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 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
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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}	161,815	70,120	91,700
North American Aboriginal origins	20,680	3,675	17,010
First Nations (North American Indian)	11,620	2,590	9,030
Inuit	170	30	140
Métis	9,275	1,050	8,225
Other North American origins	75,165	32,000	43,165
Acadian	360	50	305
American	1,245	85	1,160
Canadian	73,790	31,750	42,045
New Brunswicker	15	10	10
Newfoundlander	190	25	165
Nova Scotian	60	10	55
Ontarian	80	25	65
Québécois	240	55	185
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	0	0	0
European origins	118,890	30,090	88,805
British Isles origins	64,865	7,990	56,875
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	10	0	10
English	32,270	3,435	28,835
Irish	30,805	2,195	28,610
Manx	20	0	15
Scottish	25,430	1,840	23,590
Welsh	2,085	125	1,960
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	2,680	395	2,285
French origins	61,035	9,450	51,585
Alsatian	10	0	10
Breton	0	0	0
Corsican	0	0	0
French	61,035	9,450	51,585
Western European origins (except French origins)	17,590	1,975	15,610
Austrian	660	85	575
Bavarian	0	0	10
Belgian	485	25	460
Dutch	3,750	465	3,290
Flemish	30	10	20
Frisian	0	0	0
German	13,280	1,380	11,905
Luxembourger	15	10	10
Swiss	355	15	345
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	10,090	2,260	7,835
Danish	685	85	595
Finnish	7,405	2,050	5,350
Icelandic	190	25	165
Norwegian	855	40	815
Swedish	1,575	60	1,515
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	55	0	60
Eastern European origins	13,995	2,665	11,325
Bulgarian	45	10	30
Byelorussian	65	10	60
Czech	350	90	265
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	230	20	205
Estonian	210	30	175
Hungarian	795	110	685
Latvian	145	45	105
Lithuanian	285	60	225
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	4,870	825	4,040
Romanian	280	35	245
Russian	850	50	795
Slovak	310	85	225
Ukrainian	7,530	1,285	6,245
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	10	0	0
Southern European origins	16,655	5,665	10,990
Albanian	0	0	0
Bosnian	20	15	10
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	915	350	565
Cypriot	10	0	10
Greek	720	260	455
Italian	13,500	4,620	8,885
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	80	15	65
Maltese	70	20	50
Montenegrin	10	0	10
Portuguese	515	190	325
Serbian	200	45	150
Sicilian	15	0	15
Slovenian	220	65	150
Spanish	750	50	700
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	255	40	215
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	15	0	15
Other European origins	370	90	285
Basque	10	0	10
Jewish	140	15	125
Roma (Gypsy)	15	0	15
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	0	0	0
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	210	65	145
Caribbean origins	890	280	610
Antiguan	20	10	20
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	50	20	25
Bermudan	30	0	30
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	20	0	15
Dominican	10	0	10
Grenadian	10	10	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	60	25	35
Jamaican	530	185	345
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	25	0	20
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	85	10	75
Vincentian/Grenadinian	10	10	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	55	10	40
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	10	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins	650	180	465
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	20	10	10
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	10	0	0
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	15	0	15
Chilean	50	10	40
Colombian	80	35	45
Costa Rican	10	0	10
Ecuadorian	25	0	25
Guatemalan	30	10	20
Guyanese	40	0	40
Hispanic	30	10	20
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	10	0	0
Mexican	195	25	165
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	90	35	55
Salvadorean	35	25	0
Uruguayan	20	10	10
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	0	0	10
African origins	1,460	695	765
Central and West African origins	315	265	45
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	50	50	0
Chadian	10	0	10
Congolese	115	90	25
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	20	25	0
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	20	15	0
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	45	35	10
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	10	0	0
Sierra Leonean	10	15	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	25	25	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	10	10	0
North African origins	335	175	160
Algerian	85	55	30
Berber	20	0	15
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	85	10	70
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	25	20	10
Sudanese	15	20	0
Tunisian	70	30	35
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	35	35	0
Southern and East African origins	285	125	160
Afrikaner	0	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.^{Footnote 21}	0	0	0
Burundian	30	30	0
Djiboutian	10	0	10
Eritrean	0	10	0
Ethiopian	10	10	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	45	10	40
Malagasy	10	10	0
Mauritian	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	15	15	0
Seychellois	15	0	15
Somali	35	0	40
South African	75	10	65
Tanzanian	0	0	10
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	10	0
Zimbabwean	10	10	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	75	45	25
Other African origins	560	125	435
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	70	0	70
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	505	125	385
Asian origins	4,795	3,195	1,595
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	1,175	560	615
Afghan	40	15	25
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	240	160	85
Armenian	20	0	20
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	20	15	0
Georgian	0	0	10
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	105	55	45
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	40	10	35
Jordanian	30	0	20
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	10	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	405	135	265
Palestinian	55	30	25
Pashtun	30	0	30
Saudi Arabian	45	45	0
Syrian	35	30	0
Tajik	15	0	20
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	75	15	60
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}	65	35	30
South Asian origins	1,630	1,190	440
Bangladeshi	15	15	0
Bengali	15	0	15
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	1,215	880	335
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	15	15	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	20	20	0
Pakistani	195	130	60
Punjabi	40	40	0
Sinhalese	10	0	10
Sri Lankan	120	55	65
Tamil	10	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	65	25	40
East and Southeast Asian origins	2,020	1,440	580
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	10	0	0
Chinese	1,205	825	375
Filipino	375	245	125
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	30	20	15
Japanese	95	55	40
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	85	70	15
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	10	0	10
Mongolian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	295	230	65
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	20	10	10
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	20	10	10
Oceania origins	135	0	135
Australian	115	0	110
New Zealander	20	0	20
Pacific Islands origins	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	10	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 available for a specific reference period

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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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