Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables
Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data
Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Data table
Ethnic origins | Total responses Footnote 28 | Single responses Footnote 29 | Multiple responses Footnote 30 |
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Total - Ethnic origin Footnote 1 | 13,242,160 | 7,534,640 | 5,707,520 |
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) | 10,795 | 850 | 9,945 |
Acadian | 16,585 | 1,420 | 15,160 |
Afghan | 54,535 | 45,290 | 9,240 |
Afrikaner | 565 | 60 | 500 |
Akan | 965 | 545 | 420 |
Albanian | 25,980 | 21,125 | 4,855 |
Algerian | 4,070 | 2,280 | 1,790 |
Alsatian | 1,240 | 105 | 1,135 |
American | 140,165 | 10,700 | 129,465 |
Amhara | 720 | 340 | 380 |
Angolan | 1,630 | 620 | 1,015 |
Antiguan | 3,275 | 935 | 2,335 |
Arab, n.o.s. Footnote 21 | 44,705 | 27,130 | 17,570 |
Arawak | 1,055 | 50 | 1,005 |
Argentinian | 11,465 | 2,600 | 8,860 |
Armenian | 29,675 | 16,230 | 13,445 |
Ashanti | 1,205 | 605 | 600 |
Assyrian | 12,070 | 8,175 | 3,900 |
Australian | 13,310 | 1,190 | 12,125 |
Austrian | 72,475 | 8,065 | 64,415 |
Azerbaijani | 4,105 | 1,565 | 2,535 |
Bahamian | 2,305 | 485 | 1,820 |
Bangladeshi | 29,190 | 24,825 | 4,370 |
Bantu, n.o.s. Footnote 17 | 875 | 520 | 350 |
Barbadian | 26,630 | 8,360 | 18,270 |
Basque | 1,585 | 85 | 1,505 |
Bavarian | 450 | 25 | 425 |
Belgian | 57,890 | 9,825 | 48,065 |
Belizean | 805 | 95 | 710 |
Bengali | 15,235 | 12,270 | 2,970 |
Beninese | 550 | 230 | 320 |
Berber | 1,845 | 725 | 1,125 |
Bermudan | 2,010 | 215 | 1,795 |
Bhutanese | 1,445 | 865 | 580 |
Black, n.o.s. Footnote 19 | 17,385 | 3,335 | 14,050 |
Bolivian | 1,890 | 735 | 1,150 |
Bosnian | 14,680 | 8,325 | 6,355 |
Brazilian | 18,390 | 5,390 | 13,000 |
Breton | 290 | 45 | 250 |
British Isles origins, n.i.e. Footnote 3 | 323,180 | 70,960 | 252,225 |
Bulgarian | 16,755 | 9,175 | 7,575 |
Burkinabe | 415 | 265 | 155 |
Burmese | 4,420 | 1,980 | 2,440 |
Burundian | 3,110 | 2,470 | 640 |
Byelorussian | 11,690 | 3,140 | 8,555 |
Cambodian (Khmer) | 14,655 | 8,485 | 6,170 |
Cameroonian | 4,700 | 3,770 | 925 |
Canadian | 3,109,770 | 1,330,280 | 1,779,485 |
Carib | 2,295 | 70 | 2,225 |
Caribbean origins, n.i.e. Footnote 13 | 16,965 | 6,205 | 10,765 |
Catalan | 290 | 35 | 250 |
Central and West African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 15 | 4,745 | 2,230 | 2,510 |
Chadian | 645 | 475 | 170 |
Channel Islander | 1,120 | 70 | 1,055 |
Chilean | 14,625 | 6,220 | 8,400 |
Chinese | 849,340 | 698,420 | 150,920 |
Colombian | 40,825 | 28,205 | 12,620 |
