Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Toronto, 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}	2,705,550	611,635	370,195	638,770	379,400	348,620	356,930
Italy	103,620	96,915	3,055	1,420	610	775	850
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	99,165	69,975	10,545	7,030	3,385	4,245	3,990
Portugal	71,045	42,980	16,655	6,160	1,185	1,880	2,190
Jamaica	99,665	38,925	18,900	21,235	6,685	6,625	7,295
India	307,275	29,865	27,440	72,255	63,810	55,090	58,820
Greece	27,890	24,390	1,390	795	305	270	740
Guyana	69,020	20,610	19,065	16,905	5,340	4,495	2,605
China ^{Footnote 17}	266,840	19,475	21,220	65,240	62,105	48,980	49,810
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	100,065	19,345	30,825	43,135	2,890	2,055	1,815
Philippines	192,265	18,325	22,410	46,345	24,980	36,615	43,590
Trinidad and Tobago	43,130	17,420	8,235	11,290	2,315	2,590	1,280
Germany	22,965	17,260	1,495	1,615	835	855	910
United States ^{Footnote 2}	46,695	14,305	4,595	6,370	5,745	7,615	8,070
Viet Nam	59,365	13,190	22,555	13,985	3,580	3,365	2,690
Poland	57,450	9,590	24,435	17,565	2,420	1,960	1,485
Croatia	12,010	7,720	1,080	2,480	325	170	225
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	45,700	7,070	5,580	11,970	9,880	6,315	4,880
Pakistan	119,080	6,525	4,625	33,945	32,350	19,895	21,745
Netherlands	7,620	6,105	450	385	235	205	245
Hungary	11,925	5,800	1,665	1,145	655	765	1,900
Barbados	7,725	4,670	1,295	870	190	315	385
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	9,720	4,630	2,360	1,190	600	530	415
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	8,115	4,225	1,285	515	215	380	1,490
South Africa, Republic of	13,040	4,005	3,115	2,890	1,325	895	805
Ecuador	11,000	3,865	1,775	2,590	1,215	905	650
Malta	4,145	3,650	285	125	40	45	0
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	13,085	3,410	1,250	5,770	1,215	775	665
Israel	13,670	3,380	2,200	2,055	2,085	2,285	1,660
Kenya	11,310	3,080	2,580	1,865	1,405	1,215	1,155
Austria	3,750	3,010	270	235	95	40	100
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	6,490	2,885	705	1,165	1,065	435	230
Ukraine	32,110	2,840	1,615	11,400	7,890	4,710	3,655
Egypt	24,815	2,775	2,470	5,465	3,265	4,870	5,975
Uganda	4,850	2,650	585	480	310	460	365
Slovenia	2,915	2,595	90	150	40	10	20
France	6,895	2,525	610	905	555	895	1,400
Czech Republic	4,595	2,475	1,005	470	205	235	200
Chile	6,865	2,360	2,285	1,260	405	250	295
Lebanon	13,610	2,205	3,655	3,210	1,410	1,685	1,445
Taiwan	14,975	2,170	2,565	6,345	1,415	1,725	760
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7,670	2,100	1,000	1,210	775	1,185	1,400
Argentina	7,995	2,070	1,530	1,830	1,290	795	480
Romania	25,520	2,055	3,055	10,040	6,200	2,685	1,490
Grenada	7,345	1,860	1,185	2,035	840	840	585
Sri Lanka	101,545	1,730	17,240	45,265	16,090	13,835	7,395
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	3,035	1,710	1,105	135	40	25	15
Colombia	17,150	1,635	1,125	2,460	4,480	4,835	2,610
Cyprus	1,965	1,580	160	105	30	40	55
Uruguay	3,370	1,535	635	665	210	225	95
Russian Federation	34,380	1,530	1,610	13,595	8,310	5,395	3,940
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	74,530	1,460	9,260	18,695	12,965	13,510	18,640
Spain	2,345	1,440	135	180	115	125	345
Slovakia	4,320	1,430	740	710	555	225	655
Japan	5,880	1,415	515	1,165	720	1,100	965
Australia	3,775	1,365	290	415	285	415	1,005
Morocco	3,480	1,365	365	510	400	465	365
Finland	1,685	1,345	80	80	45	40	90
Turkey	11,355	1,340	1,240	2,380	2,410	1,930	2,055
Malaysia	7,585	1,325	2,695	1,545	800	735	475
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,630	1,255	460	6,975	460	270	220
