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Given here are the ethnic origins of Canadian residents (citizens, landed immigrants, and non-citizen temporary residents) as recorded by them on their 2006 census form. The relevant census question asked for "the ethnic or cultural origins" of the respondent's ancestors and not the respondents themselves.
As data were collected by self-declaration, labels may not necessarily describe the true ancestry of respondents.[1] Also note that many respondents acknowledged multiple ancestries. These people were added to the "multiple origin" total for each origin listed. These include responses as varied as a respondent who listed eight different origins and a respondent who answered "French Canadian" (leading to him/her being counted once for "French" and once for "Canadian". As with all self-reported data, understanding of the question may have varied from respondent to respondent.
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[edit] Larger ethnic origins (200,000 or more individuals per group)
Ethnicity[3] | Combined responses[3] |
As single response[3] |
One of multiple responses[3] |
---|---|---|---|
Canadian[4] | 10,066,290 | 5,748,720 | 4,317,570 |
English | 6,570,015 | 1,367,125 | 5,202,890 |
French | 4,941,210 | 1,230,540 | 3,710,675 |
Scottish | 4,719,850 | 568,515 | 4,151,340 |
Irish | 4,354,155 | 491,030 | 3,863,125 |
German | 3,179,425 | 670,640 | 2,508,785 |
Italian | 1,445,335 | 741,045 | 704,285 |
Chinese | 1,346,510 | 1,135,365 | 211,145 |
North American Indian[5] | 1,253,615 | 512,150 | 741,470 |
Ukrainian | 1,209,090 | 300,590 | 908,495 |
Dutch (Netherlands) | 1,035,965 | 303,400 | 732,560 |
Polish | 984,565 | 269,375 | 715,190 |
East Indian | 962,665 | 780,175 | 182,495 |
Russian | 500,600 | 98,245 | 402,355 |
Welsh | 440,965 | 27,115 | 413,855 |
Filipino | 436,190 | 321,390 | 114,800 |
Norwegian | 432,515 | 44,790 | 387,725 |
Portuguese | 410,850 | 262,230 | 148,625 |
Métis | 409,065 | 77,295 | 331,770 |
British Isles, not included elsewhere |
403,915 | 94,145 | 309,770 |
Swedish | 334,765 | 28,445 | 306,325 |
Spanish | 325,730 | 67,475 | 258,255 |
American | 316,350 | 28,785 | 287,565 |
Hungarian (Magyar) | 315,510 | 88,685 | 226,820 |
Jewish | 315,120 | 134,045 | 181,070 |
Greek | 242,685 | 145,250 | 97,435 |
Jamaican | 231,110 | 134,320 | 96,785 |
Danish | 200,035 | 33,770 | 166,265 |
[edit] Smaller ethnic origins
Ethnicity[3] | Combined responses[3] |
As single response[3] |
One of multiple responses per respondent[3] |
---|---|---|---|
Belgian (related article: Belgians) | 168,915 | 33,675 | 135,240 |
Lebanese | 165,150 | 103,855 | 61,295 |
Vietnamese | 151,410 | 119,120 | 32,290 |
Austrian (related article: Austrians) | 147,585 | 25,320 | 122,265 |
Romanian | 131,830 | 53,320 | 78,505 |
Finnish | 114,690 | 31,985 | 82,705 |
Swiss | 110,795 | 24,595 | 86,200 |
Serbian | 55,540 | 39,205 | 16,330 |
South Korean | 101,715 | 95,200 | 6,510 |