Congolese | 10,425 | 8,040 | 2,385 |
Coptic | 2,310 | 1,025 | 1,285 |
Cornish | 750 | 50 | 705 |
Corsican | 205 | 0 | 205 |
Costa Rican | 2,785 | 1,060 | 1,730 |
Croatian | 82,220 | 36,940 | 45,280 |
Cuban | 14,490 | 4,460 | 10,025 |
Cypriot | 4,405 | 1,075 | 3,325 |
Czech | 42,345 | 10,925 | 31,420 |
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s. Footnote 6 | 14,810 | 2,255 | 12,555 |
Danish | 53,550 | 8,110 | 45,445 |
Dinka | 210 | 125 | 85 |
Djiboutian | 1,040 | 555 | 485 |
Dominican | 9,180 | 3,880 | 5,300 |
Dutch | 527,750 | 155,585 | 372,165 |
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 24 | 4,380 | 3,010 | 1,365 |
East Indian | 774,495 | 602,005 | 172,495 |
Eastern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 7 | 10,335 | 3,160 | 7,170 |
Ecuadorian | 20,385 | 11,945 | 8,435 |
Edo | 1,025 | 675 | 350 |
Egyptian | 52,840 | 36,230 | 16,615 |
English | 2,808,810 | 510,985 | 2,297,820 |
Eritrean | 11,865 | 9,655 | 2,215 |
Estonian | 15,075 | 4,480 | 10,595 |
Ethiopian | 22,560 | 17,450 | 5,115 |
Ewe | 180 | 80 | 95 |
Fijian | 1,610 | 420 | 1,190 |
Filipino | 337,760 | 255,710 | 82,050 |
Finnish | 76,755 | 15,575 | 61,180 |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 385,505 | 89,170 | 296,335 |
Flemish | 4,005 | 710 | 3,295 |
French | 1,349,255 | 147,055 | 1,202,205 |
Frisian | 2,705 | 500 | 2,205 |
Gabonese | 165 | 35 | 130 |
Gambian | 630 | 435 | 195 |
Georgian | 2,815 | 1,380 | 1,435 |
German | 1,189,670 | 186,780 | 1,002,890 |
Ghanaian | 24,845 | 19,530 | 5,315 |
Goan | 4,770 | 1,755 | 3,010 |
Greek | 148,555 | 78,120 | 70,430 |
Grenadian | 14,695 | 6,360 | 8,330 |
Guadeloupean | 70 | 0 | 65 |
Guatemalan | 10,040 | 5,290 | 4,750 |
Guinean | 1,105 | 580 | 525 |
Gujarati | 5,915 | 3,885 | 2,030 |
Guyanese | 73,360 | 27,805 | 45,560 |
Haitian | 17,715 | 12,085 | 5,630 |
Harari | 475 | 240 | 235 |
Hawaiian | 470 | 15 | 455 |
Hazara | 680 | 265 | 420 |
Hispanic | 5,805 | 3,215 | 2,590 |
Hmong | 645 | 450 | 195 |
Honduran | 3,360 | 1,470 | 1,890 |
Hungarian | 163,500 | 44,995 | 118,505 |
Ibo | 1,940 | 1,260 | 680 |
Icelandic | 13,215 | 820 | 12,395 |
Indonesian | 9,325 | 2,115 | 7,205 |
Inuit | 6,870 | 1,215 | 5,650 |
Iranian | 117,060 | 94,550 | 22,515 |
Iraqi | 50,455 | 39,260 | 11,195 |
Irish | 2,095,465 | 198,930 | 1,896,535 |
Israeli | 17,080 | 3,995 | 13,085 |
Italian | 931,805 | 453,205 | 478,605 |
Ivorian | 1,350 | 850 | 495 |
Jamaican | 257,055 | 140,265 | 116,800 |
Japanese | 41,625 | 18,835 | 22,785 |
Jewish | 77,285 | 23,285 | 53,995 |
Jordanian | 9,655 | 5,395 | 4,260 |
Karen | 1,645 | 1,425 | 220 |
Kashmiri | 1,795 | 630 | 1,165 |