Switzerland	2,070	1,200	265	220	75	160	145
Belgium	1,805	1,180	145	170	90	105	125
Denmark	1,530	1,085	110	100	45	65	125
Indonesia	5,150	1,060	630	1,100	985	830	550
Brazil	10,620	965	965	2,000	1,450	2,645	2,595
Latvia	2,760	955	360	625	425	150	250
Antigua and Barbuda	1,385	920	215	85	40	70	60
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,295	905	215	85	25	40	20
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	10,835	905	850	1,240	1,050	1,280	5,510
Estonia	1,395	880	30	320	80	40	45
Peru	8,100	860	1,965	2,070	1,185	1,290	730
Iraq	29,230	820	2,010	7,070	3,685	7,365	8,275
Ghana	13,465	780	3,025	5,460	1,790	1,370	1,040
Sweden	1,440	745	170	165	105	160	100
Lithuania	2,300	720	255	545	350	255	170
Mauritius	5,845	690	1,145	770	1,130	1,245	865
Dominica	1,700	665	365	320	100	115	140
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	2,895	660	410	460	435	515	415
Fiji	2,035	655	580	540	115	75	65
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	2,730	595	780	1,075	95	120	60
Mexico	11,390	585	900	1,975	2,045	2,840	3,040
Nigeria	16,395	580	600	2,595	3,195	4,620	4,805
Burma (Myanmar)	2,040	565	335	445	125	350	215
Cambodia	4,705	550	2,310	805	365	455	220
Singapore	3,470	550	885	775	470	420	380
Saint Lucia	3,935	535	290	525	335	975	1,275
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	6,080	535	505	955	995	1,210	1,875
Jordan	4,940	510	300	850	935	1,000	1,340
New Zealand	1,225	485	90	130	165	155	200
Bangladesh	32,385	470	1,510	8,345	7,475	7,715	6,870
El Salvador	11,110	405	5,100	3,565	590	735	710
Angola	1,270	365	160	340	235	85	85
Haiti	2,590	360	260	210	175	720	865
Guatemala	4,315	320	1,755	1,370	240	350	290
Thailand	2,645	305	755	425	345	435	375
Zimbabwe	2,450	265	245	240	570	740	395
Bermuda	515	245	60	40	50	70	55
Zambia	1,210	240	250	365	165	130	65
Bulgaria	6,900	235	405	2,230	2,385	1,130	520
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,895	235	100	940	645	400	570
Aruba	275	215	40	10	0	0	0
Belarus	5,595	215	440	1,885	1,490	1,015	545
Norway	595	215	40	160	55	60	70
Montenegro	805	205	35	335	85	85	60
Mozambique	565	205	175	115	20	30	20
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	445	195	40	0	30	75	100
Montserrat	250	180	30	25	10	0	0
Ethiopia	10,865	175	2,920	3,355	1,405	1,340	1,665
Suriname	590	175	90	160	105	45	25
Bahamas	595	160	115	70	30	50	170
Uzbekistan	3,240	155	100	770	735	885	595
Tunisia	575	140	35	75	90	110	130
Cuba	5,420	135	190	1,010	1,395	1,490	1,200
Dominican Republic	3,100	120	480	805	385	420	895
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	4,490	120	350	1,020	1,175	1,040	775
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	200	110	0	35	20	15	10
Curaçao	170	105	25	20	10	10	15
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	3,480	105	210	1,490	755	435	485
Algeria	1,240	100	70	340	230	300	205
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	900	100	195	165	125	225	85
Belize	260	95	50	65	0	10	40
Honduras	1,410	95	325	380	205	130	280
Afghanistan	25,420	90	2,760	7,995	5,885	4,075	4,615
Nicaragua	2,855	85	1,255	1,150	100	95	160
Panama	890	85	245	335	80	85	65
Burundi	650	75	15	190	80	155	140
Georgia	1,580	75	65	325	380	370	365
Luxembourg	115	70	0	10	10	0	20
Albania	10,135	65	15	2,975	3,840	1,695	1,540
Eritrea	4,145	65	1,050	945	330	690	1,060
Kuwait	6,230	65	725	2,285	1,050	1,090	1,020
Rwanda	640	65	50	110	80	190	135
Somalia	10,850	65	1,695	5,780	1,085	1,075	1,150
Brunei Darussalam	340	60	95	80	40	30	35
Libya	1,420	55	170	215	270	220	485
Kazakhstan	3,880	50	10	1,085	1,385	880	470
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	1,665	50	20	890	275	195	245
