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}	1,266,005	294,065	171,565	281,870	162,775	167,780	187,950
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	38,820	10,575	12,240	13,830	965	575	635
Philippines	118,775	8,845	12,185	27,345	14,075	24,595	31,730
China ^{Footnote 17}	131,475	12,310	11,870	30,190	29,455	24,460	23,195
Viet Nam	30,575	6,560	11,670	7,310	1,760	1,895	1,375
Portugal	38,575	20,935	9,920	3,820	805	1,390	1,710
Guyana	34,495	10,235	9,240	8,750	2,580	2,290	1,390
Poland	21,365	5,440	8,695	5,550	635	570	470
Sri Lanka	52,900	795	8,520	23,300	8,290	7,640	4,355
Jamaica	45,075	17,580	8,475	9,910	2,840	2,740	3,525
India	79,225	9,670	6,600	15,990	13,600	13,265	20,095
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	36,440	790	4,220	7,810	5,785	6,895	10,930
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	40,300	28,645	3,745	2,800	1,210	1,775	2,120
Trinidad and Tobago	19,635	8,675	3,520	4,810	935	1,030	665
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	26,835	4,180	3,335	7,100	5,650	3,650	2,925
El Salvador	6,960	250	3,215	2,260	325	490	415
United States ^{Footnote 2}	24,530	8,770	2,670	3,050	2,395	3,620	4,015
Ethiopia	9,075	115	2,305	2,620	1,235	1,245	1,555
Romania	12,870	1,255	1,810	4,645	2,880	1,430	860
Lebanon	6,010	1,075	1,610	1,300	590	820	615
South Africa, Republic of	5,560	1,900	1,545	1,060	370	285	395
Ghana	6,620	340	1,390	2,750	930	710	510
Pakistan	34,755	2,080	1,355	8,910	9,385	6,295	6,730
Taiwan	7,695	1,155	1,340	3,245	735	900	325
Somalia	9,025	40	1,295	4,730	1,010	940	1,010
Chile	3,880	1,340	1,255	660	265	135	230
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	4,705	2,270	1,140	455	260	360	225
Italy	45,515	42,605	1,095	570	290	415	535
Cambodia	2,235	270	1,085	370	130	245	130
Malaysia	3,230	690	1,065	635	245	335	255
Guatemala	2,440	170	1,030	790	145	165	135
Afghanistan	12,740	50	1,020	3,255	3,025	2,215	3,165
Bangladesh	25,100	185	1,020	6,095	5,655	6,345	5,795
Ecuador	6,540	2,145	1,015	1,595	755	585	445
Hungary	7,855	3,685	975	660	465	440	1,630
Peru	3,865	390	965	980	500	610	430
Greece	19,235	16,765	960	480	235	200	605
Kenya	4,880	1,240	910	870	470	690	695
Israel	4,995	1,510	895	700	635	670	585
Eritrea	3,575	40	835	785	275	665	970
Egypt	6,620	1,360	830	1,210	790	1,080	1,345
Nicaragua	1,930	30	805	835	75	50	135
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	8,525	1,870	805	3,915	865	590	475
Grenada	4,840	935	765	1,415	615	645	470
Argentina	4,195	1,025	745	1,010	640	475	305
Germany	11,090	8,070	740	730	435	490	630
Iraq	11,135	365	725	2,150	1,070	3,115	3,715
Ukraine	15,780	1,795	710	5,255	3,610	2,470	1,930
Barbados	3,935	2,360	670	415	70	185	235
Turkey	7,525	845	645	1,295	1,735	1,330	1,675
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5,215	1,050	620	860	605	925	1,160
Brazil	7,025	540	615	1,230	935	1,795	1,915
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	4,625	2,160	590	260	120	275	1,220
Colombia	8,710	855	585	1,160	2,100	2,580	1,430
Russian Federation	16,225	830	565	5,970	3,890	2,685	2,290
Czech Republic	2,640	1,305	560	315	120	170	170
Mexico	7,225	340	545	1,160	1,220	1,895	2,065
Mauritius	1,870	240	450	215	235	395	330
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	5,580	550	420	400	375	570	3,260
France	4,585	1,465	390	585	370	635	1,145
Thailand	1,490	155	385	205	205	280	265
Croatia	4,675	2,740	380	1,125	175	115	140
Japan	3,985	895	365	720	445	820	735
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	1,050	650	335	15	20	20	10
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	1,195	310	330	430	30	75	30
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	2,985	1,425	330	495	405	215	110
Dominican Republic	1,950	95	325	570	270	265	430
Nigeria	7,605	350	310	1,070	1,315	2,015	2,550
Slovakia	2,325	700	305	280	305	155	580
Indonesia	2,250	490	280	415	365	405	300
Uganda	2,150	950	280	170	200	270	280
Singapore	1,465	285	265	295	195	160	265
Uruguay	1,635	705	260	350	130	120	55
Kuwait	1,930	25	250	720	320	330	285
Bulgaria	4,135	140	235	1,355	1,365	675	375
Dominica	935	335	230	190	65	40	75
Fiji	705	240	230	145	25	10	55
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	2,860	235	215	525	450	375	1,055
Morocco	1,850	645	210	280	225	275	215
Honduras	885	60	205	245	140	70	160
Burma (Myanmar)	1,265	290	190	265	80	255	180
Australia	2,220	755	170	235	150	245	660
Saudi Arabia	3,320	25	160	1,080	540	655	865
Switzerland	1,080	550	155	125	45	75	120
Belarus	2,195	90	150	705	600	430	215
Netherlands	2,690	1,995	150	170	115	105	155
Saint Lucia	2,750	295	145	340	230	730	1,020
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,130	515	135	3,975	230	150	120
Panama	500	55	135	210	35	50	25
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	470	40	130	105	70	100	25
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	900	350	130	135	115	120	50
Haiti	1,850	220	125	125	110	590	680
Saint Kitts and Nevis	690	465	125	40	25	30	10
Cuba	3,305	60	115	625	835	890	770
Jordan	1,415	180	115	230	265	255	375
Latvia	1,445	635	115	285	120	120	170
