Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Calgary, 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}	404,700	69,585	41,040	68,565	59,300	72,955	93,255
Afghanistan	3,285	10	120	920	1,035	705	490
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	870	0	10	195	300	195	175
Algeria	770	30	10	85	260	235	155
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	155	0	15	25	45	25	30
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	155	55	35	30	0	15	25
Argentina	800	150	120	110	180	110	130
Armenia	65	0	10	25	20	15	0
Aruba	25	15	0	0	0	10	0
Australia	1,630	430	115	195	140	190	555
Austria	635	480	70	25	15	20	25
Azerbaijan	250	15	10	45	40	45	105
Bahamas	80	15	10	30	0	0	0
Bahrain	160	10	0	40	35	50	30
Bangladesh	3,150	25	75	495	820	975	750
Barbados	270	130	50	45	10	10	25
Belarus	480	25	15	110	135	120	80
Belgium	395	215	25	50	15	30	45
Belize	160	20	35	10	40	20	45
Benin	45	0	0	0	10	30	10
Bermuda	75	25	15	10	10	20	0
Bhutan	195	0	0	0	0	95	95
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	280	40	35	15	10	95	85
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,070	145	75	1,545	155	60	95
Botswana	65	10	0	10	10	10	30
Brazil	1,475	55	65	145	155	525	530
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	335	85	185	35	10	20	10
Bulgaria	850	10	20	240	320	165	95
Burkina Faso	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	600	50	45	65	55	325	65
Burundi	190	25	10	30	65	45	20
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	1,465	205	795	220	70	110	65
Cameroon	865	0	0	30	85	185	570
Cayman Islands	25	10	0	0	10	10	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	80	0	10	25	10	25	10
Chile	1,820	1,120	345	130	55	95	80
China ^{Footnote 17}	34,940	4,015	2,830	6,405	9,180	6,245	6,265
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	5,805	75	45	465	1,975	1,970	1,275
Comoros	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	895	45	25	160	190	255	215
Congo, Republic of the	85	15	0	20	10	20	20
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	225	0	35	40	25	15	105
Croatia	1,315	705	80	350	50	20	100
Cuba	530	10	10	105	130	145	130
Curaçao	25	15	0	0	0	10	0
Cyprus	30	0	10	10	10	0	0
Czech Republic	1,175	575	365	100	50	20	65
Côte d'Ivoire	230	0	0	10	30	45	130
Denmark	840	690	70	40	15	10	15
Djibouti	45	0	10	10	10	15	10
Dominica	45	10	10	0	0	10	10
Dominican Republic	145	0	10	20	25	30	55
Ecuador	315	20	30	55	40	115	55
Egypt	2,930	200	135	440	295	730	1,130
El Salvador	2,450	45	1,260	635	95	190	225
Equatorial Guinea	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Eritrea	2,270	20	200	195	290	525	1,045
Estonia	135	35	0	25	35	20	20
Ethiopia	5,230	30	225	730	1,150	1,510	1,590
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	1,500	305	315	480	155	130	110
Finland	220	120	15	25	0	25	30
France	1,285	410	100	165	95	240	270
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Gabon	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Gambia	60	0	0	0	10	15	40
Georgia	135	0	0	15	10	35	80
Germany	6,485	4,315	455	550	250	460	460
Ghana	1,370	75	185	325	215	240	330
Gibraltar	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	940	620	80	60	35	30	110
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	130	35	35	20	15	15	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	980	30	395	300	40	95	135
Guernsey	20	10	0	10	0	10	0
Guinea	105	0	0	10	10	25	65
Guinea-Bissau	20	0	0	10	10	0	0
Guyana	865	430	200	125	35	30	35
Haiti	525	100	65	55	50	105	150
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	260	25	45	65	0	45	80
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	11,115	3,320	2,705	3,990	305	370	415
Hungary	1,960	1,025	280	215	95	135	215
Iceland	40	35	0	0	0	0	10
India	46,945	3,280	3,045	8,785	8,105	10,685	13,050
Indonesia	860	220	135	120	95	165	125
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	5,800	60	470	950	900	1,175	2,245
Iraq	3,655	55	80	875	580	835	1,225
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	1,685	550	195	120	105	110	605
Isle of Man	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Israel	670	130	85	80	85	70	225
Italy	3,855	3,245	155	90	55	150	155
Jamaica	3,085	1,075	495	515	160	370	465
Japan	1,550	235	75	260	280	365	330
Jersey	20	10	0	0	0	10	0
Jordan	555	20	20	90	125	115	185
Kazakhstan	970	0	0	185	365	240	180
Kenya	2,740	955	435	315	215	340	465
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	20	20	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	7,285	380	315	1,540	1,575	1,565	1,905
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	425	0	0	160	125	40	90
Kuwait	720	15	45	205	120	135	200
Kyrgyzstan	305	0	0	20	80	150	50
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	640	330	195	70	15	0	20
Latvia	245	60	10	25	40	35	80
Lebanon	4,335	1,125	865	915	440	450	545
