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

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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 Cornwall
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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}	58,130	30,295	27,835
North American Aboriginal origins	4,120	700	3,425
First Nations (North American Indian)	3,290	580	2,710
Inuit	95	25	80
Métis	850	100	750
Other North American origins	31,000	16,980	14,020
Acadian	75	20	55
American	775	70	710
Canadian	30,435	16,850	13,590
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	20	0	20
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	15	20	0
Québécois	55	15	40
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	10	10	10
European origins	37,265	10,305	26,955
British Isles origins	24,385	4,530	19,850
Channel Islander	10	0	15
Cornish	0	0	10
English	11,790	1,905	9,880
Irish	10,290	975	9,315
Manx	10	0	0
Scottish	10,450	1,420	9,030
Welsh	695	50	645
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	1,110	180	935
French origins	18,895	3,565	15,335
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	15	0	15
Corsican	0	0	0
French	18,885	3,560	15,320
Western European origins (except French origins)	6,190	1,005	5,185
Austrian	90	15	80
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	215	30	190
Dutch	2,080	510	1,565
Flemish	0	0	0
Frisian	50	0	50
German	4,245	420	3,825
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	80	25	55
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	670	65	600
Danish	150	25	125
Finnish	105	0	95
Icelandic	25	0	20
Norwegian	245	15	230
Swedish	180	15	165
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	25	10	20
Eastern European origins	1,865	455	1,410
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	10	0	10
Czech	45	20	25
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	15	0	10
Estonian	10	0	10
Hungarian	335	80	255
Latvian	10	10	0
Lithuanian	50	0	45
Moldovan	20	15	0
Polish	805	165	645
Romanian	90	30	60
Russian	145	10	135
Slovak	55	15	45
Ukrainian	455	100	355
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	10	0	10
Southern European origins	2,420	630	1,785
Albanian	15	0	15
Bosnian	0	0	0
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	55	25	30
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	315	140	170
Italian	1,545	350	1,200
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	10	0
Maltese	25	0	20
Montenegrin	25	20	0
Portuguese	140	50	90
Serbian	10	10	0
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	10	0	10
Spanish	270	25	245
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	40	10	35
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0
Other European origins	165	50	115
Basque	0	0	0
Jewish	50	0	45
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	10	0	10
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	110	45	60
Caribbean origins	310	100	215
Antiguan	10	0	10
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	45	25	20
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	10	10	0
Dominican	35	0	30
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	40	20	20
Jamaican	85	15	65
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	10	0	10
St. Lucian	0	0	10
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	50	10	45
Vincentian/Grenadinian	10	10	10
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	35	15	15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins	200	60	145
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	20	0	20
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	15	10	10
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	10	0	0
Chilean	15	0	15
Colombian	0	0	10
Costa Rican	20	0	20
Ecuadorian	0	0	0
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Guyanese	10	10	0
Hispanic	0	0	0
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	0
Mexican	90	20	70
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	0	0	0
Salvadorean	35	20	15
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	10	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	0	0	0
African origins	460	200	260
Central and West African origins	65	60	10
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	30	30	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	20	20	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	0	0	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	10	10	10
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	10	10	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	110	80	35
Algerian	20	15	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	50	20	30
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	30	25	0
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	15	15	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	80	30	50
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	25	20	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	10	10	10
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0
South African	35	0	30
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	10	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	10	0	0
Other African origins	205	30	175
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	45	0	40
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	155	25	130
Asian origins	2,520	1,950	580
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	470	265	200
Afghan	45	45	0
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	40	40	0
Armenian	10	10	0
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	15	15	0
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	75	50	30
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	35	10	25
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	160	85	75
Palestinian	0	0	10
Pashtun	45	0	45
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	20	0	15
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	25	0	20
Turkmen	25	0	20
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	10	0	0
South Asian origins	1,560	1,330	230
Bangladeshi	70	70	0
Bengali	35	30	10
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	645	500	150
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	495	385	110
Punjabi	35	30	0
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	290	255	35
Tamil	30	0	25
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	65	65	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	495	315	185
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	205	155	50
Filipino	185	95	95
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	0	0	0
Japanese	25	0	20
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	20	10	10
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	10
Thai	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	70	45	25
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	35	35	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	40	35	10
Oceania origins	55	10	50
Australian	55	0	45
New Zealander	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	0
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

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not applicable

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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.

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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.

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Footnote 3

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

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Footnote 4

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

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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.

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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').

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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').

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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').

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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').

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Footnote 10

Includes responses of 'Czechoslovakian,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 12

Includes responses of 'Yugoslavian,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 14

Includes responses of 'Slavic,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 16

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

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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').

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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').

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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').

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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').

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Footnote 21

Includes responses of 'Bantu,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 23

Includes responses of 'Black,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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Footnote 25

Includes responses of 'Arab,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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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').

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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').

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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').

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Footnote 30

Includes responses of 'Polynesian,' not otherwise specified.

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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').

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

Date modified:: 2019-06-17

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