Data tables, 2016 Census

Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

Data table

Select data categories for this table

Geography Geographic index

Generation status (4)^{Footnote 1}

Age (12)

Sex (3)

This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Truro
Data quality
Ethnic origin (279)	Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
Ethnic origin (279)	Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 2	Single ethnic origin responses^Footnote 3	Multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 4
Total - Ethnic origin^{Footnote 5}	44,900	22,480	22,420
North American Aboriginal origins	3,380	820	2,560
First Nations (North American Indian)	2,610	775	1,840
Inuit	70	10	60
Métis	755	35	720
Other North American origins	20,885	11,820	9,070
Acadian	750	80	670
American	315	50	260
Canadian	20,070	11,685	8,385
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	40	0	40
Nova Scotian	90	0	90
Ontarian	0	0	0
Québécois	10	0	10
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	0	0	0
European origins	30,630	9,000	21,625
British Isles origins	26,920	7,215	19,700
Channel Islander	10	0	10
Cornish	0	0	0
English	13,360	2,540	10,815
Irish	9,595	990	8,605
Manx	10	0	0
Scottish	16,170	3,445	12,725
Welsh	675	30	640
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	840	195	645
French origins	5,525	555	4,970
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	0	0	0
Corsican	0	0	0
French	5,520	550	4,970
Western European origins (except French origins)	5,440	865	4,575
Austrian	100	0	95
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	130	10	125
Dutch	1,670	405	1,270
Flemish	10	0	10
Frisian	0	0	10
German	3,825	445	3,380
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	195	10	185
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	10	0	10
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	850	90	760
Danish	270	40	230
Finnish	60	10	55
Icelandic	0	0	0
Norwegian	220	15	205
Swedish	225	10	215
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	110	20	90
Eastern European origins	1,070	160	910
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	20	0	15
Czech	40	10	35
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	25	0	15
Estonian	10	0	0
Hungarian	90	20	70
Latvian	45	15	25
Lithuanian	40	0	35
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	390	45	350
Romanian	30	0	30
Russian	155	15	140
Slovak	30	0	30
Ukrainian	365	50	315
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	10	0	10
Southern European origins	890	100	790
Albanian	15	15	0
Bosnian	0	0	0
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	35	0	30
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	50	10	45
Italian	500	50	450
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	20	0	15
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	105	15	90
Serbian	20	0	20
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0
Spanish	155	15	140
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	0	0	10
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0
Other European origins	105	15	95
Basque	0	0	0
Jewish	35	0	35
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	0	0	0
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	75	10	60
Caribbean origins	145	30	120
Antiguan	15	0	15
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	15	0	10
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	0	0	0
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	0	0	0
Jamaican	80	25	55
Kittitian/Nevisian	10	0	10
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	0	0	0
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	10	0	0
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	30	0	25
Latin, Central and South American origins	120	40	80
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	10	0	10
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	0	0	10
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	0	0	0
Chilean	10	0	15
Colombian	20	10	10
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	15	10	15
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Guyanese	15	0	15
Hispanic	0	0	0
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	0
Mexican	55	20	30
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	0	0	0
Salvadorean	0	0	0
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	10	0	0
African origins	685	165	520
Central and West African origins	50	45	10
Akan	0	10	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	10	10	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	0	0	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	25	25	0
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	15	10	0
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	0	0	0
North African origins	60	25	35
Algerian	0	0	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	25	0	25
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	0	0	0
Sudanese	10	0	10
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	30	30	0
Southern and East African origins	60	20	40
Afrikaner	0	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^{Footnote 21}	0	0	0
Burundian	0	0	0
Djiboutian	0	0	0
Eritrean	0	0	0
Ethiopian	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	10	0	10
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	15	0	10
South African	15	0	15
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	30	15	10
Other African origins	520	70	450
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	125	15	110
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	400	60	340
Asian origins	1,025	600	420
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	320	120	200
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	15	0	15
Armenian	15	10	15
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	35	30	10
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	10	10	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	195	70	130
Palestinian	0	0	0
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	10	0	0
Syrian	25	0	25
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	20	15	10
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	0	0	0
South Asian origins	275	160	115
Bangladeshi	25	20	0
Bengali	0	0	0
Bhutanese	15	0	15
East Indian	185	100	80
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	20	10	15
Punjabi	35	15	20
Sinhalese	20	10	10
Sri Lankan	10	0	10
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	375	270	105
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	205	145	55
Filipino	115	100	15
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	0	0	0
Japanese	20	10	10
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	25	0	20
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	10
Thai	15	0	10
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	55	50	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	50	50	0
Oceania origins	55	0	55
Australian	30	0	30
New Zealander	20	0	15
Pacific Islands origins	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	10	0	10
Maori	0	0	0
Samoan	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 30}	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 31}	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information on generation status 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 Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Return to footnote 1 referrer

