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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Tabulation: Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

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Sex (3)

This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Chilliwack
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 1} = 22.7 %
Ethnic origin (264)	Single and multiple ethnic origin responses (3)
Ethnic origin (264)	Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 2	Single ethnic origin responses^Footnote 3	Multiple ethnic origin responses^Footnote 4
Total - Ethnic origins^{Footnote 5}	90,240	39,910	50,325
North American Aboriginal origins	8,535	2,705	5,830
First Nations (North American Indian)	6,470	2,375	4,090
Inuit	80	20	60
Métis	2,305	305	1,995
Other North American origins	28,055	11,200	16,855
Acadian	110	0	110
American	2,070	200	1,870
Canadian	26,625	10,985	15,640
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	10	0	10
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	0	0	0
Québécois	0	0	0
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	0	0	0
European origins	72,270	23,240	49,035
British Isles origins	44,490	9,130	35,360
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	0	0	0
English	27,450	5,505	21,950
Irish	14,720	1,060	13,655
Manx	60	0	55
Scottish	18,710	1,825	16,880
Welsh	2,880	140	2,740
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	2,570	590	1,985
French origins	9,190	840	8,355
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	0	0	0
French	9,185	840	8,345
Western European origins (except French origins)	28,760	9,255	19,505
Austrian	770	105	670
Belgian	365	60	315
Dutch	11,085	4,950	6,135
Flemish	50	0	45
Frisian	135	0	115
German	18,415	4,025	14,385
Luxembourger	20	0	25
Swiss	630	100	525
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	7,570	965	6,605
Danish	1,650	340	1,310
Finnish	560	125	430
Icelandic	570	50	520
Norwegian	2,835	250	2,590
Swedish	2,200	185	2,015
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	335	15	320
Eastern European origins	12,935	2,170	10,760
Bulgarian	15	0	20
Byelorussian	0	0	0
Czech	325	70	255
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.	180	15	165
Estonian	65	0	55
Hungarian	1,295	225	1,065
Latvian	70	15	55
Lithuanian	95	0	85
Moldovan	35	0	25
Polish	3,160	365	2,800
Romanian	560	175	385
Russian	4,035	430	3,605
Slovak	245	0	240
Ukrainian	4,845	840	4,005
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 10}	65	0	65
Southern European origins	4,075	660	3,415
Albanian	0	0	0
Bosnian	65	0	55
Croatian	295	65	230
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	165	40	130
Italian	2,045	215	1,825
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	90	30	55
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	410	120	290
Serbian	70	30	40
Sicilian	25	0	30
Slovenian	80	0	75
Spanish	810	85	720
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.	185	0	170
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0
Other European origins	775	215	560
Basque	60	0	0
Jewish	370	40	330
Roma (Gypsy)	60	0	60
Slavic, n.o.s.	20	0	20
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 12}	295	155	140
Caribbean origins	245	65	185
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	0	0	0
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	10	10	0
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Haitian	25	25	0
Jamaican	115	0	110
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	60	20	40
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.	10	0	10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins	925	290	635
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya)	10	0	10
Argentinian	0	0	0
Belizean	55	60	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	60	0	55
Chilean	60	10	50
Colombian	0	0	0
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	0	0	0
Guatemalan	25	0	25
Guyanese	55	0	60
Hispanic	30	10	15
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	0
Mexican	285	50	240
Nicaraguan	60	50	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	55	0	50
Peruvian	0	0	0
Salvadorean	185	90	90
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	15	0	15
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 14}	20	0	25
African origins	370	120	255
Central and West African origins	15	15	0
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	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Gambian	0	0	0
Ghanaian	0	0	0
Guinean	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Liberian	0	0	0
Malian	0	0	0
Nigerian	0	0	0
Peulh	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Sierra Leonean	0	0	0
Togolese	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 15}	0	0	0
North African origins	65	0	55
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	35	0	30
Sudanese	0	0	0
Tunisian	0	0	0
North African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	170	90	80
Afrikaner	0	0	0
Amhara	0	0	0
Bantu, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Burundian	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	0	0	0
South African	135	70	65
Tanzanian	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Ugandan	0	0	0
Zambian	0	0	0
Zimbabwean	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 17}	0	0	0
Other African origins	125	0	120
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 18}	30	0	30
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	90	0	85
Asian origins	3,690	2,265	1,425
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	275	80	200
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.	40	30	10
Armenian	0	0	0
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Iranian	95	25	70
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	15	15	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Lebanese	15	0	15
Palestinian	0	0	0
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	50	0	45
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	45	0	45
Uighur	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0
Yemeni	0	0	0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 20}	0	0	0
South Asian origins	795	580	210
Bangladeshi	30	30	0
Bengali	0	0	0
East Indian^{Footnote 21}	595	405	185
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	65	15	45
Punjabi	95	85	10
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	55	40	20
East and Southeast Asian origins	2,640	1,600	1,040
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	915	450	465
Filipino	645	380	265
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	65	15	45
Japanese	330	95	235
Korean	470	440	30
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	30	0	25
Mongolian	25	0	25
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	50	20	30
Thai	65	0	50
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	190	175	15
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 23}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	0	0	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	0	0	0
Oceania origins	515	35	480
Australian	260	0	240
New Zealander	70	0	70
Pacific Islands origins	195	0	180
Fijian	35	0	30
Hawaiian	85	0	85
Maori	15	0	15
Polynesian, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Samoan	50	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 25}	0	0	0

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

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Footnote 2

The category 'Total - Single and multiple ethnic origin responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported a specified ethnic origin, either as their only ethnic origin or in addition to one or more other ethnic origins. The sum of all total responses for all ethnic origins 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 respondent provides one ethnic origin only.

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Footnote 4

A multiple ethnic origin response occurs when a respondent 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 NHS.

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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,' 'Manitoban').

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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 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 11

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 12

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 13

Includes general responses indicating Caribbean origins (e.g., 'Caribbean') as well as more specific responses indicating Caribbean origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Guadelupian,' 'Aruban').

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Footnote 14

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 15

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., 'Ewe,' 'Wolof').

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Footnote 16

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 17

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 18

Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the National Household Survey (NHS), while other respondents may choose to give more general responses. This means that two respondents with the same ethnic ancestry could have different response patterns and thus could be counted as having different ethnic origins. For example, one respondent may report 'East Indian' ethnic origin while another respondent, with a similar ancestral background, may report 'Punjabi' or 'South Asian' origins; one respondent may report 'Black' while another, similar respondent, may report 'Ghanaian' or 'African.' As a result, ethnic origin data are very fluid, and counts for certain origins, such as 'East Indian' and 'Black,' may seem lower than initially expected. Users who wish to obtain broader response counts may wish to combine data for one or more ethnic origins together or use counts for ethnic categories such as 'South Asian origins' or 'African origins.' (Please note, however, that 'African origins' should not be considered equivalent to the 'Black' population group or visible minority status, as there are persons reporting African origins who report a population group or visible minority status other than 'Black.' Conversely, many people report a population group or visible minority status of 'Black' and do not report having 'African' origins. For information on population group and visible minority population in the 2011 NHS, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication).

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Footnote 19

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 20

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 22

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., 'Bhutanese').

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Footnote 23

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,' 'Karen').

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Footnote 24

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 25

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, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011028.

Date modified:: 2019-01-23

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