Québécois | 98,670 | 65,480 | 33,190 |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 70,590 | 65,440 | 50,150 |
Black African, n.i.e.(*) | 97,185 | 37,380 | 59,810 |
Croatian | 97,050 | 58,170 | 38,880 |
Iranian | 88,220 | 73,450 | 14,770 |
Japanese | 85,230 | 53,175 | 32,050 |
Haitian | 82,405 | 70,755 | 11,650 |
Czech | 79,910 | 24,945 | 54,965 |
Icelandic | 75,090 | 10,850 | 64,240 |
Pakistani | 74,015 | 54,565 | 19,450 |
Arab, n.i.e. | 71,705 | 47,600 | 24,100 |
Acadian | 71,590 | 21,945 | 49,645 |
Yugoslav, n.i.e. | 65,505 | 26,880 | 38,625 |
Sri Lankan | 61,315 | 45,485 | 15,825 |
West Indian | 59,705 | 33,295 | 26,410 |
Inuit | 56,330 | 37,030 | 19,300 |
Guyanese | 51,570 | 26,290 | 25,280 |
Slovak | 50,860 | 19,865 | 30,990 |
South Asian, n.i.e. | 49,205 | 41,950 | 7,255 |
Oceania origins | 48,595 | 10,760 | 37,835 |
Maghrebi origins | 48,165 | 32,175 | 15,990 |
Punjabi | 47,155 | 28,980 | 18,180 |
Latin/Central/South American, n.i.e. |
41,620 | 30,380 | 11,240 |
Egyptian | 41,310 | 26,150 | 15,160 |
Armenian | 40,505 | 27,175 | 13,330 |
Mexican | 36,575 | 15,815 | 20,755 |
Lithuanian | 36,485 | 11,320 | 25,165 |
Chilean | 34,115 | 21,820 | 12,290 |
Somali | 33,725 | 30,830 | 2,895 |
Czechoslovakian | 33,540 | 7,205 | 26,340 |
Maltese | 33,000 | 14,115 | 18,880 |
Scandinavian, n.i.e. | 32,730 | 6,690 | 26,040 |
Macedonian | 31,265 | 16,790 | 14,475 |
Slovenian | 28,910 | 15,285 | 13,635 |
Bulgarian | 27,260 | 16,480 | 10,775 |
Salvadoran | 26,735 | 20,795 | 5,940 |
Australian | 25,415 | 3,805 | 21,615 |
Afghan | 25,230 | 22,320 | 2,910 |
Turkish | 24,910 | 15,065 | 9,845 |
Barbadian | 23,725 | 10,600 | 13,125 |
Latvian | 22,615 | 8,885 | 13,730 |
Estonian | 22,085 | 9,645 | 12,435 |
Syrian | 22,065 | 10,425 | 11,640 |
Moroccan | 21,355 | 13,035 | 8,315 |
European, n.i.e. | 20,450 | 9,715 | 10,735 |
Cambodian | 20,430 | 14,840 | 5,595 |
Iraqi | 19,245 | 14,105 | 5,140 |
South African | 18,925 | 4,980 | 13,945 |
Taiwanese | 18,080 | 13,335 | 4,745 |
Peruvian | 17,945 | 10,935 | 7,010 |
Laotian | 16,950 | 12,345 | 4,605 |
Ghanaian | 16,935 | 14,170 | 2,765 |
Colombian | 15,865 | 10,445 | 5,415 |
Ethiopian | 15,725 | 13,100 | 2,625 |
Bosnian | 15,720 | 12,185 | 3,540 |
Algerian | 15,500 | 11,235 | 4,260 |
Albanian | 14,935 | 12,310 | 2,625 |
Palestinian | 14,675 | 9,215 | 5,465 |
Newfoundlander | 13,715 | 4,155 | 9,555 |
Bangladeshi | 13,080 | 11,295 | 1,785 |
Flemish | 11,665 | 2,325 | 9,345 |
Caribbean, n.i.e. | 10,990 | 4,295 | 6,695 |
Fijian | 10,035 | 5,115 | 4,920 |
Khmer | 10,000 | 710 | 295 |
Brazilian | 9,710 | 3,185 | 6,525 |
Indonesian | 9,700 | 2,080 | 7,620 |
Guatemalan | 9,550 | 6,435 | 3,120 |
Nigerian | 9,530 | 6,570 | 2,960 |
Argentinian | 9,095 | 2,970 | 6,125 |
Central/South American Indian |
8,965 | 1,865 | 7,100 |
West Asian, n.i.e. | 8,805 | 7,245 | 1,565 |
East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e. |
8,795 | 8,465 | 330 |
Ecuadorian | 8,785 | 5,960 | 2,830 |
New Zealander | 8,600 | 1,160 | 7,435 |
Grenadian | 7,995 | 4,315 | 3,680 |
