Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Mississauga, 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}	381,735	77,125	50,495	90,385	59,230	51,080	53,410
Afghanistan	2,595	0	285	810	740	460	295
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	1,255	10	0	325	505	220	190
Algeria	235	10	0	60	60	70	40
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	170	95	40	10	20	0	0
Anguilla	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	175	130	25	10	0	10	10
Argentina	865	230	185	150	170	90	35
Armenia	125	0	0	30	35	20	40
Aruba	35	35	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	385	165	20	40	40	50	85
Austria	440	340	25	45	20	0	10
Azerbaijan	75	0	0	15	40	20	0
Bahamas	40	15	0	10	0	10	0
Bahrain	405	10	35	145	100	75	50
Bangladesh	2,600	120	165	625	765	500	420
Barbados	1,065	630	160	140	25	40	75
Belarus	305	10	0	90	95	65	35
Belgium	190	135	20	15	10	10	0
Belize	25	15	0	0	0	0	0
Benin	15	0	0	0	0	10	0
Bermuda	45	15	0	15	0	10	0
Bhutan	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	185	45	35	35	15	30	35
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,605	305	120	1,870	165	75	70
Botswana	45	0	10	20	10	10	0
Brazil	1,060	135	85	335	125	255	125
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	45	0	10	15	10	0	10
Bulgaria	1,220	20	60	330	505	215	80
Burkina Faso	20	10	0	0	15	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	205	105	30	35	0	10	10
Burundi	80	0	0	25	0	45	0
Cabo Verde	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	155	40	70	25	0	15	0
Cameroon	175	0	0	20	20	60	75
Cayman Islands	15	0	0	0	0	0	15
Central African Republic	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Chad	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Chile	1,040	380	325	225	35	40	40
China ^{Footnote 17}	23,110	1,530	1,340	5,945	6,660	3,725	3,910
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	3,625	335	195	365	890	1,165	680
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	300	10	15	50	90	35	100
Congo, Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	180	0	35	40	25	40	30
Croatia	3,500	2,350	310	655	85	40	65
Cuba	805	30	50	140	195	210	180
Curaçao	20	20	0	10	0	0	0
Cyprus	130	95	10	10	0	0	10
Czech Republic	660	340	205	60	20	30	10
Côte d'Ivoire	75	0	10	0	0	15	40
Denmark	210	155	15	10	10	0	20
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Dominica	140	55	30	40	0	15	0
Dominican Republic	355	10	35	80	40	50	145
Ecuador	895	330	145	220	115	65	30
Egypt	9,100	490	675	2,050	1,325	1,960	2,595
El Salvador	880	35	405	225	70	110	30
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	220	0	70	65	10	20	60
Estonia	80	65	0	0	0	10	0
Ethiopia	510	30	175	195	40	20	50
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	400	140	115	105	30	10	0
Finland	145	85	15	15	0	10	20
France	610	305	45	70	40	90	60
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Georgia	95	10	0	25	25	20	15
Germany	2,710	2,115	115	250	95	50	80
Ghana	1,320	85	370	470	165	160	75
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	1,745	1,490	100	65	15	25	50
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	555	280	90	100	50	20	20
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	460	35	200	120	30	75	0
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	75	15	10	20	0	15	15
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	6,680	2,310	1,875	1,430	435	345	285
Haiti	155	50	20	0	20	10	60
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	155	15	30	45	10	15	45
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	7,330	1,360	2,265	3,325	145	130	115
Hungary	890	395	200	75	30	65	125
Iceland	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	54,630	5,570	4,370	12,165	11,955	9,900	10,660
Indonesia	1,250	260	115	265	295	195	125
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	2,810	120	595	845	370	410	470
Iraq	7,390	100	255	1,190	945	2,075	2,820
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	1,020	635	215	45	20	20	85
Isle of Man	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	605	195	75	85	65	125	65
Italy	8,700	8,260	215	105	30	60	30
Jamaica	11,595	4,670	2,125	2,340	640	845	970
Japan	575	155	50	175	65	75	60
Jersey	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	1,925	105	55	310	405	460	595
Kazakhstan	195	0	0	50	35	65	45
Kenya	1,835	455	485	285	305	165	135
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	35	10	10	0	0	20	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	4,345	825	460	1,370	950	460	280
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	465	10	10	225	85	60	85
Kuwait	2,325	15	165	820	395	470	460
Kyrgyzstan	30	0	0	0	15	0	15
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	210	130	55	20	0	0	0
Latvia	140	70	0	20	40	0	10
Lebanon	3,110	280	655	855	380	510	435
