Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables
Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Data table
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Total immigrant population | Before 1981 | 1981 to 1990 | 1991 to 2000 | 2001 to 2005 | 2006 to 2010 | 2011 to 2016 | |
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Total - Place of birth Footnote 1 | 255,800 | 60,780 | 33,985 | 57,145 | 30,955 | 35,045 | 37,890 |
Afghanistan | 2,505 | 15 | 190 | 790 | 630 | 330 | 550 |
Åland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Albania | 265 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 125 | 35 | 30 |
Algeria | 2,245 | 75 | 130 | 540 | 525 | 585 | 390 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Angola | 160 | 25 | 50 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 125 | 70 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argentina | 605 | 120 | 95 | 95 | 165 | 90 | 35 |
Armenia | 95 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 40 | 10 |
Aruba | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia | 575 | 220 | 25 | 100 | 40 | 55 | 130 |
Austria | 515 | 385 | 55 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 10 |
Azerbaijan | 100 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
Bahamas | 75 | 40 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Bahrain | 75 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
Bangladesh | 2,695 | 80 | 295 | 840 | 465 | 475 | 540 |
Barbados | 445 | 245 | 95 | 60 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
Belarus | 475 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 110 | 100 | 120 |
Belgium | 905 | 485 | 60 | 85 | 75 | 75 | 125 |
Belize | 45 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Benin | 375 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 80 | 75 | 145 |
Bermuda | 65 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
Bhutan | 375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 190 |
Bolivia Footnote 3 | 135 | 35 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,340 | 85 | 30 | 1,995 | 135 | 30 | 65 |
Botswana | 125 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 60 |
Brazil | 1,295 | 125 | 85 | 265 | 150 | 470 | 200 |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brunei Darussalam | 25 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgaria | 1,045 | 35 | 100 | 420 | 220 | 150 | 120 |
Burkina Faso | 275 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 90 | 125 |
Burma (Myanmar) | 470 | 55 | 10 | 60 | 55 | 155 | 130 |
Burundi | 2,510 | 0 | 40 | 325 | 590 | 570 | 985 |
Cabo Verde | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Cambodia | 1,535 | 395 | 800 | 120 | 80 | 70 | 65 |
Cameroon | 1,610 | 25 | 15 | 145 | 105 | 565 | 755 |
Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Central African Republic | 215 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 75 | 115 |
Chad | 170 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 75 |
Chile | 740 | 330 | 155 | 110 | 40 | 60 | 40 |
China Footnote 17 | 18,900 | 1,580 | 1,420 | 6,900 | 3,770 | 2,375 | 2,860 |
Christmas Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colombia | 2,740 | 135 | 125 | 300 | 775 | 890 | 515 |
Comoros | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4,245 | 100 | 60 | 1,020 | 830 | 1,155 | 1,085 |
Congo, Republic of the | 300 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 110 | 60 | 80 |
Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 185 | 10 | 35 | 65 | 10 | 35 | 30 |
Croatia | 1,025 | 420 | 90 | 430 | 30 | 20 | 25 |
Cuba | 1,090 | 35 | 40 | 210 | 290 | 290 | 220 |
Curaçao | 45 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Cyprus | 45 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 915 | 525 | 205 | 100 | 35 | 40 | 10 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1,070 | 0 | 35 | 115 | 160 | 335 | 425 |
Denmark | 310 | 220 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Djibouti | 1,070 | 0 | 60 | 230 | 135 | 150 | 490 |
Dominica | 105 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 420 | 20 | 80 | 65 | 55 | 55 | 145 |
Ecuador | 190 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 50 | 40 |
Egypt | 3,745 | 685 | 315 | 575 | 530 | 795 | 850 |
El Salvador | 2,165 | 40 | 1,180 | 625 | 95 | 140 | 90 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eritrea | 935 | 25 | 215 | 215 | 30 | 200 | 245 |
Estonia | 150 | 80 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Ethiopia | 2,320 | 20 | 510 | 770 | 285 | 400 | 340 |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fiji | 35 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Finland | 285 | 135 | 25 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 30 |
France | 4,470 | 1,685 | 385 | 740 | 520 | 490 | 650 |
French Guiana | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