Hispanic | 7,850 | 5,460 | 2,390 |
Vincentian/Grenadinian | 7,450 | 3,875 | 3,575 |
Eritrean | 7,165 | 6,265 | 900 |
Bengali | 7,020 | 5,465 | 1,560 |
Assyrian | 6,980 | 4,570 | 2,410 |
Thai | 6,965 | 2,810 | 4,160 |
Dominican, n.o.s. | 6,865 | 3,255 | 3,610 |
Slav (European) | 6,810 | 2,790 | 4,020 |
Sudanese | 6,525 | 4,495 | 2,030 |
Congolese, n.o.s. | 6,235 | 5,005 | 1,230 |
Cuban | 6,200 | 2,195 | 4,005 |
Nicaraguan | 6,190 | 4,340 | 1,850 |
Malaysian | 6,095 | 1,570 | 4,520 |
Israeli | 6,060 | 1,395 | 4,665 |
Venezuelan | 5,925 | 2,320 | 3,600 |
Berber | 5,570 | 3,350 | 2,220 |
Tunisian | 5,325 | 3,425 | 1,890 |
Byelorussian | 5,115 | 1,490 | 3,620 |
Tibetan | 5,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 |
Goan | 3,865 | 1,630 | 2,235 |
Uruguayan | 3,800 | 1,695 | 2,105 |
Jordanian | 3,760 | 2,320 | 1,435 |
Sinhalese | 3,560 | 2,195 | 1,370 |
Frisian | 3,175 | 670 | 2,500 |
Rwandan | 3,060 | 2,430 | 630 |
Honduran | 3,025 | 1,955 | 1,070 |
Kenyan | 2,990 | 1,540 | 1,455 |
Maya | 2,875 | 685 | 2,190 |
Burmese | 2,840 | 1,070 | 1,770 |
Gujarati | 2,805 | 1,180 | 1,620 |
St. Lucian | 2,765 | 1,420 | 1,345 |
Mauritian | 2,720 | 1,145 | 1,575 |
Basque | 2,715 | 395 | 2,320 |
Gypsy (Roma) | 2,590 | 390 | 2,205 |
Sicilian | 2,465 | 420 | 2,045 |
Antiguan | 2,435 | 1,025 | 1,405 |
Luxembourger | 2,390 | 450 | 1,945 |
East African | 2,270 | 1,000 | 1,270 |
Maghrebi, n.i.e. | 2,270 | 1,125 | 1,145 |
Ugandan | 2,125 | 1,115 | 1,005 |
Panamanian | 2,075 | 1,055 | 1,020 |
Cameroonian | 2,070 | 1,615 | 455 |
Cypriot | 2,060 | 590 | 1,470 |
Asian, n.o.s. | 2,010 | 960 | 1,045 |
Hawaiian | 1,955 | 110 | 1,840 |
Burundian | 1,900 | 1,535 | 360 |
Zairian | 1,885 | 1,390 | 495 |
Yoruba | 1,875 | 1,340 | 535 |
Tanzanian | 1,865 | 830 | 1,030 |
Ashanti | 1,860 | 1,325 | 540 |
Bermudan | 1,845 | 205 | 1,640 |
Bolivian | 1,795 | 865 | 935 |
Polynesian | 1,745 | 310 | 1,435 |
Kittitian/Nevisian | 1,730 | 730 | 1,000 |
Mongolian | 1,675 | 545 | 1,130 |
Senegalese | 1,675 | 1,045 | 630 |
Costa Rican | 1,615 | 770 | 845 |
Bahamian | 1,585 | 360 | 1,225 |
Azerbaijani | 1,445 | 470 | 975 |
Yemeni | 1,445 | 685 | 760 |
Carib | 1,330 | 70 | 1,255 |
Maori | 1,305 | 135 | 1,170 |
Afrikaner | 1,250 | 310 | 935 |
Zimbabwean | 1,250 | 585 | 660 |
Igbo | 1,200 | 850 | 355 |
Kosovar | 1,200 | 960 | 245 |
Libyan | 1,180 | 795 | 390 |
Nepali | 1,170 | 770 | 405 |
Ivoirean | 1,120 | 655 | 465 |
Guinean, n.o.s. | 1,120 | 710 | 415 |
Angolan | 1,110 | 615 | 490 |
Saudi Arabian | 1,080 | 660 | 420 |
Montenegrin | 1,055 | 230 | 820 |
Puerto Rican | 1,045 | 130 | 915 |
Pashtun | 1,040 | 540 | 500 |
Oromo | 1,030 | 710 | 320 |
"Texan" | 1,000 | 700 | 300 |
Seychellois | 980 | 605 | 370 |
Georgian | 970 | 385 | 580 |
Tatar | 875 | 370 | 505 |
Kuwaiti | 855 | 585 | 275 |
Malian | 815 | 480 | 340 |
Malagasy | 780 | 415 | 365 |
Paraguayan | 760 | 125 | 640 |
Togolese | 755 | 480 | 275 |
Akan | 750 | 505 | 240 |
Belizean | 725 | 225 | 500 |
Martinique | 605 | 140 | 460 |
Hmong | 595 | 455 | 140 |
