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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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This table details ethnic origin , single and multiple ethnic origin responses , generation status , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Nunavut
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 1} = 25.2 %
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}	31,695	26,075	5,625
North American Aboriginal origins	27,435	23,500	3,935
First Nations (North American Indian)	465	85	380
Inuit	27,075	23,390	3,690
Métis	170	35	140
Other North American origins	1,400	565	830
Acadian	50	15	40
American	175	10	165
Canadian	1,085	500	585
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	70	15	50
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	0	0	0
Québécois	30	25	0
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	10	0	0
European origins	6,680	1,620	5,060
British Isles origins	4,810	1,050	3,765
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	0	0	0
English	1,725	405	1,325
Irish	1,385	275	1,110
Manx	0	0	0
Scottish	2,420	245	2,175
Welsh	125	20	100
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	290	105	185
French origins	1,045	205	835
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	0	0	0
French	1,040	205	835
Western European origins (except French origins)	800	125	670
Austrian	15	0	10
Belgian	35	10	30
Dutch	130	25	105
Flemish	10	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0
German	640	90	545
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	15	0	15
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	385	30	355
Danish	180	0	175
Finnish	25	10	20
Icelandic	20	0	20
Norwegian	100	0	95
Swedish	65	10	60
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	25	10	20
Eastern European origins	400	85	315
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	0	0	0
Czech	0	0	10
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0
Hungarian	50	10	45
Latvian	10	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	115	20	95
Romanian	25	10	10
Russian	65	10	50
Slovak	10	0	10
Ukrainian	160	25	130
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 10}	0	0	0
Southern European origins	390	45	355
Albanian	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0
Croatian	10	0	0
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	35	0	30
Italian	215	15	195
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	90	10	80
Serbian	0	0	0
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0
Spanish	55	0	55
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.	10	0	10
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0
Other European origins	200	80	120
Basque	0	0	0
Jewish	15	0	10
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.	20	10	10
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 12}	170	70	95
Caribbean origins	55	25	30
Antiguan	0	0	0
Bahamian	0	0	0
Barbadian	0	0	0
Bermudan	0	0	0
Carib	0	0	0
Cuban	0	0	0
Dominican	0	0	0
Grenadian	0	0	0
Haitian	0	0	0
Jamaican	15	0	0
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.	0	0	10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	10	0	10
Latin, Central and South American origins	40	10	25
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya)	10	0	0
Argentinian	0	0	0
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	0	0	0
Chilean	10	0	0
Colombian	0	0	0
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Ecuadorian	0	0	0
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Guyanese	0	0	0
Hispanic	0	0	0
Honduran	0	0	0
Maya	0	0	0
Mexican	0	0	10
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	0	0	0
Salvadorean	0	0	0
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 14}	0	0	0
African origins	275	50	230
Central and West African origins	15	10	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	10	10	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	10	0	0
Algerian	0	0	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	10	0	10
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 16}	0	0	0
Southern and East African origins	20	10	10
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	10	0	0
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}	10	0	0
Other African origins	240	25	215
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 18}	105	0	110
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	140	25	115
Asian origins	425	295	130
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	55	20	40
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Iranian	0	0	0
Iraqi	0	0	0
Israeli	0	0	0
Jordanian	0	0	0
Kazakh	0	0	0
Kurd	0	0	0
Kuwaiti	0	0	0
Lebanese	35	15	20
Palestinian	0	0	0
Pashtun	0	0	0
Saudi Arabian	0	0	0
Syrian	0	0	0
Tajik	0	0	0
Tatar	0	0	0
Turk	0	0	10
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	115	85	30
Bangladeshi	0	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0
East Indian^{Footnote 21}	80	55	25
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	10	0	0
Punjabi	10	0	0
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	15	10	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	260	190	70
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	90	60	30
Filipino	140	110	30
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	0	0	0
Japanese	10	0	10
Korean	10	10	0
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	10	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 23}	0	0	0
Other Asian origins	10	0	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	10	0	0
Oceania origins	15	10	0
Australian	10	10	0
New Zealander	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins	10	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	0	0	0
Maori	0	0	0
Polynesian, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Samoan	0	0	0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 25}	0	0	0

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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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