Lesotho	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Liberia	70	0	15	45	0	0	10
Libya	420	0	35	40	45	100	205
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	270	105	25	60	25	40	15
Luxembourg	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	165	40	45	65	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	1,040	225	95	235	300	140	45
Madagascar	0	0	0	10	0	10	0
Malawi	25	10	0	0	0	10	0
Malaysia	1,155	145	475	220	130	110	75
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	20	0	0	0	0	10	10
Malta	870	780	80	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Mauritius	1,820	170	290	235	375	440	305
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	1,275	65	105	210	210	350	345
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	240	0	0	45	100	95	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	45	0	0	0	0	40	0
Montenegro	140	30	15	65	15	10	10
Montserrat	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	340	40	35	80	35	85	70
Mozambique	65	35	15	10	0	0	0
Namibia	20	0	0	10	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	700	0	0	20	145	175	355
Netherlands	670	555	35	35	10	0	25
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	55	15	0	10	0	10	10
Nicaragua	155	10	80	50	0	0	10
Niger	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	2,180	65	45	290	395	665	725
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	70	35	0	25	0	15	0
Oman	355	0	0	115	140	70	40
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	25	25	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	35,855	1,490	1,045	10,050	9,615	6,060	7,590
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	105	15	30	20	30	10	10
Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	25	10	0	10	10	0	0
Peru	1,360	150	285	330	230	260	105
Philippines	28,330	3,875	3,930	7,205	4,270	4,725	4,320
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	21,685	2,160	9,330	7,425	1,150	955	655
Portugal	11,930	8,860	2,075	655	110	100	130
Puerto Rico	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Qatar	520	0	35	115	85	135	155
Romania	2,810	110	235	1,185	790	310	185
Russian Federation	2,180	50	50	875	560	375	280
Rwanda	50	0	0	15	0	15	15
Réunion	0	0	0	10	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	170	110	35	15	0	10	0
Saint Lucia	355	65	50	100	20	60	50
Saint Martin (French part)	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	585	230	80	95	65	55	65
Samoa	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	3,345	0	125	960	830	660	770
Senegal	40	10	0	0	0	10	20
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	2,110	545	190	930	195	115	140
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	50	10	0	15	20	0	0
Singapore	565	65	210	95	50	110	35
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	815	245	230	140	125	35	40
Slovenia	675	610	20	25	10	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	715	15	115	415	20	85	70
South Africa, Republic of	1,100	320	175	215	195	125	70
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	25	0	0	10	0	0	10
Spain	240	160	20	25	10	0	15
Sri Lanka	9,060	220	1,815	3,640	1,525	1,235	625
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	660	20	20	245	140	85	150
Suriname	70	10	10	20	30	0	10
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	150	55	30	15	10	20	20
Switzerland	185	110	15	35	0	15	15
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	3,435	90	155	480	410	500	1,795
Taiwan	1,900	325	310	770	165	195	130
Tajikistan	10	0	0	10	0	10	10
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	1,080	475	265	195	75	30	45
Thailand	260	20	65	35	50	35	50
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	20	0	0	0	0	0	10
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	6,340	2,435	1,360	1,675	265	460	145
Tunisia	35	0	0	0	0	10	10
Turkey	770	85	140	170	155	125	95
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	790	520	75	90	20	75	20
Ukraine	4,470	225	85	1,620	1,185	715	635
United Arab Emirates	4,630	0	85	805	970	1,200	1,565
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	11,060	7,765	1,185	840	410	520	340
United States ^{Footnote 2}	5,520	1,075	290	875	1,010	1,060	1,205
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	595	330	105	90	20	30	15
Uzbekistan	85	10	0	0	25	25	30
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	960	70	70	95	125	215	375
Viet Nam	10,350	2,090	3,755	2,540	705	620	640
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	10	10	10	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	1,340	115	130	220	235	350	280
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	205	20	10	40	30	35	70
Zambia	300	65	55	125	50	10	10
Zimbabwe	220	30	0	20	65	25	75

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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.