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 Cold Lake
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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}	14,625	6,035	8,590
North American Aboriginal origins	1,605	220	1,385
First Nations (North American Indian)	890	120	775
Inuit	25	0	15
Métis	780	90	690
Other North American origins	5,490	2,490	3,000
Acadian	65	0	60
American	190	10	180
Canadian	5,250	2,465	2,785
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	20	0	20
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	0	0	0
Québécois	20	0	20
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	0	0	0
European origins	10,475	2,245	8,235
British Isles origins	7,115	990	6,130
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	0	0	0
English	3,945	560	3,385
Irish	2,920	140	2,775
Manx	10	0	10
Scottish	3,220	220	3,000
Welsh	325	20	305
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	380	55	320
French origins	2,690	380	2,310
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	0	0	0
Corsican	0	0	0
French	2,685	380	2,310
Western European origins (except French origins)	3,105	385	2,715
Austrian	65	0	65
Bavarian	0	0	0
Belgian	110	10	95
Dutch	600	65	540
Flemish	15	0	15
Frisian	20	0	20
German	2,455	295	2,155
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	65	15	45
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	1,185	85	1,095
Danish	150	30	120
Finnish	65	0	65
Icelandic	140	10	135
Norwegian	620	25	595
Swedish	280	15	270
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	70	10	65
Eastern European origins	2,250	300	1,945
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	10	0	15
Czech	15	0	15
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 10}	25	10	15
Estonian	10	0	0
Hungarian	120	10	105
Latvian	25	0	25
Lithuanian	10	0	10
Moldovan	10	10	0
Polish	640	85	560
Romanian	140	10	130
Russian	330	30	295
Slovak	20	0	15
Ukrainian	1,320	155	1,165
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	15	0	10
Southern European origins	570	95	480
Albanian	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0
Catalan	0	0	0
Croatian	10	0	10
Cypriot	10	0	0
Greek	15	0	10
Italian	310	60	245
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	10	0	10
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	30	0	25
Serbian	10	0	10
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0
Spanish	185	30	165
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 12}	20	0	25
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0
Other European origins	25	0	20
Basque	0	0	0
Jewish	0	0	0
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.^{Footnote 14}	0	0	0
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	25	10	15
Caribbean origins	135	40	100
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	15	0	15
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	0	0	0
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Guadeloupean	0	0	0
Haitian	40	10	30
Jamaican	60	20	40
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	15	10	10
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.^{Footnote 16}	20	0	15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins	190	75	115
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	10	0	0
Arawak	0	0	0
Argentinian	0	0	0
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	15	0	10
Chilean	20	10	15
Colombian	10	0	0
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	15	10	10
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Guyanese	10	0	10
Hispanic	0	0	0
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	10
Mexican	40	25	15
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	0	0	10
Salvadorean	15	10	10
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 18}	65	10	55
African origins	215	115	100
Central and West African origins	110	100	10
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Beninese	0	0	0
Burkinabe	0	0	0
Cameroonian	0	0	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese	0	0	10
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	0	0	10
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	25	20	0
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	0	0	0
Malinké	0	0	0
Nigerian	75	75	0
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	0	0	0
North African origins	25	10	20
Algerian	0	0	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	25	0	20
Libyan	0	0	0
Maure	0	0	0
Moroccan	0	0	0
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	45	10	40
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	0	0	0
Ethiopian	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Kenyan	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Mauritian	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Somali	15	0	15
South African	20	10	15
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	10	0	15
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	10	0	15
Other African origins	45	0	40
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 23}	0	0	0
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	45	10	40
Asian origins	1,300	860	445
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	190	55	130
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.^{Footnote 25}	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	10
Georgian	0	0	0
Hazara	0	0	0
Iranian	10	10	0
Iraqi	10	0	10
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	40	35	0
Kurd	10	0	10
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Kyrgyz	0	0	0
Lebanese	95	10	85
Palestinian	35	0	35
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	10	0	0
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	15	10	10
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}	0	0	0
South Asian origins	185	120	60
Bangladeshi	10	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0
Bhutanese	0	0	0
East Indian	120	75	45
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	0	0	0
Punjabi	0	0	0
Sinhalese	15	15	10
Sri Lankan	35	35	0
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 27}	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	965	680	285
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	25	10	20
Chinese	280	125	155
Filipino	600	480	125
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	10	10	0
Japanese	65	15	45
Karen	0	0	0
Korean	20	15	0
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	0	0	0
Mongolian	10	0	10
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	10	0	10
Thai	15	15	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	10	10	0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	0	0	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 29}	0	0	0
Oceania origins	20	0	20
Australian	0	0	0
New Zealander	10	0	10
Pacific Islands origins	15	0	15
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	15	0	10
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

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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