Antigua and Barbuda	805	530	110	50	40	35	45
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	1,760	45	110	415	425	365	400
Zambia	440	75	110	115	55	55	35
Zimbabwe	1,235	135	110	65	305	475	145
Austria	1,965	1,625	90	105	45	30	60
United Arab Emirates	3,295	15	90	860	705	685	940
Costa Rica	785	15	85	135	175	215	170
Lithuania	1,160	435	85	320	140	115	70
Mozambique	280	105	85	55	0	20	15
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	1,945	75	85	770	460	305	255
Belgium	900	525	80	115	25	70	85
Libya	595	15	80	115	60	85	240
Sweden	775	390	80	95	55	110	50
Malta	1,715	1,575	75	15	25	20	0
Spain	1,520	860	75	120	70	90	305
Angola	870	165	70	275	210	70	75
Algeria	770	50	65	195	115	215	130
Bahamas	385	90	60	50	15	40	125
Cyprus	1,075	885	60	65	15	20	25
Djibouti	270	15	55	60	10	45	90
New Zealand	745	290	50	75	110	90	130
Bahrain	450	10	45	195	70	55	75
Finland	800	645	45	50	15	20	30
Rwanda	445	50	45	70	45	150	90
Bermuda	270	120	40	10	20	25	55
Uzbekistan	1,660	85	40	340	315	490	395
Azerbaijan	1,160	15	35	315	350	320	125
Brunei Darussalam	155	35	35	45	15	25	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,725	125	35	510	395	330	325
Aruba	140	105	30	10	0	10	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	335	125	30	10	15	55	100
Nepal	3,600	10	30	155	665	1,170	1,575
Sierra Leone	595	10	30	210	230	65	55
Slovenia	1,290	1,170	30	70	15	0	0
Suriname	245	90	30	55	40	20	10
Belize	140	65	25	35	0	0	15
Denmark	590	370	25	55	25	40	75
Guinea	275	0	25	35	55	65	90
Malawi	90	0	25	10	0	10	30
Montserrat	140	100	25	15	0	0	0
Paraguay	170	15	25	25	30	40	35
Tunisia	325	80	25	45	60	45	80
Côte d'Ivoire	395	0	20	50	35	115	170
Madagascar	65	0	20	10	10	10	25
Montenegro	505	110	20	215	40	70	55
South Sudan	240	0	20	70	80	40	30
Armenia	1,270	20	15	160	250	420	400
Cameroon	1,095	10	15	40	125	355	560
Estonia	880	585	15	190	50	15	25
Gambia	185	0	15	60	40	15	45
Georgia	1,040	25	15	175	265	230	320
Seychelles	60	10	15	40	0	0	10
Yemen	365	15	15	65	95	60	110
Anguilla	25	25	10	0	0	0	0
Burundi	435	35	10	105	65	90	125
Cabo Verde	45	10	10	30	0	0	0
Chad	80	0	10	25	15	15	20
Curaçao	65	35	10	0	10	10	10
Greenland	10	0	10	0	0	10	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man	10	10	10	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	825	15	10	455	145	105	100
Kyrgyzstan	390	10	10	60	135	105	75
Liberia	240	10	10	70	75	70	0
Mali	105	0	10	25	15	20	35
Martinique	40	15	10	10	0	0	15
Namibia	110	10	10	0	0	10	80
Norway	300	110	10	95	15	40	35
Oman	270	0	10	50	85	70	50
Papua New Guinea	20	10	10	0	0	0	0
Qatar	335	0	10	95	60	80	95
Samoa	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Senegal	225	15	10	10	15	85	105
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	45	0	10	0	0	15	10
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	7,245	35	0	1,975	2,785	1,280	1,170
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benin	80	0	0	0	0	40	30
Bhutan	175	0	0	0	10	75	95
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Botswana	145	0	0	0	10	25	110
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	35	0	0	0	10	15	10
Cayman Islands	55	20	0	0	0	10	20
Central African Republic	15	0	0	0	0	0	15
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	0
Congo, Republic of the	110	20	0	35	25	15	10
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	60	10	0	15	10	0	25
French Polynesia	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Gabon	35	0	0	10	15	15	10
Gibraltar	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guernsey	15	15	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	30	10	0	0	0	0	10
Jersey	15	15	0	10	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	1,870	35	0	540	635	385	275
Lesotho	10	0	0	15	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	20	10	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	60	40	0	10	0	0	10
Maldives	20	0	0	10	0	10	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	25	0	0	0	20	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	15	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mongolia	225	0	0	25	40	75	95
Nauru	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	45	0	0	0	0	10	30
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	20	0	0	0	10	10	0
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	130	60	0	25	20	15	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	80	20	0	15	25	10	10
Réunion	10	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 Martin (French part)	25	0	0	0	10	20	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	10	10	0	0	10	0	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	130	0	0	10	0	25	95
Tajikistan	375	0	0	60	145	100	65
Timor-Leste	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	110	10	0	35	25	10	30
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	125	0	0	15	30	75	10
Turks and Caicos Islands	15	10	0	0	0	0	10
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
Virgin Islands, British	15	10	0	0	0	0	10
Virgin Islands, United States	20	20	0	0	0	10	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.