Sierra Leonean | 565 | 350 | 220 |
Kashmiri | 480 | 210 | 275 |
Pacific Islander, n.i.e. | 390 | 125 | 265 |
Cornish (see Cornish people) | 365 | N/A | 1,550 |
Manx (see Manx people) | 350 | N/A | N/A |
[edit] See also
- 1666 census of New France
- Canada 1911 Census
- Canada 1996 Census
- Canada 2001 Census
- Canada 2006 Census
- Immigration to Canada
- Multiculturalism in Canada
- Population of Canada by years
[edit] References
- ^ Source: "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada - Data table". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000. Retrieved 2011-01-16. Additional data: "2006 Census release topics". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/index-eng.cfm. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "Population and growth components (1851-2001 Censuses)". Statistics Canada. 2010. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62124&APATH=3&GID=431515&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=43&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)". statcan.gc.ca. 2009-07-28. http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo26a-eng.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. However since 1996 "Canadian" as an ethnic group has been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestry. The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones), however no-longer self identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude and/or generational distance from ancestral lineage. Source 1: Jack Jedwab (April 2008). "Our ‘Cense’ of Self: the 2006 Census saw 1.6 million ‘Canadian’". Association for Canadian Studies. http://www.acs-aec.ca/pdf/polls/12154527016855.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Source 2: Don Kerr (April 2007). The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population. Canadian Scholars' Press. pp. 313–317. ISBN 9781551303222. http://books.google.com/books?id=CofPBh5BRhwC&pg=PA313. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ The category "North American Indian" includes respondents who indicated that their ethnic origins were from a Canadian First Nation, or another, non-Canadian aboriginal group (excluding Inuit and Métis) Source: "How Statistics Canada Identifies Aboriginal Peoples". http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/12-592-x/12-592-x2007001-eng.htm.
[edit] Further reading
- Bumsted, J. M (2003). Canada's diverse peoples: a reference sourcebook. Library of Congress ( ABC-CLIO). ISBN 1576076725. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Pb5AvfpCZZkC&lpg=PA42&dq=The%20people%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Magocsi, Paul R (1999). Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples. Society of Ontario, University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802029388. http://books.google.ca/books?id=dbUuX0mnvQMC&lpg=PA582&dq=Territorial%20evolution%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
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