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 Windsor
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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}	325,005	171,895	153,110
North American Aboriginal origins	14,625	1,150	13,475
First Nations (North American Indian)	10,350	770	9,580
Inuit	90	15	75
Métis	4,385	370	4,015
Other North American origins	93,215	39,865	53,350
Acadian	280	10	270
American	5,560	585	4,975
Canadian	89,430	39,185	50,240
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	130	10	120
Nova Scotian	10	0	0
Ontarian	35	30	10
Québécois	140	30	110
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	30	20	10
European origins	220,625	77,450	143,175
British Isles origins	117,150	19,240	97,905
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	15	0	15
English	65,000	10,415	54,580
Irish	49,030	3,545	45,490
Manx	45	0	45
Scottish	44,040	3,875	40,170
Welsh	4,035	235	3,805
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	5,745	1,170	4,570
French origins	78,840	11,420	67,420
Alsatian	10	0	10
Breton	0	0	0
Corsican	10	0	10
French	78,830	11,420	67,410
Western European origins (except French origins)	41,090	5,665	35,430
Austrian	1,355	120	1,225
Bavarian	10	0	10
Belgian	2,465	280	2,185
Dutch	8,480	1,320	7,155
Flemish	110	20	90
Frisian	20	0	20
German	30,625	3,860	26,760
Luxembourger	30	10	25
Swiss	660	35	620
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	45	10	35
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	4,415	505	3,920
Danish	970	145	825
Finnish	1,175	185	990
Icelandic	170	20	155
Norwegian	1,040	45	990
Swedish	1,025	95	925
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	240	10	230
Eastern European origins	40,465	12,260	28,210
Bulgarian	225	90	135
Byelorussian	110	25	90
Czech	1,290	215	1,075
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	700	120	585
Estonian	95	25	70
Hungarian	7,510	1,925	5,585
Latvian	120	35	90
Lithuanian	450	85	360
Moldovan	30	10	25
Polish	13,915	4,145	9,770
Romanian	5,610	2,565	3,050
Russian	3,425	475	2,955
Slovak	2,715	865	1,850
Ukrainian	10,250	1,610	8,635
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	145	75	70
Southern European origins	54,835	27,995	26,840
Albanian	1,560	1,255	305
Bosnian	585	340	245
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	3,925	1,925	1,995
Cypriot	30	10	25
Greek	2,775	1,350	1,430
Italian	33,180	16,260	16,920
Kosovar	70	10	65
Macedonian	2,225	1,295	935
Maltese	1,275	500	770
Montenegrin	155	55	100
Portuguese	2,645	1,080	1,565
Serbian	4,555	2,570	1,985
Sicilian	160	65	100
Slovenian	830	255	570
Spanish	2,830	680	2,150
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	1,205	330	875
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	40	10	30
Other European origins	1,330	365	965
Basque	30	10	25
Jewish	690	120	575
Roma (Gypsy)	55	10	40
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	40	25	15
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	510	200	310
Caribbean origins	3,690	1,525	2,165
Antiguan	30	15	15
Bahamian	35	0	30
Barbadian	185	40	140
Bermudan	10	0	10
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	240	45	195
Dominican	120	60	60
Grenadian	35	15	20
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	380	270	115
Jamaican	1,865	820	1,040
Kittitian/Nevisian	10	0	10
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	10	0	10
Puerto Rican	105	30	75
St. Lucian	10	0	10
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	545	105	440
Vincentian/Grenadinian	40	15	25
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	260	85	180
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	65	30	35
Latin, Central and South American origins	4,310	1,985	2,325
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	175	10	170
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	135	15	120
Belizean	60	40	25
Bolivian	50	10	35
Brazilian	165	25	140
Chilean	115	45	70
Colombian	495	360	125
Costa Rican	45	10	35
Ecuadorian	80	35	45
Guatemalan	190	65	130
Guyanese	255	45	215
Hispanic	245	110	135
Honduran	65	15	50
Maya	70	0	70
Mexican	1,045	370	680
Nicaraguan	200	75	125
Panamanian	55	0	50
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	60	15	45
Salvadorean	810	555	255
Uruguayan	20	0	15
Venezuelan	175	85	90
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	165	100	70
African origins	10,200	4,885	5,315
Central and West African origins	1,910	1,345	565
Akan	55	45	10
Angolan	25	10	15
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	105	80	25
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	385	290	95
Edo	15	10	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	170	110	60
Guinean	10	0	0
Ibo	80	25	50
Ivorian	10	0	10
Liberian	55	35	20
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	1,000	655	340
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	15	20	0
Sierra Leonean	0	10	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	65	50	15
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	60	0	55
North African origins	1,905	1,240	665
Algerian	130	120	10
Berber	0	10	0
Coptic	60	15	45
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	785	425	365
Libyan	195	120	80
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	85	30	50
Sudanese	670	500	170
Tunisian	45	25	15
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	10
Southern and East African origins	2,145	1,570	575
Afrikaner	20	0	20
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^{Footnote 21}	0	0	0
Burundian	105	55	50
Djiboutian	0	0	0
Eritrean	170	150	20
Ethiopian	365	265	105
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	15	0	15
Malagasy	15	0	10
Mauritian	80	60	15
Oromo	45	40	0
Rwandan	155	110	45
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	900	775	130
South African	250	50	200
Tanzanian	45	25	25
Tigrian	10	0	10
Ugandan	35	10	30
Zambian	10	10	0
Zimbabwean	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	95	35	65
Other African origins	4,575	730	3,850
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	990	50	940
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	3,620	680	2,940
Asian origins	57,575	45,020	12,560
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	28,085	21,020	7,075
Afghan	245	115	130
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	3,360	2,430	925
Armenian	570	230	335
Assyrian	560	325	235
Azerbaijani	45	10	35
Georgian	25	0	15
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	1,015	665	350
Iraqi	7,045	5,995	1,055
Israeli	120	30	90
Jordanian	525	320	205
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	165	105	65
Kuwaiti	30	0	25
Kyrgyz	10	0	10
Lebanese	10,600	6,925	3,680
Palestinian	1,555	1,110	445
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	130	110	25
Syrian	2,335	1,550	780
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	20	0	15
Turk	910	380	530
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	25	0	25
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	115	90	25
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	815	625	190
South Asian origins	11,970	9,545	2,425
Bangladeshi	355	305	50
Bengali	145	100	45
Bhutanese	210	80	130
East Indian	7,820	5,930	1,885
Goan	15	0	15
Gujarati	65	40	25
Kashmiri	40	30	15
Nepali	320	175	145
Pakistani	2,385	1,745	635
Punjabi	595	350	245
Sinhalese	30	10	20
Sri Lankan	315	210	105
Tamil	85	35	50
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	710	535	170
East and Southeast Asian origins	17,725	14,235	3,490
Burmese	80	15	60
Cambodian (Khmer)	700	460	240
Chinese	9,810	7,845	1,965
Filipino	4,115	2,815	1,305
Hmong	20	15	0
Indonesian	85	25	60
Japanese	235	75	155
Karen	135	135	0
Korean	550	455	100
Laotian	395	225	170
Malaysian	45	10	35
Mongolian	20	0	20
Singaporean	15	10	10
Taiwanese	130	125	10
Thai	135	25	105
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	2,555	1,950	605
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	75	60	15
Other Asian origins	300	225	80
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	300	225	75
Oceania origins	290	20	275
Australian	185	10	170
New Zealander	70	10	65
Pacific Islands origins	60	0	60
Fijian	20	0	20
Hawaiian	25	0	20
Maori	10	0	10
Samoan	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 30}	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 31}	10	0	15

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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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