Kazakh | 1,325 | 615 | 715 |
Kenyan | 5,860 | 2,745 | 3,120 |
Kittitian/Nevisian | 2,260 | 590 | 1,675 |
Korean | 93,425 | 83,640 | 9,785 |
Kosovar | 1,305 | 725 | 575 |
Kurd | 9,210 | 5,905 | 3,305 |
Kuwaiti | 1,510 | 730 | 780 |
Kyrgyz | 340 | 175 | 165 |
Laotian | 9,875 | 5,180 | 4,695 |
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e. Footnote 14 | 14,100 | 6,645 | 7,455 |
Latvian | 18,100 | 4,930 | 13,165 |
Lebanese | 86,245 | 49,380 | 36,865 |
Liberian | 770 | 425 | 350 |
Libyan | 3,780 | 2,795 | 985 |
Lithuanian | 35,105 | 7,450 | 27,650 |
Luxembourger | 915 | 125 | 790 |
Macedonian | 39,445 | 17,175 | 22,265 |
Malagasy | 430 | 240 | 185 |
Malaysian | 7,310 | 1,000 | 6,315 |
Malian | 495 | 225 | 265 |
Malinké | 345 | 180 | 165 |
Maltese | 35,255 | 11,760 | 23,495 |
Manx | 2,445 | 125 | 2,325 |
Maori | 485 | 35 | 450 |
Martinican | 195 | 0 | 195 |
Maure | 285 | 30 | 255 |
Mauritian | 3,600 | 1,285 | 2,320 |
Maya | 2,500 | 390 | 2,105 |
Métis | 137,485 | 12,925 | 124,560 |
Mexican | 43,120 | 18,165 | 24,950 |
Moldovan | 3,905 | 1,250 | 2,650 |
Mongolian | 2,935 | 795 | 2,140 |
Montenegrin | 2,545 | 520 | 2,030 |
Montserratan | 625 | 105 | 520 |
Moroccan | 12,305 | 4,915 | 7,390 |
Nepali | 8,150 | 6,460 | 1,685 |
New Brunswicker | 320 | 55 | 265 |
New Zealander | 4,250 | 385 | 3,870 |
Newfoundlander | 10,850 | 1,765 | 9,085 |
Nicaraguan | 7,100 | 3,455 | 3,650 |
Nigerian | 26,560 | 19,435 | 7,125 |
North African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 16 | 1,755 | 630 | 1,125 |
Northern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 5 | 12,535 | 945 | 11,590 |
Norwegian | 59,335 | 3,420 | 55,910 |
Nova Scotian | 1,485 | 260 | 1,230 |
Ontarian | 2,165 | 725 | 1,435 |
Oromo | 1,295 | 895 | 400 |
Other African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 20 | 103,560 | 32,775 | 70,790 |
Other Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 25 | 13,425 | 9,765 | 3,665 |
Other European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 11 | 23,290 | 10,740 | 12,550 |
Other North American origins, n.i.e. Footnote 2 | 675 | 220 | 455 |
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e. Footnote 27 | 555 | 115 | 440 |
Pakistani | 149,060 | 107,675 | 41,390 |
Palestinian | 28,485 | 16,505 | 11,975 |
Panamanian | 2,480 | 455 | 2,020 |
Paraguayan | 600 | 105 | 490 |
Pashtun | 3,010 | 1,275 | 1,735 |
Peruvian | 14,785 | 6,565 | 8,220 |
Peulh | 135 | 45 | 85 |
Polish | 523,490 | 166,840 | 356,650 |
Polynesian, n.o.s. Footnote 26 | 275 | 20 | 255 |
Portuguese | 324,930 | 191,740 | 133,190 |
Puerto Rican | 1,500 | 215 | 1,285 |
Punjabi | 55,455 | 32,905 | 22,550 |
