Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part), 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}	36,095	5,460	3,885	7,030	5,535	6,540	7,640
Afghanistan	110	0	15	25	15	45	15
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	25	0	0	10	20	0	0
Algeria	1,195	45	45	205	285	355	255
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	30	10	0	10	0	10	0
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	135	15	25	0	55	15	15
Armenia	20	0	0	0	10	20	0
Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	35	10	0	10	0	0	10
Austria	55	15	15	15	0	0	10
Azerbaijan	15	0	0	0	10	10	0
Bahamas	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	45	10	10	15	0	0	10
Barbados	20	10	15	0	0	0	0
Belarus	100	0	0	10	20	10	60
Belgium	355	160	30	35	20	20	90
Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benin	285	0	25	20	45	70	125
Bermuda	15	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	30	10	10	0	0	10	10
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	725	0	0	675	25	0	20
Botswana	15	0	0	0	0	0	10
Brazil	295	30	25	15	10	155	60
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	200	10	20	15	45	40	70
Burkina Faso	105	0	10	0	20	25	55
Burma (Myanmar)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burundi	905	0	0	145	195	150	415
Cabo Verde	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Cambodia	195	50	90	20	10	20	10
Cameroon	765	10	0	50	50	220	425
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	130	0	0	0	10	15	100
Chad	55	0	10	15	0	10	30
Chile	160	55	45	20	0	0	30
China ^{Footnote 17}	1,420	35	35	435	445	200	270
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	1,470	0	15	75	470	580	325
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,335	25	15	335	270	325	365
Congo, Republic of the	110	0	0	15	50	20	30
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	25	0	10	10	10	0	0
Croatia	215	25	0	165	15	0	0
Cuba	220	0	10	25	55	35	90
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	40	10	10	0	10	15	0
Côte d'Ivoire	545	0	20	55	55	155	255
Denmark	35	25	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	140	0	10	15	35	20	60
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	110	0	15	20	20	15	45
Ecuador	20	0	10	0	0	10	0
Egypt	325	75	25	35	45	80	65
El Salvador	430	0	210	140	35	25	25
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	110	0	20	50	20	10	10
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	20	15	10	0	0	0	0
France	2,115	720	170	355	255	250	365
French Guiana	15	10	10	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	105	0	0	10	20	40	30
Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Germany	410	205	55	70	30	25	20
Ghana	70	0	15	35	0	10	0
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	60	40	15	0	0	0	0
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	15	0	10	10	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	20	0	10	0	0	10	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	110	0	45	50	0	15	0
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	240	0	10	25	50	95	55
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	25	15	10	0	0	0	0
Haiti	2,075	315	240	290	320	435	470
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	65	0	10	10	15	15	10
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	70	25	30	10	0	0	0
Hungary	45	20	20	10	0	0	0
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	120	55	15	10	10	10	25
Indonesia	15	0	0	10	10	10	0
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	500	10	135	120	60	80	100
Iraq	315	15	20	85	30	90	75
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	75	15	10	15	10	10	25
Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	35	10	10	0	0	0	15
Italy	220	175	20	10	10	0	10
Jamaica	150	45	25	15	0	40	30
Japan	45	0	0	25	10	0	10
Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	105	0	10	0	20	30	45
Kazakhstan	50	0	0	20	10	10	20
Kenya	95	0	0	20	30	15	30
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	160	15	30	20	30	25	35
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Kuwait	85	0	10	40	10	25	10
Kyrgyzstan	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	75	0	55	10	0	10	0
Latvia	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	2,495	385	720	695	200	280	215
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	60	15	0	10	15	20	10
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Madagascar	110	10	0	20	10	20	45
Malawi	15	10	0	0	10	0	0
Malaysia	30	15	0	0	0	0	0
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	165	0	0	35	30	10	90
Malta	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	50	0	0	0	15	10	20
Mauritius	60	0	15	0	10	0	25
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	495	25	45	90	145	120	75
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	180	0	0	20	40	80	35
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	15	0	0	0	0	15	0
Montenegro	20	0	0	15	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1,540	25	70	290	360	475	315
Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Netherlands	185	115	15	0	10	25	15
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	35	10	10	0	0	0	0
Nicaragua	75	0	25	10	25	15	0
Niger	90	0	0	30	15	15	40
Nigeria	115	0	15	20	10	0	60
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	130	10	10	60	0	0	55
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	15	0	0	0	10	10	0
Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Peru	340	15	30	45	75	130	50
Philippines	385	20	45	90	25	100	105
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	315	55	150	65	30	10	0
Portugal	1,425	1,055	250	80	10	15	10
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Romania	950	25	145	205	295	155	120
Russian Federation	290	10	0	110	80	25	70
Rwanda	685	0	20	195	110	165	195
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	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	25	10	10	10	0	0	0
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20	10	0	0	10	0	0
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Saudi Arabia	35	0	0	10	10	0	10
Senegal	390	0	20	50	70	120	125
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	190	15	0	110	10	35	25
Seychelles	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Singapore	20	10	0	10	0	0	10
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	70	10	25	25	15	0	0
Slovenia	10	10	0	0	0	0	10
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	95	0	30	40	0	10	15
South Africa, Republic of	90	10	20	15	20	20	10
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Spain	80	35	0	15	10	10	20
Sri Lanka	60	0	0	20	15	10	0
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Switzerland	150	45	25	25	30	0	30
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	490	25	25	45	40	50	310
Taiwan	40	0	0	10	15	10	10
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	95	10	0	0	0	20	60
Thailand	95	10	15	30	10	15	20
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	295	0	0	25	30	80	150
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	90	50	10	20	0	10	0
Tunisia	350	15	10	50	80	85	110
Turkey	95	0	0	10	40	40	15
Turkmenistan	0	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
Uganda	35	0	15	0	0	0	10
Ukraine	215	0	0	60	50	40	60
United Arab Emirates	40	0	10	15	0	0	10
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	735	505	55	55	40	45	40
United States ^{Footnote 2}	975	395	90	110	65	135	180
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	40	0	10	0	0	15	10
Uzbekistan	35	0	0	10	0	30	0
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	175	15	20	60	15	20	50
Viet Nam	370	95	110	85	45	30	10
Virgin Islands, British	0	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
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	50	0	0	10	10	0	25
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	15	0	10	0	0	0	10
Zambia	55	0	0	0	20	25	10
Zimbabwe	35	0	10	0	15	10	0

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Note(s): 1

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.