ETHNIC GROUPS IN CANADA

This is a list of Canadian residents (citizens, landed immigrants, and non-citizen temporary residents) by the ethnic origin(s) they chose to list on their 2001 census form. The relevant census question asked for either the ethnicity or nationality of the respondent's ancestors and not the respondents themselves.
The labels do not necessarily describe the respondent themself (as they may identify themselves slightly differently than their ancestor). Also, many respondents acknowledged multiple ancestries (origins). These people were counted one extra time for each origin listed (but are counted only once within a single origin's count). As well, some respondents interpreted the question differently, so two people with similar ethnic origin, may answer differently. This is especially true, when using "Canadian" as an ethnic origin. The data may also reflect an equating of the terms "English" with British or anglophone and therefore, along with the large number of single responses for "Canadian", this data may not give the most accurate data on ethnicity/ethnic origin for several groups. This is particularly the case for those of British Isles and French origins.
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Contents

Larger ethnic origins

Smaller ethnic origins

See also

References

Larger ethnic origins

Ethnicity	Combined responses	As single response	One of multiple responses per respondent
"Canadian"	11,682,680	6,748,135	4,934,545
English	5,978,875	1,479,525	4,499,355
French	4,668,410	1,060,760	3,607,655
Scottish	4,157,210	607,235	3,549,975
Irish	3,822,660	496,865	3,325,795
German	2,742,765	705,600	2,037,170
Italian	1,270,370	726,275	544,090
Chinese	1,094,700	936,210	158,490
Ukrainian	1,071,060	326,195	744,860
First Nations	1,000,890	455,805	545,085
Dutch (Netherlands)	923,310	316,220	607,090
Polish	817,085	260,415	556,665
East Indian	713,330	581,665	131,665
Norwegian	363,760	47,230	316,530
Portuguese	357,690	252,835	104,855
Welsh	350,365	28,445	321,920
Jewish	348,605	186,475	162,130
Russian	337,960	70,895	267,070
Filipino	327,550	266,140	61,405
Métis	307,845	72,210	235,635
Swedish	282,760	30,440	252,325
Hungarian (Magyar)	267,255	91,800	175,455
American (USA)	250,005	25,205	224,805
Greek	215,105	143,785	71,325
Spanish	213,105	66,545	146,555
Jamaican	211,720	138,180	73,545
Danish	170,780	33,795	136,985
Vietnamese	151,410	119,120	32,290