French Polynesia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Gabon | 185 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 90 | 45 |
Gambia | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
Georgia | 70 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
Germany | 4,560 | 3,140 | 415 | 480 | 195 | 155 | 175 |
Ghana | 795 | 55 | 135 | 300 | 100 | 150 | 65 |
Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greece | 990 | 830 | 60 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
Greenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grenada | 150 | 20 | 60 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Guadeloupe | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Guam | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guatemala | 445 | 0 | 235 | 140 | 20 | 40 | 10 |
Guernsey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Guinea | 400 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 90 | 140 | 90 |
Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Guyana | 1,420 | 775 | 325 | 165 | 80 | 50 | 30 |
Haiti | 8,515 | 1,085 | 1,050 | 1,415 | 1,235 | 1,950 | 1,780 |
Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Honduras | 240 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 15 | 45 | 85 |
Hong Kong Footnote 18 | 3,095 | 1,225 | 890 | 795 | 65 | 35 | 85 |
Hungary | 890 | 600 | 135 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 20 |
Iceland | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India | 10,685 | 2,495 | 965 | 2,295 | 1,615 | 1,360 | 1,950 |
Indonesia | 340 | 130 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 10 |
Iran Footnote 14 | 4,900 | 225 | 1,050 | 1,385 | 660 | 710 | 880 |
Iraq | 3,870 | 60 | 240 | 1,040 | 400 | 980 | 1,155 |
Ireland Footnote 6 | 915 | 485 | 190 | 80 | 20 | 50 | 95 |
Isle of Man | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Israel | 805 | 190 | 110 | 140 | 60 | 100 | 200 |
Italy | 5,675 | 5,155 | 225 | 115 | 30 | 85 | 60 |
Jamaica | 3,175 | 1,375 | 630 | 685 | 155 | 180 | 145 |
Japan | 775 | 140 | 30 | 235 | 105 | 165 | 110 |
Jersey | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan | 1,250 | 40 | 35 | 205 | 270 | 330 | 370 |
Kazakhstan | 220 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 65 |
Kenya | 1,165 | 285 | 165 | 250 | 195 | 110 | 155 |
Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Korea, North Footnote 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Korea, South Footnote 20 | 1,855 | 225 | 145 | 540 | 315 | 375 | 255 |
Kosovo Footnote 8 | 355 | 0 | 10 | 220 | 55 | 50 | 30 |
Kuwait | 2,380 | 10 | 315 | 1,150 | 350 | 340 | 230 |
Kyrgyzstan | 65 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 10 |
Laos Footnote 22 | 475 | 250 | 195 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Latvia | 145 | 70 | 10 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Lebanon | 13,560 | 2,825 | 3,805 | 3,360 | 1,105 | 1,345 | 1,120 |
Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberia | 135 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 0 |
Libya | 790 | 35 | 75 | 165 | 140 | 195 | 180 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lithuania | 125 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
Luxembourg | 45 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Macao Footnote 21 | 95 | 20 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Macedonia, Republic of Footnote 9 | 85 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
Madagascar | 215 | 15 | 20 | 45 | 50 | 25 | 60 |
Malawi | 105 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
Malaysia | 875 | 305 | 255 | 155 | 40 | 55 | 70 |
Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mali | 250 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 40 | 105 |
Malta | 100 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mauritania | 55 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Mauritius | 660 | 105 | 190 | 65 | 115 | 110 | 90 |
Mayotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mexico | 1,825 | 135 | 235 | 395 | 370 | 360 | 325 |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moldova Footnote 5 | 540 | 10 | 0 | 200 | 120 | 125 | 80 |
Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mongolia | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Montenegro | 35 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montserrat | 45 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morocco | 2,775 | 195 | 215 | 610 | 570 | 695 | 485 |
Mozambique | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Namibia | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Nauru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nepal | 735 | 0 | 10 | 85 | 150 | 200 | 290 |
Netherlands | 2,280 | 1,890 | 150 | 85 | 45 | 75 | 40 |
New Caledonia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand | 275 | 155 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
Nicaragua | 775 | 0 | 425 | 225 | 55 | 45 | 25 |
