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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This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Oshawa
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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}	375,600	178,325	197,280
North American Aboriginal origins	14,690	1,205	13,490
First Nations (North American Indian)	11,015	785	10,225
Inuit	215	15	205
Métis	3,900	405	3,490
Other North American origins	123,925	51,705	72,220
Acadian	545	45	505
American	4,400	250	4,145
Canadian	120,305	51,220	69,085
New Brunswicker	15	0	15
Newfoundlander	695	95	600
Nova Scotian	55	10	45
Ontarian	70	35	35
Québécois	165	45	115
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	25	0	25
European origins	269,780	84,680	185,105
British Isles origins	197,435	45,545	151,890
Channel Islander	10	0	10
Cornish	0	0	0
English	115,285	22,735	92,550
Irish	83,360	8,850	74,510
Manx	95	15	80
Scottish	84,400	10,255	74,155
Welsh	8,485	520	7,965
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	13,045	3,170	9,875
French origins	37,485	3,045	34,440
Alsatian	10	0	10
Breton	0	0	0
Corsican	0	0	0
French	37,475	3,045	34,430
Western European origins (except French origins)	52,170	8,860	43,310
Austrian	2,455	275	2,180
Bavarian	10	0	10
Belgian	1,190	100	1,095
Dutch	18,425	4,705	13,725
Flemish	90	10	85
Frisian	45	10	30
German	32,870	3,680	29,195
Luxembourger	20	0	15
Swiss	1,320	90	1,230
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	35	0	40
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	7,785	800	6,980
Danish	1,880	295	1,580
Finnish	1,690	220	1,475
Icelandic	520	40	480
Norwegian	1,700	110	1,595
Swedish	2,055	110	1,945
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	405	30	375
Eastern European origins	37,910	10,270	27,640
Bulgarian	295	85	215
Byelorussian	215	40	175
Czech	1,040	235	805
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	420	45	380
Estonian	435	95	340
Hungarian	4,540	1,155	3,385
Latvian	445	50	390
Lithuanian	645	115	530
Moldovan	25	0	25
Polish	15,115	4,255	10,855
Romanian	1,905	705	1,200
Russian	3,615	485	3,130
Slovak	1,115	285	835
Ukrainian	13,700	2,720	10,980
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	80	10	75
Southern European origins	45,780	15,740	30,040
Albanian	200	110	95
Bosnian	180	70	110
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	1,580	555	1,030
Cypriot	100	0	90
Greek	4,695	1,765	2,920
Italian	22,865	7,615	15,250
Kosovar	20	20	0
Macedonian	2,100	840	1,260
Maltese	2,255	595	1,660
Montenegrin	25	20	10
Portuguese	7,835	2,735	5,095
Serbian	950	325	625
Sicilian	225	30	195
Slovenian	740	305	430
Spanish	5,055	605	4,450
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	645	140	505
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	10	0	10
Other European origins	1,875	420	1,460
Basque	45	0	50
Jewish	845	35	815
Roma (Gypsy)	15	0	15
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	85	20	60
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	895	365	530
Caribbean origins	20,225	8,290	11,935
Antiguan	165	20	145
Bahamian	120	25	95
Barbadian	1,600	385	1,210
Bermudan	40	0	40
Carib	180	0	175
Cuban	340	50	290
Dominican	280	110	170
Grenadian	605	170	435
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	280	135	145
Jamaican	11,850	5,075	6,780
Kittitian/Nevisian	80	25	60
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	25	0	25
Puerto Rican	55	0	50
St. Lucian	290	75	220
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	3,415	835	2,580
Vincentian/Grenadinian	635	195	440
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	2,530	1,030	1,500
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	560	165	395
Latin, Central and South American origins	8,315	2,645	5,675
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	295	30	260
Arawak	75	0	75
Argentinian	150	30	125
Belizean	35	10	35
Bolivian	60	10	45
Brazilian	390	85	305
Chilean	340	95	240
Colombian	565	300	265
Costa Rican	60	20	45
Ecuadorian	340	180	160
Guatemalan	260	155	105
Guyanese	3,535	890	2,645
Hispanic	85	10	80
Honduran	45	15	35
Maya	55	10	45
Mexican	915	380	535
Nicaraguan	80	40	35