Québécois | 5,390 | 1,155 | 4,230 |
Roma (Gypsy) | 2,295 | 475 | 1,820 |
Romanian | 98,235 | 42,520 | 55,715 |
Russian | 220,850 | 53,175 | 167,675 |
Rwandan | 3,210 | 2,400 | 810 |
Salvadorean | 27,600 | 16,785 | 10,810 |
Samoan | 225 | 0 | 215 |
Saudi Arabian | 3,660 | 2,145 | 1,515 |
Scottish | 2,107,290 | 216,095 | 1,891,200 |
Senegalese | 1,000 | 515 | 480 |
Serbian | 66,835 | 37,870 | 28,970 |
Seychellois | 345 | 115 | 235 |
Sicilian | 4,195 | 885 | 3,305 |
Sierra Leonean | 1,175 | 680 | 495 |
Singaporean | 1,260 | 220 | 1,040 |
Sinhalese | 5,195 | 3,030 | 2,160 |
Slavic, n.o.s. Footnote 10 | 2,065 | 740 | 1,325 |
Slovak | 40,530 | 12,235 | 28,300 |
Slovenian | 26,485 | 9,485 | 17,000 |
Somali | 41,000 | 36,050 | 4,950 |
South African | 19,760 | 3,635 | 16,130 |
South Asian origins, n.i.e. Footnote 23 | 58,710 | 43,415 | 15,290 |
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e. Footnote 18 | 8,470 | 3,350 | 5,125 |
Southern European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 9 | 965 | 205 | 760 |
Spanish | 171,145 | 32,070 | 139,075 |
Sri Lankan | 124,270 | 92,530 | 31,740 |
St. Lucian | 7,170 | 3,405 | 3,770 |
Sudanese | 8,975 | 6,580 | 2,395 |
Swedish | 71,035 | 4,375 | 66,660 |
Swiss | 59,835 | 10,015 | 49,825 |
Syrian | 31,440 | 17,685 | 13,750 |
Taiwanese | 10,065 | 6,090 | 3,975 |
Tajik | 1,850 | 715 | 1,130 |
Tamil | 42,760 | 19,485 | 23,270 |
Tanzanian | 2,615 | 1,070 | 1,545 |
Tatar | 2,140 | 360 | 1,780 |
Thai | 6,865 | 2,490 | 4,375 |
Tibetan | 6,365 | 5,650 | 715 |
Tigrian | 770 | 495 | 275 |
Togolese | 665 | 315 | 355 |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 59,560 | 18,850 | 40,710 |
Tunisian | 2,295 | 955 | 1,340 |
Turk | 34,165 | 16,765 | 17,400 |
Turkmen | 700 | 225 | 475 |
Ugandan | 2,950 | 1,765 | 1,185 |
Uighur | 755 | 490 | 265 |
Ukrainian | 376,440 | 79,900 | 296,540 |
Uruguayan | 4,200 | 1,235 | 2,965 |
Uzbek | 2,395 | 975 | 1,420 |
Venezuelan | 11,745 | 3,850 | 7,895 |
Vietnamese | 107,640 | 73,755 | 33,885 |
Vincentian/Grenadinian | 12,155 | 4,800 | 7,355 |
Welsh | 198,470 | 11,020 | 187,460 |
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e. Footnote 22 | 16,270 | 8,895 | 7,375 |
West Indian, n.o.s. Footnote 12 | 56,865 | 26,060 | 30,805 |
Western European origins, n.i.e. Footnote 4 | 1,090 | 305 | 790 |
Wolof | 80 | 40 | 45 |
Yemeni | 4,220 | 1,850 | 2,370 |
Yoruba | 4,055 | 2,820 | 1,235 |
Yugoslavian, n.o.s. Footnote 8 | 20,245 | 4,955 | 15,290 |
Zambian | 805 | 440 | 360 |
Zimbabwean | 3,425 | 2,150 | 1,280 |
Zulu | 440 | 135 | 305 |
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