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	250	0	10	30	120	70	15
Libya	550	20	10	120	110	145	150
Liechtenstein	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	270	25	10	30	70	35	110
Luxembourg	30	20	0	0	0	0	0
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	225	70	55	75	10	10	0
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	250	35	10	60	90	15	40
Madagascar	50	10	0	15	0	0	0
Malawi	65	10	10	20	10	0	15
Malaysia	2,095	430	555	310	240	260	310
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	25	0	10	0	0	10	10
Malta	55	40	10	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	25	0	0	0	20	0	0
Mauritius	395	35	40	85	35	100	95
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	4,485	165	220	470	425	1,235	1,970
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	1,070	20	65	100	80	365	450
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	520	0	0	0	165	225	125
Montenegro	60	20	10	35	10	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	685	40	45	55	160	195	195
Mozambique	30	0	10	0	10	0	0
Namibia	90	10	0	25	25	0	25
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	1,855	0	15	90	265	370	1,120
Netherlands	3,385	2,575	245	210	80	130	135
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	680	215	90	95	85	90	115
Nicaragua	590	10	355	140	15	30	45
Niger	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Nigeria	7,690	85	85	330	845	2,435	3,915
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	25	0	0	0	25	0	0
Norway	245	100	35	40	10	35	30
Oman	145	0	0	30	55	40	20
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	50	10	0	10	10	10	15
Pakistan	17,740	590	540	3,395	4,730	4,085	4,405
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	60	10	15	10	10	15	15
Papua New Guinea	30	15	0	0	10	10	10
Paraguay	100	65	0	10	15	15	0
Peru	1,115	60	140	190	270	245	215
Philippines	53,450	2,365	2,885	7,900	6,405	11,940	21,965
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	6,840	1,135	2,705	1,725	225	555	505
Portugal	1,170	855	165	75	10	15	55
Puerto Rico	45	0	20	0	10	15	0
Qatar	320	0	0	45	35	70	170
Romania	4,515	265	405	1,215	1,255	765	610
Russian Federation	4,000	185	65	1,100	1,005	1,000	645
Rwanda	90	10	0	20	10	10	35
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	35	10	10	10	0	10	0
Saint Lucia	170	45	30	0	0	25	70
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	275	60	25	35	55	50	55
Samoa	10	0	0	10	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	1,110	0	45	245	185	285	350
Senegal	270	10	0	35	45	65	105
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	1,125	220	20	525	115	85	155
Seychelles	30	0	10	10	0	15	0
Sierra Leone	260	15	0	80	55	60	40
Singapore	920	125	170	165	135	230	85
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	1,060	260	185	215	235	75	90
Slovenia	300	240	15	35	0	0	10
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	1,340	15	160	520	190	205	240
South Africa, Republic of	3,015	395	260	885	400	550	525
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	1,465	10	30	420	745	180	75
Spain	535	225	35	15	45	20	190
Sri Lanka	2,010	110	285	430	385	475	335
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	895	0	35	170	240	230	220
Suriname	35	10	0	0	10	10	15
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	10	0	10	0	10	0	0
Sweden	290	150	40	25	10	20	40
Switzerland	740	400	95	110	35	60	45
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	2,190	95	70	175	210	260	1,385
Taiwan	2,240	200	160	960	320	275	320
Tajikistan	65	0	0	10	30	25	0
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	2,855	1,595	675	315	100	75	95
Thailand	885	65	205	105	110	260	135
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	75	0	0	15	10	15	30
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1,470	695	255	245	95	95	85
Tunisia	290	25	15	20	35	135	70
Turkey	820	100	80	195	200	100	140
Turkmenistan	50	0	0	0	15	25	15
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	945	570	110	90	55	45	65
Ukraine	2,965	335	70	585	550	600	830
United Arab Emirates	1,240	0	35	210	200	355	440
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	26,180	13,220	3,015	2,195	1,840	3,035	2,875
United States ^{Footnote 2}	12,110	4,315	1,335	1,355	1,135	1,915	2,050
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	170	45	0	45	0	50	20
Uzbekistan	275	0	20	40	80	75	60
Vanuatu	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	3,080	35	15	100	590	1,210	1,130
Viet Nam	15,700	3,765	5,345	3,200	970	1,195	1,220
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}	315	35	10	25	55	75	110
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	340	10	20	35	35	90	155
Zambia	280	45	75	45	20	60	40
Zimbabwe	1,005	60	85	145	285	240	190

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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.