Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 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}	845,215	163,460	86,350	131,565	109,145	146,910	207,790
Afghanistan	5,195	20	200	1,215	1,930	1,015	815
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	1,065	0	10	235	365	220	235
Algeria	1,345	55	45	210	390	395	250
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	235	35	30	50	60	35	30
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	250	95	55	25	0	30	40
Argentina	1,320	320	190	190	250	190	185
Armenia	155	0	25	25	25	45	35
Aruba	35	25	0	0	0	10	0
Australia	3,365	885	290	425	280	425	1,065
Austria	1,510	1,190	110	110	45	30	35
Azerbaijan	380	15	0	55	80	105	135
Bahamas	175	50	25	45	15	25	20
Bahrain	235	15	0	55	50	75	40
Bangladesh	5,085	100	180	715	1,185	1,555	1,350
Barbados	635	315	130	80	15	30	60
Belarus	1,085	60	65	280	250	255	175
Belgium	995	590	55	115	40	115	85
Belize	540	70	135	10	135	75	105
Benin	100	0	0	10	30	60	10
Bermuda	160	65	25	20	10	25	15
Bhutan	895	0	0	10	0	365	515
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	890	110	85	155	140	240	165
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,555	370	110	3,295	345	180	250
Botswana	215	10	10	10	30	60	105
Brazil	2,545	190	115	290	280	805	860
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	1,950	400	1,110	370	25	20	15
Bulgaria	1,405	15	35	395	440	300	220
Burkina Faso	90	10	0	0	10	35	35
Burma (Myanmar)	1,070	70	65	110	125	545	155
Burundi	840	30	35	75	200	285	210
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	2,745	295	1,465	510	120	240	120
Cameroon	1,760	10	0	35	155	505	1,055
Cayman Islands	40	10	0	20	0	10	0
Central African Republic	15	0	0	0	10	0	10
Chad	110	0	10	40	15	25	15
Chile	4,255	2,360	730	335	160	300	370
China ^{Footnote 17}	57,695	7,150	5,085	10,740	14,055	10,135	10,525
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	9,535	220	80	710	3,165	3,065	2,290
Comoros	25	0	0	10	10	10	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,930	70	60	485	640	870	805
Congo, Republic of the	155	25	10	20	35	35	30
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	540	0	120	120	70	60	175
Croatia	3,080	1,520	180	795	135	60	395
Cuba	1,510	50	20	255	300	415	460
Curaçao	40	30	0	0	0	10	0
Cyprus	70	15	10	20	20	0	20
Czech Republic	2,390	1,235	585	235	90	65	180
Côte d'Ivoire	800	20	20	35	75	235	420
Denmark	2,210	1,860	185	75	35	20	40
Djibouti	300	0	30	75	15	65	110
Dominica	160	30	50	20	15	15	25
Dominican Republic	410	10	15	60	75	95	155
Ecuador	560	65	40	95	70	170	120
Egypt	5,315	390	255	795	595	1,350	1,940
El Salvador	7,255	80	3,460	1,665	280	1,070	705
Equatorial Guinea	30	0	0	0	15	15	0
Eritrea	4,815	40	410	340	500	1,125	2,390
Estonia	175	65	0	25	30	35	15
Ethiopia	10,565	60	665	1,580	1,995	2,820	3,445
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	4,630	885	1,005	1,185	405	590	555
Finland	525	320	50	50	25	40	50
France	2,540	1,040	160	320	190	405	425
French Guiana	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
French Polynesia	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Gabon	20	0	0	0	0	10	10
Gambia	135	0	0	10	15	25	85
Georgia	215	0	0	20	10	55	130
Germany	19,200	12,410	1,355	1,750	755	1,555	1,370
Ghana	3,165	180	340	835	540	595	670
Gibraltar	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	2,005	1,395	190	125	55	45	195
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	420	140	70	80	55	45	30
Guadeloupe	15	0	0	0	0	10	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	1,775	105	630	515	95	180	250
Guernsey	30	10	0	10	10	0	0
Guinea	310	0	0	35	40	75	160
Guinea-Bissau	30	0	0	10	0	10	10
Guyana	2,555	1,115	620	405	115	145	150
Haiti	1,275	150	80	115	135	415	385
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	625	45	80	110	15	170	205
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	19,110	6,135	4,730	6,255	590	650	750
Hungary	3,665	2,100	495	375	180	175	330
Iceland	60	50	0	0	0	0	10
India	91,660	7,045	5,370	14,905	14,965	20,555	28,820
Indonesia	1,535	445	180	195	145	285	285
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	8,910	165	870	1,420	1,395	1,785	3,260
Iraq	5,935	115	190	1,445	870	1,310	2,010
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	3,935	1,410	505	285	165	215	1,355
Isle of Man	50	20	0	0	0	0	10
Israel	1,405	225	140	165	165	235	480
Italy	8,115	6,905	345	235	75	255	305
Jamaica	6,845	2,025	955	1,050	410	745	1,660
Japan	3,065	555	165	525	510	640	665
Jersey	35	20	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	1,345	90	110	190	235	275	445
Kazakhstan	1,560	0	10	275	490	415	360
Kenya	5,125	1,455	645	590	555	675	1,190
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	40	35	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	13,850	1,110	695	2,640	2,800	2,760	3,840
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	965	10	0	495	205	125	135
Kuwait	1,530	40	95	420	245	305	430
Kyrgyzstan	445	0	0	50	160	165	70
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	1,355	725	440	120	30	20	25
Latvia	590	180	10	50	65	95	190
Lebanon	10,390	2,705	2,010	1,935	1,015	1,265	1,470
Lesotho	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Liberia	870	0	10	85	475	220	75