Footnote 2

Total ethnic origin responses are the sum of single and multiple responses for each ethnic origin. Total response counts indicate the number of persons who reported a specified ethnic origin, either as their only origin or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. The sum of all ethnic origin responses is greater than the total population estimate due to the reporting of multiple origins.

Return to footnote 2 referrer

Footnote 3

A single ethnic origin response occurs when a person provides one ethnic origin only.

Return to footnote 3 referrer

Footnote 4

A multiple ethnic origin response occurs when a person provides two or more ethnic origins.

Return to footnote 4 referrer

Footnote 5

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

Return to footnote 5 referrer

Footnote 6

Includes general responses indicating North American origins (e.g., 'North American') as well as more specific responses indicating North American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maritimer').

Return to footnote 6 referrer

Footnote 7

Includes general responses indicating British Isles origins (e.g., 'British,' 'United Kingdom') as well as more specific responses indicating British Isles origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Celtic').

Return to footnote 7 referrer

Footnote 8

Includes general responses indicating Western European origins (e.g., 'Western European') as well as more specific responses indicating Western European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Liechtensteiner').

Return to footnote 8 referrer

Footnote 9

Includes general responses indicating Northern European origins (e.g., 'Northern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Northern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Faroese,' 'Scandinavian').

Return to footnote 9 referrer

Footnote 10

Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 10 referrer

Footnote 11

Includes general responses indicating Eastern European origins (e.g., 'Eastern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Eastern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baltic').

Return to footnote 11 referrer

Footnote 12

Includes responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 12 referrer

Footnote 13

Includes general responses indicating Southern European origins (e.g., 'Southern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Gibraltarian').

Return to footnote 13 referrer

Footnote 14

Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 14 referrer

Footnote 15

Includes general responses indicating Other European origins (e.g., 'European') as well as more specific responses indicating European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Central European').

Return to footnote 15 referrer

Footnote 16

Includes responses of 'West Indian,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 16 referrer

Footnote 17

Includes general responses indicating Caribbean origins (e.g., 'Antilles,' 'Caribbean') as well as more specific responses indicating Caribbean origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Aruban').

Return to footnote 17 referrer

Footnote 18

Includes general responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins (e.g., 'South American') as well as more specific responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Surinamese').

Return to footnote 18 referrer

Footnote 19

Includes general responses indicating Central or West African origins (e.g., 'West African') as well as more specific responses indicating Central or West African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Luba,' 'Mossi').

Return to footnote 19 referrer

Footnote 20

Includes general responses indicating North African origins (e.g., 'North African') as well as more specific responses indicating North African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maghreb').

Return to footnote 20 referrer

Footnote 21

Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 21 referrer

Footnote 22

Includes general responses indicating Southern or East African origins (e.g., 'East African') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern or East African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Hutu,' 'Shona').

Return to footnote 22 referrer

Footnote 23

Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 23 referrer

Footnote 24

Includes general responses indicating Other African origins (e.g., 'African') as well as more specific responses indicating Other African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Saharan').

Return to footnote 24 referrer

Footnote 25

Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 25 referrer

Footnote 26

Includes general responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins (e.g., 'West Asian,' 'Middle Eastern') as well as more specific responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baloch,' 'Circassian').

Return to footnote 26 referrer

Footnote 27

Includes general responses indicating South Asian origins (e.g., 'South Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating South Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Telugu').

Return to footnote 27 referrer

Footnote 28

Includes general responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins (e.g., 'Southeast Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bruneian').

Return to footnote 28 referrer

Footnote 29

Includes general responses indicating Other Asian origins (e.g., 'Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating Other Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Eurasian').

Return to footnote 29 referrer

Footnote 30

Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.

Return to footnote 30 referrer

Footnote 31

Includes general responses indicating Pacific Islands origins (e.g., 'Pacific Islander') as well as more specific responses indicating Pacific Islands origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Tahitian').

Return to footnote 31 referrer

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016187.

Date modified:: 2019-06-17

Language selection

Search and menus

Search