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Education
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Location of study compared with province or territory of residence
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate
Ethnocultural and religious diversity
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Characteristic Petawawa, Town (T)More information:
Ontario
[Census subdivision]
Rates
Total Men＋ Women＋
Visible minority
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample data117 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total visible minority population118 6.2 6.1 6.4
South Asian 1.7 1.8 1.7
Chinese 0.3 0.3 0.3
Black 1.6 1.7 1.3
Filipino 0.4 0.3 0.5
Arab 0.3 0.3 0.3
Latin American 0.5 0.4 0.5
Southeast Asian 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Asian 0.1 0.1 0.0
Korean 0.2 0.2 0.2
Japanese 0.2 0.3 0.2
Visible minority, n.i.e.119 0.2 0.2 0.2
Multiple visible minorities 0.3 0.2 0.5
Not a visible minority120 93.8 94.0 93.6
Ethnic or cultural origin
Total - Ethnic or cultural origin for the population in private households - 25% sample data121 100.0 100.0 100.0
Canadian 20.2 20.8 19.6
English 22.1 22.0 22.3
Irish 27.5 27.1 27.8
Scottish 21.7 21.5 21.8
French, n.o.s.122 19.8 18.3 21.6
German 16.1 14.0 18.3
Chinese 0.5 0.6 0.5
Italian 3.1 3.3 2.9
Indian (India) 1.2 1.0 1.3
Ukrainian 2.4 2.5 2.3
Dutch 4.4 3.9 5.0
Polish 5.1 5.1 5.0
Québécois 0.9 0.8 1.0
British Isles, n.o.s.123 4.1 4.4 3.9
Filipino 0.5 0.4 0.6
French Canadian 2.9 3.1 2.7
Caucasian (White), n.o.s.124 3.0 2.9 3.1
First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s.125 2.7 3.3 2.1
Métis 2.4 2.2 2.7
European, n.o.s.126 1.7 1.9 1.5
Russian 1.0 1.2 0.7
Norwegian 1.1 1.0 1.2
Welsh 1.8 1.7 1.9
Portuguese 0.9 0.7 0.9
American 0.8 0.6 1.0
Spanish 0.4 0.4 0.3
Swedish 0.7 0.8 0.7
Hungarian 0.5 0.5 0.5
Acadian 1.0 1.1 0.8
Pakistani 0.0 0.0 0.0
African, n.o.s.127 0.3 0.4 0.2
Jewish 0.4 0.5 0.3
Punjabi 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnamese 0.3 0.3 0.2
Arab, n.o.s.128 0.0 0.0 0.0
Greek 0.6 0.6 0.5
Jamaican 0.4 0.6 0.2
Asian, n.o.s.129 0.2 0.2 0.2
Cree, n.o.s.130 0.4 0.4 0.3
Korean 0.2 0.2 0.2
Romanian 0.3 0.1 0.4
Lebanese 0.3 0.2 0.3
Iranian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Christian, n.i.e.131 0.9 0.7 1.0
Danish 0.4 0.3 0.6
North American Indigenous, n.o.s.132 1.2 1.0 1.3
Sikh 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austrian 0.3 0.4 0.2
Belgian 0.8 0.8 0.8
Haitian 0.2 0.1 0.3
Hindu 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mexican 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mennonite 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swiss 0.2 0.1 0.3
Finnish 0.8 0.8 0.8
Sri Lankan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Croatian 0.1 0.0 0.2
Japanese 0.2 0.2 0.2
South Asian, n.o.s.133 0.1 0.2 0.2
Mi'kmaq, n.o.s.134 0.5 0.7 0.3
Northern European, n.o.s.135 0.7 0.7 0.7
Muslim 0.0 0.0 0.0
Egyptian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Latin, Central or South American, n.o.s.136 0.1 0.0 0.2
Tamil 0.0 0.0 0.0
Icelandic 0.1 0.1 0.2
Colombian 0.2 0.2 0.2
Moroccan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czech 0.3 0.2 0.5
Syrian 0.1 0.2 0.0
Guyanese 0.1 0.1 0.0
Afghan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Black, n.o.s.137 0.2 0.2 0.2
Serbian 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ojibway 0.3 0.2 0.3
Newfoundlander 0.5 0.6 0.4
Hong Konger 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ontarian 0.7 0.6 0.8
Persian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 0.1 0.0 0.0
Turkish 0.0 0.0 0.0
Inuit, n.o.s.138 0.2 0.0 0.5
Bangladeshi 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algerian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brazilian 0.1 0.0 0.2
Nigerian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Armenian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak 0.2 0.2 0.2
Eastern European, n.o.s.139 0.1 0.2 0.1
Somali 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwanese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iraqi 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salvadorean 0.1 0.1 0.2
African Caribbean 0.0 0.0 0.0
East or Southeast Asian, n.o.s.140 0.0 0.0 0.0
West or Central Asian or Middle Eastern, n.o.s.141 0.0 0.0 0.0
Caribbean, n.o.s.142 0.0 0.0 0.0
Algonquin 2.1 2.1 2.1
West Indian, n.o.s.143 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lithuanian 0.0 0.0 0.0
South African 0.1 0.1 0.0
Australian 0.1 0.0 0.2
Palestinian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chilean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congolese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotian 0.2 0.3 0.2
Ethiopian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hispanic, n.o.s.144 0.1 0.1 0.1
Peruvian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yoruba 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodian (Khmer) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Berber 0.0 0.0 0.0
Albanian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maltese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Macedonian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovenian 0.1 0.0 0.1
Western European, n.o.s.145 0.3 0.2 0.5
New Brunswicker 0.2 0.2 0.2
Gujarati 0.1 0.2 0.0
Eritrean 0.0 0.0 0.0
African Canadian 0.1 0.1 0.1
Israeli 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mohawk 0.6 0.8 0.4
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.146 0.1 0.0 0.0
Bulgarian 0.1 0.2 0.0
Albertan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ghanaian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Barbadian 0.1 0.0 0.1
African American 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.147 0.1 0.1 0.1