Yemen	770	45	60	145	155	145	215
Costa Rica	1,300	40	150	285	235	340	245
Iceland	60	40	0	0	0	0	15
Paraguay	255	40	40	45	40	50	40
Puerto Rico	135	40	10	25	20	25	20
Bahrain	1,435	35	135	570	290	215	195
Guernsey	40	35	0	0	0	10	0
Jersey	45	35	0	10	0	0	0
Anguilla	40	30	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia	1,890	30	30	295	430	575	530
Gibraltar	30	30	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man	45	30	15	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	9,435	30	395	3,055	2,010	1,810	2,140
Guinea	475	25	45	85	75	105	145
Liechtenstein	30	25	15	0	0	0	0
Malawi	175	25	35	25	10	40	45
Senegal	315	25	10	20	30	110	125
Sierra Leone	800	25	45	270	305	85	70
Cayman Islands	145	20	0	15	25	15	60
Martinique	65	20	10	0	0	0	25
Nepal	5,620	20	45	240	1,040	1,840	2,435
Virgin Islands, United States	40	20	10	0	0	10	0
Congo, Republic of the	135	15	0	45	30	20	20
Gambia	280	15	35	80	45	30	70
Kyrgyzstan	785	15	20	175	230	210	130
Namibia	170	15	15	35	0	10	95
Togo	175	15	10	60	25	10	60
United Arab Emirates	11,665	15	335	2,615	2,440	2,890	3,375
Azerbaijan	2,380	10	95	605	820	615	240
Benin	115	10	0	15	10	50	45
Burkina Faso	65	10	0	0	25	25	10
Cabo Verde	75	10	15	40	0	0	0
Cameroon	1,865	10	20	100	225	705	800
Côte d'Ivoire	615	10	30	75	80	135	290
Djibouti	365	10	65	100	10	75	100
Faroe Islands	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	400	10	35	135	80	90	50
Saint Martin (French part)	35	10	0	0	10	20	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	20	10	10	10	0	0	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	60	10	15	0	10	10	10
Turks and Caicos Islands	20	10	0	0	0	0	15
Virgin Islands, British	60	10	30	0	0	10	10
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bhutan	200	0	0	0	0	75	110
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Botswana	245	0	10	45	25	45	120
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	40	0	0	10	10	0	20
Chad	125	0	10	35	30	30	25
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	10
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	10	0	0	10	10	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	95	0	15	35	20	0	20
French Polynesia	20	0	10	10	0	0	0
Gabon	55	0	0	10	10	25	10
Greenland	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	20	0	10	10	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	35	0	0	30	10	0	0
Madagascar	155	0	40	45	10	20	35
Maldives	30	0	0	10	10	10	10
Mali	175	0	0	35	20	40	75
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	40	0	0	0	20	15	10
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	20	0	0	10	0	0	15
Mongolia	295	0	0	25	65	115	95
Nauru	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Niger	60	0	0	10	10	20	30
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	30	0	0	0	15	10	0
Oman	850	0	25	220	290	185	135
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	45	0	20	10	0	10	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	1,090	0	60	260	200	270	295
Réunion	15	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
Samoa	25	0	10	10	0	0	0
San Marino	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	20	0	0	15	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles	130	0	50	50	20	0	10
Solomon Islands	25	0	0	0	0	15	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	290	0	20	90	100	45	35
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	145	0	0	10	0	25	110
Tajikistan	565	0	0	115	175	155	115
Timor-Leste	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	210	0	0	30	55	95	25
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	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.