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 Thunder Bay
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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}	118,880	47,640	71,235
North American Aboriginal origins	15,665	5,560	10,105
First Nations (North American Indian)	12,425	5,215	7,215
Inuit	100	15	85
Métis	3,480	330	3,145
Other North American origins	28,820	9,955	18,870
Acadian	130	10	125
American	1,290	70	1,220
Canadian	27,850	9,845	18,005
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	95	15	80
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	30	0	30
Québécois	40	10	35
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	0	0	0
European origins	97,730	28,590	69,140
British Isles origins	56,135	7,275	48,860
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	10	0	10
English	32,825	3,760	29,065
Irish	22,115	1,125	20,985
Manx	30	10	30
Scottish	25,420	1,875	23,545
Welsh	2,235	120	2,120
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	2,205	385	1,820
French origins	19,420	1,680	17,740
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	10	0	15
Corsican	0	0	0
French	19,405	1,685	17,720
Western European origins (except French origins)	18,445	2,565	15,885
Austrian	920	85	840
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	430	45	390
Dutch	4,815	1,145	3,670
Flemish	50	0	55
Frisian	30	0	30
German	13,020	1,230	11,785
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	455	60	400
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	15	10	10
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	21,570	4,115	17,455
Danish	1,325	145	1,180
Finnish	13,560	3,385	10,175
Icelandic	760	35	720
Norwegian	3,320	195	3,130
Swedish	5,360	325	5,040
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	315	30	280
Eastern European origins	26,215	5,450	20,765
Bulgarian	55	0	50
Byelorussian	30	0	25
Czech	315	75	240
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	285	35	250
Estonian	270	45	225
Hungarian	1,070	215	860
Latvian	235	30	210
Lithuanian	240	20	215
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	8,395	1,620	6,775
Romanian	520	60	460
Russian	1,390	95	1,300
Slovak	2,370	405	1,965
Ukrainian	16,085	2,835	13,245
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	30	10	20
Southern European origins	20,245	7,405	12,835
Albanian	10	0	10
Bosnian	35	0	35
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	1,235	375	855
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	770	190	575
Italian	16,610	6,040	10,575
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	10	10	0
Maltese	45	10	35
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	1,070	495	570
Serbian	180	70	115
Sicilian	25	0	20
Slovenian	330	100	235
Spanish	450	55	395
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	300	65	235
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	10	0	10
Other European origins	360	100	265
Basque	10	0	15
Jewish	150	0	145
Roma (Gypsy)	15	0	10
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	15	0	15
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	175	90	85
Caribbean origins	395	55	335
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	20	0	15
Barbadian	60	15	45
Bermudan	10	0	10
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	45	0	40
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	20	10	15
Jamaican	175	30	145
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Puerto Rican	0	0	0
St. Lucian	0	0	0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	30	0	30
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	25	0	25
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	10	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins	640	275	365
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	0	0	0
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	15	0	15
Belizean	35	0	40
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	80	30	45
Chilean	60	50	15
Colombian	65	55	10
Costa Rican	20	0	20
Ecuadorian	0	0	0
Guatemalan	20	0	20
Guyanese	20	0	20
Hispanic	0	0	0
Honduran	15	10	0
Maya	10	15	0
Mexican	160	55	100
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	20	10	10
Salvadorean	50	25	25
Uruguayan	10	0	10
Venezuelan	15	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	60	20	40
African origins	790	325	465
Central and West African origins	260	175	85
Akan	10	0	10
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	10	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	10	10	0
Chadian	10	10	0
Congolese	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	85	75	15
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Liberian	10	0	10
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	80	55	25
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	45	10	30
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	10	10	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	30	0	30
North African origins	105	75	35
Algerian	15	0	10
Berber	0	0	10
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	20	15	10
Libyan	25	15	10
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	0	0	0
Sudanese	45	35	10
Tunisian	0	0	10
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	145	55	90
Afrikaner	10	0	10
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	10	0	10
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	10	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	20	0	15
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	10	0	10
South African	70	35	40
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	0	10	0
Zulu	0	0	10
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	10	0	0
Other African origins	290	25	265
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	25	0	20
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	265	20	245
Asian origins	4,110	2,850	1,260
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	875	510	370
Afghan	35	20	15
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	205	140	65
Armenian	35	0	30
Assyrian	25	20	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	10	0	10
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	200	170	25
Iraqi	15	10	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	195	60	145
Palestinian	0	0	0
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	80	55	25
Syrian	45	10	35
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	25	0	20
Turkmen	0	0	0
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	10	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 26}	30	25	0
South Asian origins	900	770	135
Bangladeshi	105	105	0
Bengali	10	0	10
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	580	475	110
Goan	10	0	10
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	35	40	0
Pakistani	80	45	35
Punjabi	15	10	0
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	30	25	10
Tamil	10	10	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	60	60	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	2,380	1,540	835
Burmese	50	55	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	20	0	15
Chinese	925	600	330
Filipino	385	260	125
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	55	10	50
Japanese	380	90	290
Karen	280	235	45
Korean	185	160	30
Laotian	15	10	0
Malaysian	0	0	10
Mongolian	60	0	60
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	10	10	0
Thai	10	10	10
Tibetan	0	10	0
Vietnamese	145	110	35
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	0	0	10
Other Asian origins	35	35	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	35	35	0
Oceania origins	140	25	110
Australian	55	0	55
New Zealander	60	15	40
Pacific Islands origins	25	10	20
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	10
Maori	20	10	10
Samoan	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 30}	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 31}	10	10	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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