Tunisian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slavic, n.o.s.148 0.1 0.1 0.0
Cuban 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bosnian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Venezuelan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Innu/Montagnais, n.o.s.149 0.0 0.0 0.0
Latvian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bengali 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cameroonian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemalan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indonesian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Laotian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ilocano 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Irish 0.0 0.0 0.0
Celtic, n.o.s.150 0.2 0.3 0.0
British Columbian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ecuadorian 0.2 0.1 0.2
Franco Ontarian 0.3 0.3 0.3
Argentinian 0.1 0.1 0.0
Estonian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kurdish 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fijian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jatt 0.0 0.0 0.0
North American, n.o.s.151 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coptic 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thai 0.1 0.1 0.2
Dominican 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepali 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kabyle 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assyrian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Igbo 0.0 0.0 0.0
Byelorussian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dene, n.o.s.152 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blackfoot, n.o.s.153 0.0 0.0 0.0
Abenaki 0.1 0.1 0.2
Moldovan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), n.o.s.154 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Zealander 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sudanese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breton 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pennsylvania Dutch 0.1 0.1 0.0
Malaysian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Plains Cree 0.0 0.0 0.0
North African, n.o.s.155 0.0 0.0 0.0
Huron (Wendat) 0.1 0.0 0.0
Saskatchewanian 0.1 0.1 0.1
Buddhist 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gaspesian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Norman 0.0 0.0 0.0
Southern or East African, n.o.s.156 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ivorian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saulteaux 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anishinaabe, n.o.s.157 0.0 0.0 0.0
Burundian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tigrinya 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nicaraguan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mauritian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenyan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vincentian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jordanian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Manitoban 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cape Bretoner 0.1 0.2 0.0
Rwandan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grenadian 0.1 0.2 0.0
Malayali 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chaldean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sinhalese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mayan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Honduran 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cherokee 0.0 0.0 0.0
Qalipu Mi'kmaq 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-Caribbean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Flemish 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Empire Loyalist 0.2 0.3 0.2
Senegalese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sicilian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pashtun 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malay 0.0 0.0 0.0
Goan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bantu, n.o.s.158 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tibetan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Burmese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mongolian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Azorean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atikamekw 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bamileke 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indo-Guyanese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ugandan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oromo 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanzanian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yemeni 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central African 0.0 0.0 0.0
Libyan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Basque 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uruguayan 0.0 0.0 0.0
Akan, n.o.s.159 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central or West African, n.o.s.160 0.0 0.0 0.0
Igorot 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fulani 0.0 0.0 0.0
Woodland Cree 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guinean 0.0 0.0 0.0
St. Lucian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Islander 0.1 0.0 0.1
Maliseet 0.0 0.0 0.0
Beninese 0.0 0.0 0.0
Telugu 0.0 0.0 0.0
Roma 0.0 0.0 0.0
Costa Rican 0.0 0.0 0.0
African Nova Scotian 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malagasy 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kashmiri 0.0 0.0 0.0
Singaporean 0.0 0.0 0.0
Karen 0.0 0.0 0.0
Edo 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tajik 0.0 0.0 0.0
Amhara 0.0 0.0 0.0
Paraguayan 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).

