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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables
Citizenship (5), Place of Birth (236), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
About this variable: Place of birth (236)
Definition
Place of birth of respondent
Part A - Short definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Place of birth refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It may refer to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada. The geographic location is specified according to boundaries current at the time the data are collected, not the boundaries at the time of birth.
Values
- Total - Place of birth of respondent
- Born in Canada
- Born outside Canada
- Americas
- North America
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
- Central America
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Caribbean and Bermuda
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, United States
- South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia Footnote 46
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela Footnote 57
- Americas, n.i.e. Footnote 58
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Eastern Europe
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova Footnote 77
- Poland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Slovakia
- Ukraine
- Northern Europe
- Denmark
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- Guernsey
- Iceland
- Ireland, Republic of
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Norway
- Sweden
- United Kingdom Footnote 94
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Italy
- Kosovo Footnote 102
- Macedonia, Republic of Footnote 103
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Europe, n.i.e. Footnote 110
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Tanzania Footnote 144
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya Footnote 151
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- Central Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Congo, Republic of the
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Swaziland
- Africa, n.i.e. Footnote 170
- Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Georgia
- Iran Footnote 179
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria Footnote 190
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) Footnote 196
- Yemen
- Eastern Asia
- China Footnote 199
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Japan
- Korea, North Footnote 202
- Korea, South Footnote 203
- Macao Special Administrative Region
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos Footnote 212
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Viet Nam Footnote 217
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Asia, n.i.e. Footnote 225
- Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Oceania, n.i.e. Footnote 235
- Other
Footnotes
- Footnote 46
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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Footnote 57
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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 58
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Includes countries such as Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Greenland; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Martin (French part); and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
- Footnote 77
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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.
- Footnote 94
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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).
- Footnote 102
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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.
- Footnote 103
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Known as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the United Nations and other international bodies.
- Footnote 110
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Includes countries such as Åland Islands; Andorra; Holy See (Vatican City State); Liechtenstein; San Marino; and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island.
- Footnote 144
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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.
- Footnote 151
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The official name of Libya is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Footnote 170
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Includes countries such as Mayotte; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe; and Western Sahara.
- Footnote 179
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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 190
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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 196
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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.
- Footnote 199
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China excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region.
- Footnote 202
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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 203
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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 212
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The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 217
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The official name of Viet Nam is Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
- Footnote 225
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Includes countries such as British Indian Ocean Territory; Maldives; and Timor-Leste.
- Footnote 235
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Includes countries such as American Samoa; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Guam; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Pitcairn; Solomon Islands; Tokelau; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; and Wallis and Futuna.
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