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Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) for the Immigrants and Non-permanent Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Place of birth (261)

Definition

Place of birth of respondent

Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the province or territory where the respondent was born, for respondents who were born in Canada, or to the country where the respondent was born, for respondents born outside Canada.

Values

Total - Place of birth of respondent
Americas
North America
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States of America
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean and Bermuda
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda ^{Footnote 18}
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela ^{Footnote 56}
Europe
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, former ^{Footnote 70}
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia, n.o.s. ^{Footnote 73}
Hungary
Poland
Romania
USSR, former (European component) ^{Footnote 77}
Baltic Republics, former Soviet
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Eastern Europe Republics, former Soviet
Belarus
Moldova, Republic of
Russian Federation
Ukraine
USSR, n.o.s. ^{Footnote 87}
Northern Europe
Ireland (Eire)
Scandinavia
Denmark ^{Footnote 91}
Finland
Iceland
Norway ^{Footnote 94}
Sweden
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 96}
Southern Europe
Albania
Andorra
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See (Vatican City)
Italy
Malta
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Yugoslavia, former ^{Footnote 108}
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia ^{Footnote 111}
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
Yugoslavia, n.o.s. ^{Footnote 114}
Africa
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire ^{Footnote 120}
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 130}
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Réunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya ^{Footnote 157}
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Central Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the ^{Footnote 167}
Congo, Republic of the
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa, Republic of
Swaziland
Asia and the Middle East
West Central Asia and the Middle East
Afghanistan
Cyprus
Iran ^{Footnote 182}
Middle East
Bahrain
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip ^{Footnote 191}
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria ^{Footnote 194}
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Turkey
USSR, former (Asian component) ^{Footnote 198}
Central Asian Republics, former Soviet
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Transcaucasian Republics, former Soviet
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Eastern Asia
China and special administrative regions
China, People's Republic of
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
Macau, Special Administrative Region
Japan
Korea, North ^{Footnote 215}
Korea, South ^{Footnote 216}
Mongolia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia ^{Footnote 221}
East Timor ^{Footnote 222}
Indonesia
Laos ^{Footnote 224}
Malaysia
Myanmar ^{Footnote 226}
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam ^{Footnote 230}
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Oceania
American Samoa
Australia ^{Footnote 241}
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand ^{Footnote 251}
Palau ^{Footnote 252}
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Samoa ^{Footnote 255}
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Other ^{Footnote 261}

Footnotes

Footnote 18

Formerly known as Antigua.

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Footnote 56

The official name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Footnote 70

In 1993, the Czech and Slovak Republic became two separate countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Footnote 73

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'Czechoslovakia.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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Footnote 77

The Asian components of the former USSR are shown separately under the heading 'West Central Asia and the Middle East.'

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Footnote 87

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'USSR.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.

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Footnote 91

Includes Faroe Islands.

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Footnote 94

Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

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Footnote 96

The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Footnote 108

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formerly comprised of the six republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. In 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia, followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia in 1992. The remaining two republics of Serbia and Montenegro formed a new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 and in 2003 became Serbia and Montenegro.

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Footnote 111

The official name is the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Footnote 114

The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'Yugoslavia.'

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Footnote 120

Also known as Ivory Coast.

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Footnote 130

Also known as Saint Helena and Ascension.

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Footnote 157

The official name is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

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Footnote 167

Formerly known as Zaire.

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Footnote 182

The official name is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Footnote 191

Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate 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. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of 'Palestine,' 'Gaza Strip' or 'West Bank' were in reference to these territories as defined.

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Footnote 194