Libya	1,210	25	25	165	175	380	450
Liechtenstein	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	590	125	30	40	105	60	235
Luxembourg	70	55	0	10	0	10	10
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	390	140	90	130	15	15	0
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	475	55	20	90	140	95	70
Madagascar	75	10	0	25	10	10	15
Malawi	145	10	0	35	10	35	35
Malaysia	4,260	980	1,285	675	340	495	490
Maldives	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mali	70	0	10	10	15	15	25
Malta	175	125	20	0	10	0	15
Marshall Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Martinique	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	155	0	0	10	40	40	60
Mauritius	1,040	110	105	100	125	270	335
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	15,665	815	1,580	2,695	2,070	4,100	4,400
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	1,655	25	80	140	140	550	715
Monaco	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	620	0	0	10	205	225	180
Montenegro	125	35	15	65	10	0	10
Montserrat	30	30	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1,700	60	115	120	345	545	520
Mozambique	65	15	10	0	0	15	15
Namibia	365	20	10	35	60	80	165
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	3,915	0	25	105	340	830	2,620
Netherlands	14,030	9,600	1,210	1,470	635	645	475
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	1,750	550	220	250	160	250	320
Nicaragua	1,255	25	820	250	30	60	70
Niger	105	0	0	10	10	40	55
Nigeria	12,405	165	170	645	1,445	3,875	6,110
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	45	0	0	0	25	15	0
Norway	570	330	35	70	20	50	60
Oman	185	0	0	35	60	55	40
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	130	40	20	30	15	0	25
Pakistan	28,075	1,065	885	5,080	7,610	6,530	6,910
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Panama	165	15	30	35	30	35	30
Papua New Guinea	60	20	0	20	10	10	10
Paraguay	360	160	35	30	65	30	30
Peru	1,920	120	275	335	395	440	360
Philippines	123,830	4,825	5,620	15,545	12,180	26,270	59,390
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	16,930	4,415	6,575	3,545	410	1,000	980
Portugal	4,055	2,920	620	155	20	70	270
Puerto Rico	90	10	25	0	15	35	10
Qatar	465	0	20	55	65	120	200
Romania	7,725	570	820	1,840	1,895	1,500	1,105
Russian Federation	7,260	420	145	1,915	1,770	1,775	1,235
Rwanda	725	15	10	160	140	170	220
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	85	40	20	10	0	20	0
Saint Lucia	340	55	50	10	35	60	130
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	460	115	35	65	90	85	70
Samoa	35	0	10	0	0	0	10
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
Saudi Arabia	2,335	10	100	455	395	570	820
Senegal	540	15	0	50	75	125	270
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	2,255	555	115	850	240	180	320
Seychelles	50	0	15	15	0	10	0
Sierra Leone	785	25	0	110	405	160	90
Singapore	1,535	230	285	255	250	330	185
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	1,870	565	335	365	330	145	125
Slovenia	670	545	25	50	0	0	35
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	7,060	35	790	2,095	710	1,310	2,120
South Africa, Republic of	7,360	1,010	560	1,735	1,070	1,390	1,585
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	2,795	10	50	755	1,530	310	140
Spain	895	330	80	30	90	45	320
Sri Lanka	4,835	235	535	915	640	1,165	1,340
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	2,585	10	65	465	585	655	800
Suriname	75	0	10	15	15	15	20
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	70	0	10	0	10	20	30
Sweden	710	335	85	80	30	80	100
Switzerland	2,130	895	275	480	95	155	230
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	4,800	190	160	285	355	480	3,335
Taiwan	3,460	310	270	1,390	515	480	500
Tajikistan	130	10	0	25	70	30	10
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	4,510	2,350	1,020	500	205	230	210
Thailand	2,240	120	500	260	240	630	490
Timor-Leste	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	135	0	0	15	15	45	55
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	20	10	0	10	0	0	10
Trinidad and Tobago	3,415	1,615	585	570	215	245	185
Tunisia	640	30	20	55	85	195	255
Turkey	2,260	190	155	505	560	465	390
Turkmenistan	85	0	0	10	20	30	20
Turks and Caicos Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	2,290	1,185	170	145	130	290	375
Ukraine	8,150	1,300	260	1,545	1,225	1,480	2,345
United Arab Emirates	2,165	0	70	275	365	650	805
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	59,215	32,090	6,420	4,595	3,490	6,390	6,225
United States ^{Footnote 2}	30,460	12,035	3,320	3,330	2,470	4,655	4,645
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	360	130	25	65	10	85	50
Uzbekistan	470	0	20	45	115	165	125
Vanuatu	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	4,340	90	75	180	770	1,655	1,565
Viet Nam	27,080	6,385	9,425	5,645	1,635	1,950	2,035
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	745	100	40	115	120	165	200
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	500	10	30	50	50	130	235
Zambia	540	100	80	95	80	90	90
Zimbabwe	3,025	165	145	210	975	860	680

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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.