Panamanian	115	10	105
Paraguayan	15	0	10
Peruvian	310	40	265
Salvadorean	330	135	195
Uruguayan	50	0	45
Venezuelan	365	95	270
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	270	95	175
African origins	8,565	3,630	4,935
Central and West African origins	1,785	1,225	555
Akan	15	10	10
Angolan	55	0	55
Ashanti	15	0	15
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	165	130	30
Chadian	0	0	10
Congolese	295	215	75
Edo	10	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	10	0	0
Ghanaian	380	240	140
Guinean	45	0	45
Ibo	45	25	20
Ivorian	60	50	15
Liberian	10	10	0
Malian	15	10	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	575	365	215
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	10	0
Sierra Leonean	50	10	45
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	150	105	40
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	115	50	65
North African origins	1,060	620	445
Algerian	40	10	35
Berber	10	0	10
Coptic	25	25	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	665	405	255
Libyan	95	80	15
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	125	60	65
Sudanese	35	25	10
Tunisian	25	0	25
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	60	10	50
Southern and East African origins	1,745	875	870
Afrikaner	0	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^{Footnote 21}	30	0	30
Burundian	80	65	15
Djiboutian	0	0	10
Eritrean	45	45	0
Ethiopian	170	170	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	130	25	105
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	50	0	50
Oromo	10	10	10
Rwandan	45	30	15
Seychellois	20	10	10
Somali	105	65	35
South African	620	175	450
Tanzanian	70	40	30
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	45	20	25
Zambian	45	10	35
Zimbabwean	140	100	40
Zulu	25	20	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	195	90	105
Other African origins	4,145	905	3,240
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	700	145	555
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	3,540	760	2,780
Asian origins	40,780	26,100	14,675
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	6,730	3,925	2,800
Afghan	1,745	1,510	240
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	670	315	350
Armenian	440	155	285
Assyrian	10	10	0
Azerbaijani	25	0	15
Georgian	10	0	0
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	820	480	335
Iraqi	220	120	100
Israeli	185	10	180
Jordanian	145	70	75
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	40	15	25
Kuwaiti	10	0	10
Kyrgyz	15	20	0
Lebanese	1,170	440	730
Palestinian	500	285	220
Pashtun	20	0	20
Saudi Arabian	150	115	35
Syrian	340	50	290
Tajik	30	30	10
Tatar	25	0	20
Turk	480	250	235
Turkmen	0	0	10
Uighur	0	0	10
Uzbek	70	10	65
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	135	55	80
South Asian origins	18,315	12,105	6,205
Bangladeshi	325	255	70
Bengali	125	90	35
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	12,125	7,195	4,930
Goan	65	10	65
Gujarati	70	50	15
Kashmiri	65	35	35
Nepali	25	20	0
Pakistani	2,800	1,770	1,020
Punjabi	330	125	205
Sinhalese	70	45	25
Sri Lankan	2,210	1,640	575
Tamil	590	195	395
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	1,105	680	425
East and Southeast Asian origins	16,785	9,970	6,815
Burmese	80	10	75
Cambodian (Khmer)	130	35	95
Chinese	8,585	4,705	3,880
Filipino	5,870	3,630	2,235
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	265	40	230
Japanese	1,060	265	790
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	655	515	145
Laotian	115	80	35
Malaysian	190	30	160
Mongolian	60	0	60
Singaporean	10	0	10
Taiwanese	70	10	60
Thai	175	95	80
Tibetan	40	35	0
Vietnamese	710	490	215
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	45	25	20
Other Asian origins	140	105	35
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	135	105	30
Oceania origins	685	75	615
Australian	470	50	420
New Zealander	145	10	135
Pacific Islands origins	95	10	85
Fijian	55	10	40
Hawaiian	20	0	25
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}	20	0	20

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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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