Gender includes the following concepts:

  • gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
  • gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.

Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "＋" symbol.

"Men＋" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

"Women＋" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed October 7, 2024).

Note(s):

Footnote 117

'Visible minority' refers to whether a person is a visible minority or not, as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour." The visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese.

In 2021 Census analytical and communications products, the term "visible minority" has been replaced by the terms "racialized population" or "racialized groups", reflecting the increased use of these terms in the public sphere.

For more information on visible minority and population group 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 Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 118

In 2021 Census analytical and communications products, the term "visible minority" has been replaced by the terms "racialized population" or "racialized groups", reflecting the increased use of these terms in the public sphere.

Footnote 119

The abbreviation "n.i.e." means "not included elsewhere." This category includes persons who provided responses that are classified as a visible minority, but that cannot be classified with a specific visible minority group. Such responses include, for example, "Guyanese," "Pacific Islander," "Polynesian," "Tibetan" and "West Indian."

Footnote 120

In 2021 Census analytical and communications products, this category is referred to as "the rest of the population."

Footnote 121

'Ethnic or cultural origin' refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the person's ancestors. Ancestors may have Indigenous origins, origins that refer to different countries or other origins that may not refer to different countries.

The sum of the ethnic or cultural origins in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ethnic or cultural origin in the census.

The ethnic groups selected are the most frequently reported at the Canada level.

For more information on ethnic or cultural origin 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 Ethnic or Cultural Origin Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 122

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating French origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "French").

Footnote 123

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating British Isles origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "British," "United Kingdom").

Footnote 124

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Caucasian (White) origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Caucasian").

Footnote 125

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating First Nations (North American Indian) origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "First Nations," "North American Indian").

Footnote 126

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating European origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "European").

Footnote 127

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating African origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "African").

Footnote 128

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Arab origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Arab").

Footnote 129

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Asian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Asian").

Footnote 130

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Cree origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Cree").

Footnote 131

The abbreviation "n.i.e." means "not included elsewhere." This category includes responses indicating Christian origins, not included elsewhere (e.g., "Christian," "Baptist," "Catholic").

Footnote 132

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating North American Indigenous origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Aboriginal," "Indigenous").

Footnote 133

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating South Asian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "South Asian").

Footnote 134

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Mi'kmaq origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Mi'kmaq").

Footnote 135

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Northern European origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Northern European," "Scandinavian").

Footnote 136

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Latin American," "South American").

Footnote 137

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Black origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Black").

Footnote 138

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Inuit origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Inuit").

Footnote 139

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Eastern European origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Eastern European").

Footnote 140

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating East or Southeast Asian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "East Asian," "Southeast Asian").

Footnote 141

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating West or Central Asian or Middle Eastern origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Central Asian," "Middle Eastern," "West Asian").

Footnote 142

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Caribbean origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Caribbean").

Footnote 143

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating West Indian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "West Indian").

Footnote 144

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Hispanic origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Hispanic").

Footnote 145

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Western European origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Western European").

Footnote 146

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Czechoslovakian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Czechoslovakian").

Footnote 147

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Yugoslavian origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Yugoslavian").

Footnote 148

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Slavic origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Slavic").

Footnote 149

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Innu origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Innu," "Montagnais").

Footnote 150

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Celtic origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Celtic").

Footnote 151

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating North American origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "North American").

Footnote 152

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Dene origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Dene").

Footnote 153

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Blackfoot origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Blackfoot").

Footnote 154

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Iroquoian (Haudenosaunee) origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Iroquois," "Haudenosaunee").

Footnote 155

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating North African origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "North African").

Footnote 156

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Southern or East African origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "East African").

Footnote 157

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified.' This category includes responses indicating Anishinaabe origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Anishinaabe").

Footnote 158

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Bantu origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Bantu").

Footnote 159

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Akan origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Akan").

Footnote 160

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses indicating Central or West African origins, not otherwise specified (e.g., "Central African," "West African").

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