11,325	100	305	695	1,040	2,950	6,235
Denmark	12,515	10,410	720	525	200	275	390
Djibouti	2,235	15	175	480	250	410	900
Dominica	2,775	1,110	515	500	235	215	200
Dominican Republic	10,605	375	1,820	2,850	1,170	1,660	2,730
Ecuador	14,965	4,835	2,170	3,225	1,650	1,730	1,360
Egypt	64,620	12,835	5,820	10,890	6,920	12,035	16,115
El Salvador	48,075	1,340	23,025	13,560	2,220	4,410	3,530
Equatorial Guinea	60	0	0	15	30	15	0
Eritrea	15,010	185	2,465	2,075	1,175	3,065	6,050
Estonia	3,200	2,070	80	635	175	105	135
Ethiopia	32,790	485	5,150	7,530	5,380	6,730	7,505
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	35	20	0	10	0	0	0
Fiji	24,660	8,335	5,545	5,910	1,950	1,655	1,275
Finland	9,525	7,875	440	405	245	245	320
France	105,570	30,285	7,605	15,455	11,965	16,110	24,150
French Guiana	280	40	45	90	30	35	40
French Polynesia	185	20	35	30	20	30	55
Gabon	1,080	30	30	125	215	350	320
Gambia	665	30	45	120	105	100	275
Georgia	2,570	75	90	625	585	530	670
Germany	145,840	100,005	11,855	11,465	6,210	10,010	6,300
Ghana	22,910	1,570	4,340	8,395	3,050	2,870	2,690
Gibraltar	160	100	10	15	10	10	25
Greece	62,715	54,010	3,435	1,925	645	695	1,995
Greenland	55	15	10	15	0	10	10
Grenada	10,265	2,810	1,700	2,730	1,140	1,165	720
Guadeloupe	515	90	40	70	70	105	140
Guam	30	0	0	10	10	0	0
Guatemala	17,275	1,020	6,665	5,695	990	1,425	1,480
Guernsey	195	140	0	10	20	20	0
Guinea	5,190	120	155	800	980	1,545	1,590
Guinea-Bissau	110	10	20	10	25	15	30
Guyana	87,680	29,535	23,240	19,900	6,340	5,365	3,295
Haiti	93,485	18,675	14,865	15,930	9,055	14,970	19,990
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	7,790	420	1,345	2,175	830	1,135	1,880
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	208,935	47,840	56,275	88,850	6,120	4,885	4,975
Hungary	36,825	21,725	4,920	3,200	1,945	1,850	3,185
Iceland	590	220	35	60	50	40	185
India	668,565	79,420	58,945	146,720	116,545	119,745	147,190
Indonesia	14,280	3,585	1,545	2,650	2,290	2,230	1,980
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	154,420	3,955	19,840	37,585	23,975	26,995	42,070
Iraq	68,490	1,910	4,110	17,110	8,395	16,290	20,665
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	28,320	14,645	3,880	1,870	800	1,465	5,660
Isle of Man	415	285	40	25	15	40	15
Israel	26,735	6,195	3,940	3,515	3,635	4,710	4,740
Italy	236,635	219,930	6,765	3,375	1,485	2,105	2,980
Jamaica	138,345	54,790	25,310	27,240	8,895	9,620	12,500
Japan	27,245	5,745	2,195	5,620	3,585	5,195	4,900
Jersey	360	195	15	35	10	40	65
Jordan	13,295	1,035	870	2,440	2,225	2,735	3,985
Kazakhstan	12,450	105	55	3,100	3,485	3,315	2,390
Kenya	27,150	8,040	4,935	3,875	3,195	3,120	3,995
Kiribati	20	10	10	0	0	10	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	780	420	65	45	40	75	135
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	123,305	12,755	11,535	29,255	25,105	22,940	21,715
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	7,610	100	75	3,915	1,385	1,125	1,005
Kuwait	15,235	180	1,805	5,720	2,340	2,500	2,685
Kyrgyzstan	2,980	40	30	450	725	945	795
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	14,475	7,065	5,515	1,175	305	305	115
Latvia	5,875	2,665	440	1,090	645	360	670
Lebanon	88,740	16,030	22,650	21,095	8,675	10,915	9,375
Lesotho	105	0	20	35	10	25	10
Liberia	2,480	45	95	440	960	625	315
Libya	6,300	295	425	1,170	965	1,530	1,915
Liechtenstein	65	35	15	15	0	0	0
Lithuania	4,980	1,970	375	895	695	460	580
Luxembourg	675	370	25	75	70	45	90
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	5,750	1,480	1,500	2,240	185	185	155
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	10,300	4,185	1,060	1,985	1,750	785	530
Madagascar	3,555	460	660	540	420	640	830
Malawi	670	135	105	110	50	130	135
Malaysia	23,785	5,565	7,355	4,360	2,015	2,635	1,860
Maldives	50	0	0	10	10	25	10
Mali	2,095	20	55	360	245	575	835
Malta	7,465	6,510	450	200	145	75	85
Marshall Islands	20	0	10	0	0	0	10
Martinique	640	170	55	75	55	95	190
Mauritania	905	30	15	35	180	315	335
Mauritius	15,900	2,135	2,595	1,715	2,045	3,590	3,820
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	80,590	8,060	9,230	15,075	11,990	17,570	18,660
Micronesia, Federated States of	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	17,605	215	510	1,940	2,790	6,250	5,900
Monaco	110	25	0	20	10	10	45
Mongolia	1,420	0	0	35	310	590	490
Montenegro	1,865	505	120	790	200	140	100
Montserrat	610	425	85	80	15	0	0
Morocco	69,655	8,110	4,805	9,120	13,630	18,890	15,105
Mozambique	1,255	500	275	210	75	130	60
Namibia	1,035	115	40	120	135	165	460
Nauru	25	0	0	10	0	0	0
Nepal	14,390	45	100	615	1,925	4,210	7,500
Netherlands	88,475	71,120	5,275	4,980	2,560	2,705	1,835
New Caledonia	220	30	45	20	20	55	60
New Zealand	9,880	4,080	1,105	1,175	880	1,155	1,485