Smaller ethnic origins

Ethnicity	Combined responses	As single response	One of multiple responses per respondent
Austrian	147,585	25,320	122,265
Lebanese	143,635	93,895	49,740
Romanian	131,830	53,320	78,505
Dutch (Belgium)	129,780	30,195	99,585
Finnish	114,690	31,985	82,705
Swiss	110,795	24,595	86,200
Korean	101,715	95,200	6,510
Québécois	98,670	65,480	33,190
African (Black), n.i.e.( ★ )	97,185	37,380	59,810
Croatian	97,050	58,170	38,880
Iranian	88,220	73,450	14,770
Japanese	85,230	53,175	32,050
Haitian	82,405	70,755	11,650
Czech	79,910	24,945	54,965
Icelandic	75,090	10,850	64,240
Pakistani	74,015	54,565	19,450
Arab, n.i.e.	71,705	47,600	24,100
Acadian	71,590	21,945	49,645
Yugoslav, n.i.e.	65,505	26,880	38,625
Sri Lankan	61,315	45,485	15,825
West Indian	59,705	33,295	26,410
Inuit	56,330	37,030	19,300
Serbian	55,540	39,205	16,330
Black	53,090	38,345	14,745
Guyanese	51,570	26,290	25,280
Slovak	50,860	19,865	30,990
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	49,590	22,440	27,150
South Asian, n.i.e.	49,205	41,950	7,255
Oceania origins	48,595	10,760	37,835
Maghrebi origins	48,165	32,175	15,990
Punjabi	47,155	28,980	18,180
Latin/Central/South American, n.i.e.	41,620	30,380	11,240
Egyptian	41,310	26,150	15,160
Armenian	40,505	27,175	13,330
Tamil	39,075	26,935	12,135
Mexican	36,575	15,815	20,755
Lithuanian	36,485	11,320	25,165
Chilean	34,115	21,820	12,290
Somali	33,725	30,830	2,895
Czechoslovakian	33,540	7,205	26,340
Maltese	33,000	14,115	18,880
Scandinavian, n.i.e.	32,730	6,690	26,040
Macedonian	31,265	16,790	14,475
Slovenian	28,910	15,285	13,635
Salvadorean	26,735	20,795	5,940
Australian	25,415	3,805	21,615
Afghanistani	25,230	22,320	2,910
Turk	24,910	15,065	9,845
Barbadian	23,725	10,600	13,125
Latvian	22,615	8,885	13,730
Estonian	22,085	9,645	12,435
Syrian	22,065	10,425	11,640
Moroccan	21,355	13,035	8,315
European, n.i.e.	20,450	9,715	10,735
Cambodian	20,430	14,840	5,595
Iraqi	19,245	14,105	5,140
South African	18,925	4,980	13,945
Taiwanese	18,080	13,335	4,745
Peruvian	17,945	10,935	7,010
Laotian	16,950	12,345	4,605
Ghanaian	16,935	14,170	2,765
Colombian	15,865	10,445	5,415
Ethiopian	15,725	13,100	2,625
Bosnian	15,720	12,185	3,540
Algerian	15,500	11,235	4,260
Bulgarian	15,195	8,465	6,730
Albanian	14,935	12,310	2,625
Palestinian	14,675	9,215	5,465
Newfoundlander	13,715	4,155	9,555
Bangladeshi	13,080	11,295	1,790
Flemish	11,665	2,325	9,345
Caribbean, n.i.e.	10,990	4,295	6,695
Fijian	10,035	5,115	4,920
Brazilian	9,710	3,185	6,525
Indonesian	9,700	2,080	7,620
Guatemalan	9,550	6,435	3,120
Nigerian	9,530	6,570	2,960
Argentinian	9,095	2,970	6,125
Central/South American Indian	8,965	1,865	7,100
West Asian, n.i.e.	8,805	7,245	1,565
East/Southeast Asian, n.i.e.	8,795	8,465	330
Ecuadorian	8,785	5,960	2,830
New Zealander	8,600	1,160	7,435
Grenadian	7,995	4,315	3,680
Hispanic	7,850	5,460	2,390
Vincentian/Grenadinian	7,450	3,875	3,575
Eritrean	7,165	6,265	900
Bengali	7,020	5,465	1,560
Assyrian	6,980	4,570	2,410
Thai	6,965	2,810	4,160
Dominican, n.o.s.	6,865	3,255	3,610
Slav (European)	6,810	2,790	4,020
Sudanese	6,525	4,495	2,030
Congolese, n.o.s.	6,235	5,005	1,230
Cuban	6,200	2,195	4,005
Nicaraguan	6,190	4,340	1,850
Malaysian	6,095	1,570	4,520
Israeli	6,060	1,395	4,665
Venezuelan	5,925	2,320	3,600
Kurd	5,680	4,135	1,555
Berber	5,570	3,350	2,220
Tunisian	5,325	3,425	1,890
Byelorussian	5,115	1,490	3,620
Goan	3,865	1,630	2,235
Uruguayan	3,800	1,695	2,105
Jordanian	3,760	2,320	1,435
Sinhalese	3,560	2,195	1,370
Frisian	3,175	670	2,500
Rwandan	3,060	2,430	630
Honduran	3,025	1,955	1,070
Kenyan	2,990	1,540	1,455
Maya	2,875	685	2,190
Burmese	2,840	1,070	1,770
Gujarati	2,805	1,180	1,620
St. Lucian	2,765	1,420	1,345
Mauritian	2,720	1,145	1,575
Basque	2,715	395	2,320
Gypsy (Roma)	2,590	390	2,205
Sicilian	2,465	420	2,045
Antiguan	2,435	1,025	1,405
Luxembourger	2,390	450	1,945
East African	2,270	1,000	1,270
Maghrebi, n.i.e.	2,270	1,125	1,145
Ugandan	2,125	1,115	1,005
Panamanian	2,075	1,055	1,020
Cameroonian	2,070	1,615	455
Cypriot	2,060	590	1,470
Asian, n.o.s.	2,010	960	1,045
Hawaiian	1,955	110	1,840
Burundian	1,900	1,535	360
Zairian	1,885	1,390	495
Yoruba	1,875	1,340	535
Tanzanian	1,865	830	1,030
Ashanti	1,860	1,325	540
Bermudan	1,845	205	1,640
Bolivian	1,795	865	935
Polynesian	1,745	310	1,435
Kittitian/Nevisian	1,730	730	1,000
Mongolian	1,675	545	1,130
Senegalese	1,675	1,045	630
Costa Rican	1,615	770	845
Bahamian	1,585	360	1,225
Azerbaijani	1,445	470	975
Yemeni	1,445	685	760
Tibetan	1,425	1,225	200
Carib	1,330	70	1,255
Maori	1,305	135	1,170
Afrikaner	1,250	310	935
Zimbabwean	1,250	585	660
Ibo	1,200	850	355
Kosovar	1,200	960	245
Libyan	1,180	795	390
Nepali	1,170	770	405
Ivoirean	1,120	655	465
Guinean, n.o.s.	1,120	710	415
Angolan	1,110	615	490
Saudi Arabian	1,080	660	420
Montenegrin	1,055	230	820
Puerto Rican	1,045	130	915
Pashtun	1,040	540	500
Oromo	1,030	710	320
Khmer	1,000	710	295
Seychellois	980	605	370
Georgian	970	385	580
Tartar	875	370	505
Kuwaiti	855	585	275
Malian	815	480	340
Malagasy	780	415	365
Paraguayan	760	125	640
Togolese	755	480	275
Akan	750	505	240
Belizean	725	225	500
Martinique	605	140	460
Hmong	595	455	140
Sierra Leonean	565	350	220
Kashmiri	480	210	275
Pacific Islander, n.i.e.	390	125	265

See also

★ Immigration to Canada

References

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★ ) n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
Source Statistics Canada, Canada 2001 Census. [1]
[2]
The following question was asked on the 2001 census long-form, given to 1 in 5 persons (or their parents) known to legally reside in Canada:
::''While most people in Canada view themselves as Canadians, information on their ancestral origins has been collected since the 1901 Census to capture the changing composition of Canada’s diverse population. Therefore, this question refers to the 'origins of the person’s ancestors'.''
::To which ethnic or cultural group(s) did this person’s 'ancestors' belong?
::''For example, Canadian, French, English, Chinese, Italian, German, Scottish, Irish, Cree, Micmac, Métis, Inuit (Eskimo), East Indian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Filipino, Jewish, Greek, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Chilean, Somali, etc.''
:Source: Statistics Canada, ''2001 Census Handbook (Reference)'', Catalogue No. 92-379-XIE, February 20003, ISBN 0-662-31156-6, page 47.