Niger | 155 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 80 |
Nigeria | 1,390 | 65 | 95 | 170 | 180 | 430 | 445 |
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 | 130 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Oman | 55 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 30 |
Other places of birth Footnote 23 | 55 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan | 3,980 | 535 | 260 | 1,110 | 760 | 610 | 695 |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panama | 70 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Papua New Guinea | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paraguay | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peru | 1,165 | 80 | 150 | 275 | 235 | 280 | 145 |
Philippines | 9,305 | 750 | 770 | 2,185 | 1,005 | 1,855 | 2,745 |
Pitcairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poland | 4,530 | 880 | 2,250 | 1,040 | 150 | 155 | 55 |
Portugal | 3,435 | 2,585 | 585 | 125 | 20 | 65 | 55 |
Puerto Rico | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Qatar | 180 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 60 |
Romania | 3,370 | 245 | 605 | 1,160 | 780 | 345 | 240 |
Russian Federation | 3,190 | 100 | 90 | 1,465 | 660 | 460 | 425 |
Rwanda | 1,280 | 15 | 30 | 405 | 180 | 330 | 320 |
Réunion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 | 60 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Lucia | 610 | 185 | 155 | 110 | 40 | 60 | 60 |
Saint Martin (French part) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 220 | 65 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 10 | 30 |
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 | 1,315 | 0 | 85 | 350 | 180 | 325 | 375 |
Senegal | 595 | 10 | 20 | 95 | 100 | 210 | 160 |
Serbia Footnote 10 | 1,070 | 150 | 50 | 580 | 150 | 95 | 45 |
Seychelles | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | 150 | 0 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 10 | 15 |
Singapore | 235 | 40 | 80 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 35 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slovakia | 680 | 190 | 185 | 140 | 85 | 55 | 20 |
Slovenia | 165 | 140 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Somalia | 3,990 | 45 | 695 | 2,055 | 350 | 465 | 375 |
South Africa, Republic of | 965 | 325 | 125 | 270 | 65 | 80 | 110 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Sudan | 260 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 105 | 20 | 20 |
Spain | 465 | 255 | 45 | 30 | 20 | 70 | 50 |
Sri Lanka | 2,400 | 140 | 380 | 900 | 345 | 415 | 220 |
Sudan Footnote 13 | 450 | 20 | 30 | 155 | 75 | 80 | 90 |
Suriname | 35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swaziland | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden | 260 | 130 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 30 |
Switzerland | 795 | 325 | 150 | 150 | 60 | 65 | 40 |
Syria Footnote 15 | 3,615 | 185 | 235 | 435 | 330 | 305 | 2,135 |
Taiwan | 885 | 135 | 105 | 365 | 105 | 115 | 55 |
Tajikistan | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 10 |
Tanzania Footnote 12 | 505 | 145 | 70 | 85 | 50 | 65 | 90 |
Thailand | 895 | 85 | 285 | 95 | 95 | 210 | 125 |
Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Togo | 480 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 55 | 135 | 210 |
Tokelau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,360 | 830 | 220 | 215 | 30 | 40 | 25 |
Tunisia | 860 | 45 | 25 | 195 | 195 | 185 | 210 |
Turkey | 1,025 | 155 | 165 | 220 | 155 | 130 | 200 |
Turkmenistan | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tuvalu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uganda | 685 | 275 | 120 | 75 | 65 | 75 | 70 |
Ukraine | 2,010 | 160 | 60 | 755 | 470 | 285 | 280 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,210 | 0 | 80 | 240 | 270 | 275 | 350 |
United Kingdom Footnote 7 | 17,230 | 11,785 | 1,865 | 1,285 | 690 | 950 | 665 |
United States Footnote 2 | 9,530 | 3,815 | 880 | 1,045 | 925 | 1,500 | 1,360 |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uruguay | 80 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
Uzbekistan | 180 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 65 | 20 |
Vanuatu | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Venezuela Footnote 4 | 790 | 95 | 55 | 190 | 145 | 140 | 170 |
Viet Nam | 5,980 | 1,680 | 2,080 | 1,320 | 245 | 440 | 210 |
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 |
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) Footnote 16 | 670 | 75 | 105 | 220 | 105 | 95 | 70 |
Western Sahara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yemen | 465 | 20 | 30 | 135 | 100 | 55 | 120 |
Zambia | 285 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 70 | 50 | 55 |
Zimbabwe | 370 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 155 | 90 | 40 |
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