Nicaragua	9,865	190	5,030	3,195	375	540	540
Niger	1,030	0	0	105	175	270	480
Nigeria	42,430	1,180	1,285	4,450	6,025	12,205	17,285
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	120	0	0	10	55	45	10
Norway	3,885	2,595	250	385	170	255	230
Oman	1,540	0	30	385	420	365	335
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	1,035	490	125	215	90	40	80
Pakistan	202,255	11,505	8,120	52,380	52,950	35,820	41,480
Palau	30	0	0	10	0	10	15
Panama	2,620	185	715	935	245	275	260
Papua New Guinea	235	55	35	60	20	25	40
Paraguay	7,305	3,590	850	905	830	790	335
Peru	29,615	2,715	5,295	7,415	5,025	5,640	3,530
Philippines	588,305	47,080	49,940	110,605	65,725	126,150	188,810
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	146,470	33,300	61,600	37,475	4,970	4,965	4,165
Portugal	139,450	92,610	29,055	9,740	1,820	2,735	3,485
Puerto Rico	505	125	70	45	80	110	80
Qatar	2,485	15	195	480	415	615	765
Romania	90,310	7,375	10,330	28,965	23,355	12,670	7,610
Russian Federation	78,685	4,145	2,470	27,065	18,510	14,930	11,565
Rwanda	6,105	200	170	1,375	1,075	1,535	1,765
Réunion	295	15	15	15	55	85	115
Saint Barthélemy	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2,105	1,480	310	150	30	65	60
Saint Lucia	6,100	1,150	650	790	520	1,305	1,685
Saint Martin (French part)	80	10	10	15	0	25	15
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	290	215	15	10	20	20	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12,945	3,680	1,565	2,040	1,420	2,025	2,205
Samoa	155	40	35	30	20	0	25
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	25	0	10	15	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	20,080	65	1,100	5,475	3,735	4,245	5,465
Senegal	7,515	175	235	675	785	2,270	3,375
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	33,320	10,060	2,630	13,465	3,000	2,140	2,020
Seychelles	1,035	55	380	475	70	35	15
Sierra Leone	3,040	95	140	695	1,400	400	310
Singapore	11,820	1,900	2,700	2,620	1,520	1,925	1,155
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	105	10	10	25	10	20	30
Slovakia	14,410	5,435	2,715	2,490	1,765	795	1,205
Slovenia	8,210	7,215	225	435	85	70	180
Solomon Islands	40	10	0	10	10	15	0
Somalia	27,230	195	3,570	11,300	2,710	4,130	5,335
South Africa, Republic of	44,660	10,715	6,565	10,750	5,585	5,280	5,765
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	5,540	25	115	1,565	2,610	835	385
Spain	10,700	6,120	870	725	430	670	1,880
Sri Lanka	131,995	3,345	21,730	55,110	20,965	19,355	11,495
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	10,820	220	505	3,020	2,615	1,985	2,470
Suriname	1,050	345	145	220	165	115	65
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	400	35	30	55	30	70	180
Sweden	6,630	3,540	670	750	480	610	580
Switzerland	19,040	8,860	2,870	3,835	1,075	1,270	1,130
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	52,955	3,605	4,300	6,360	4,190	4,560	29,945
Taiwan	63,770	4,785	6,810	31,535	7,940	8,395	4,310
Tajikistan	1,310	30	10	255	480	340	195
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	20,600	9,870	4,240	2,410	1,330	1,320	1,440
Thailand	15,075	1,140	3,965	2,060	1,640	3,715	2,550
Timor-Leste	25	10	15	0	0	0	0
Togo	3,350	75	75	390	430	890	1,480
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	140	40	25	25	15	25	10
Trinidad and Tobago	65,035	28,835	12,085	14,950	3,395	3,770	2,000
Tunisia	17,435	1,265	765	1,835	2,365	4,505	6,700
Turkey	26,710	3,865	3,425	5,880	5,055	4,240	4,260
Turkmenistan	500	0	15	70	145	170	95
Turks and Caicos Islands	60	15	0	0	0	10	30
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	13,210	7,410	1,375	1,050	715	1,215	1,445
Ukraine	73,030	9,675	2,725	20,615	14,000	12,585	13,430
United Arab Emirates	20,990	25	740	4,415	4,355	5,320	6,130
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	499,120	347,310	47,690	31,190	18,845	29,635	24,450
United States ^{Footnote 2}	253,715	107,840	27,630	28,655	23,095	33,435	33,060
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	6,535	2,960	1,065	1,160	575	530	240
Uzbekistan	6,385	210	145	1,345	1,420	1,835	1,435
Vanuatu	30	10	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	20,775	1,535	1,305	3,125	3,405	4,990	6,425
Viet Nam	169,250	38,990	60,010	37,975	9,610	11,455	11,210
Virgin Islands, British	85	30	35	10	0	10	10
Virgin Islands, United States	90	35	20	0	0	10	15
Wallis and Futuna	10	0	0	10	0	10	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	8,210	1,465	1,185	1,845	1,230	1,215	1,270
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	2,960	185	165	500	650	615	845
Zambia	3,715	775	650	755	580	550	405
Zimbabwe	10,495	1,120	950	1,050	2,760	2,680	1,930

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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.