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 Brantford
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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}	131,635	62,815	68,820
North American Aboriginal origins	7,745	1,600	6,145
First Nations (North American Indian)	6,645	1,495	5,150
Inuit	50	10	45
Métis	1,220	95	1,120
Other North American origins	44,505	20,265	24,245
Acadian	215	20	195
American	1,505	115	1,395
Canadian	43,105	20,060	23,045
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	265	30	235
Nova Scotian	40	15	30
Ontarian	15	10	0
Québécois	65	10	55
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	40	20	20
European origins	100,095	33,675	66,415
British Isles origins	70,730	15,810	54,925
Channel Islander	10	0	15
Cornish	0	0	0
English	44,605	9,195	35,415
Irish	25,490	2,005	23,485
Manx	30	0	30
Scottish	30,605	3,405	27,205
Welsh	2,800	170	2,630
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	4,335	1,035	3,300
French origins	12,635	1,005	11,635
Alsatian	15	0	10
Breton	10	10	0
Corsican	10	0	0
French	12,630	1,000	11,630
Western European origins (except French origins)	27,685	6,735	20,950
Austrian	585	75	515
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	1,305	320	985
Dutch	10,565	4,265	6,300
Flemish	15	10	15
Frisian	55	10	45
German	17,010	2,000	15,010
Luxembourger	20	0	20
Swiss	410	65	345
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	10	0	10
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	2,430	255	2,175
Danish	705	105	600
Finnish	435	70	360
Icelandic	85	0	90
Norwegian	540	30	510
Swedish	620	45	575
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	140	0	145
Eastern European origins	16,860	4,905	11,960
Bulgarian	75	10	60
Byelorussian	65	10	55
Czech	385	40	340
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	200	20	180
Estonian	140	60	80
Hungarian	4,150	1,110	3,040
Latvian	105	20	80
Lithuanian	265	35	225
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	7,185	2,480	4,705
Romanian	675	170	510
Russian	890	95	800
Slovak	345	120	230
Ukrainian	4,565	720	3,840
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	40	10	30
Southern European origins	13,205	4,830	8,375
Albanian	70	60	10
Bosnian	30	0	30
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	415	160	260
Cypriot	35	25	10
Greek	610	200	415
Italian	8,070	2,610	5,455
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	40	0	35
Maltese	545	140	400
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	2,465	1,275	1,185
Serbian	335	175	170
Sicilian	20	0	20
Slovenian	130	40	85
Spanish	850	80	770
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	265	55	210
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	10	0	0
Other European origins	505	150	360
Basque	10	0	0
Jewish	215	35	175
Roma (Gypsy)	20	0	25
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	20	0	15
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	245	105	140
Caribbean origins	1,940	780	1,155
Antiguan	10	0	10
Bahamian	15	0	15
Barbadian	125	25	95
Bermudan	10	0	15
Carib	10	0	15
Cuban	45	10	35
Dominican	65	20	50
Grenadian	45	0	40
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	65	0	60
Jamaican	1,095	555	535
Kittitian/Nevisian	30	0	20
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	30	10	15
Puerto Rican	10	0	0
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	275	75	205
Vincentian/Grenadinian	30	20	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	150	35	110
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	70	20	50
Latin, Central and South American origins	1,120	380	740
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	35	0	35
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	15	0	15
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	125	20	105
Chilean	10	10	0
Colombian	120	65	55
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	50	30	15
Guatemalan	65	35	30
Guyanese	250	55	200
Hispanic	20	10	10
Honduran	30	15	10
Maya	0	0	10
Mexican	180	60	115
Nicaraguan	75	30	45
Panamanian	0	0	10
Paraguayan	10	10	0
Peruvian	15	0	15
Salvadorean	70	35	45
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	70	15	50
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	35	10	25
African origins	1,030	295	735
Central and West African origins	110	65	45
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	10
Ashanti	0	0	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	55	25	30
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	20	20	10
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	10	10	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	20	10	0
North African origins	200	105	95
Algerian	10	10	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	120	55	60
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	35	10	35
Sudanese	30	30	0
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	10
Southern and East African origins	225	80	150
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	15	0	15
Ethiopian	15	0	15
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	15	10	10
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	20	0	25
Somali	0	0	0
South African	100	20	80
Tanzanian	10	10	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	70	50	20
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	10	0	0
Other African origins	540	40	495
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	130	15	110
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	415	30	380
Asian origins	7,840	5,805	2,040
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	980	560	420
Afghan	70	45	20
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	100	85	15
Armenian	175	50	125
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	10	0	10
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	60	15	45
Iraqi	60	55	0
Israeli	25	20	0
Jordanian	15	15	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	155	40	115
Palestinian	210	150	55
Pashtun	10	0	0
Saudi Arabian	10	0	15
Syrian	45	10	40
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	55	20	30
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	15	10	0
Yemeni	20	15	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	25	20	0
South Asian origins	3,455	2,770	685
Bangladeshi	35	30	10
Bengali	0	0	0
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	2,705	2,195	505
Goan	25	20	0
Gujarati	30	20	15
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	380	245	130
Punjabi	310	195	115
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	60	15	50
Tamil	20	0	20
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	115	55	60
East and Southeast Asian origins	3,465	2,460	1,005
Burmese	10	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	35	10	25
Chinese	1,160	710	450
Filipino	960	600	360
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	90	10	85
Japanese	95	60	40
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	315	265	55
Laotian	155	85	70
Malaysian	25	10	15
Mongolian	20	0	15
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	10	0	10
Thai	10	0	15
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	855	710	140
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	10	0	0
Other Asian origins	15	10	10
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	10	10	0
Oceania origins	150	15	140
Australian	115	10	110
New Zealander	25	0	20
Pacific Islands origins	15	0	10
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	0
Maori	15	0	10
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 available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

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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