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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 Penticton
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 1} = 30.3 %
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}	41,335	17,425	23,910
North American Aboriginal origins	3,465	655	2,810
First Nations (North American Indian)	2,180	530	1,655
Inuit	85	0	70
Métis	1,340	110	1,235
Other North American origins	9,725	3,910	5,815
Acadian	15	0	15
American	675	40	635
Canadian	9,235	3,870	5,365
New Brunswicker	0	0	0
Newfoundlander	0	0	0
Nova Scotian	0	0	0
Ontarian	0	0	0
Québécois	35	0	30
Other North American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 6}	15	0	15
European origins	35,060	11,450	23,610
British Isles origins	23,480	5,345	18,140
Channel Islander	0	0	0
Cornish	0	0	0
English	14,855	3,090	11,760
Irish	8,000	455	7,540
Manx	0	0	0
Scottish	10,000	1,195	8,805
Welsh	1,405	175	1,230
British Isles origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 7}	1,265	420	845
French origins	4,850	680	4,165
Alsatian	0	0	0
Breton	0	0	0
French	4,850	685	4,165
Western European origins (except French origins)	10,535	2,380	8,155
Austrian	515	95	425
Belgian	320	80	240
Dutch	2,345	620	1,730
Flemish	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0
German	7,800	1,500	6,305
Luxembourger	0	0	0
Swiss	395	90	310
Western European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	4,695	625	4,070
Danish	780	85	690
Finnish	395	75	320
Icelandic	260	0	260
Norwegian	2,235	175	2,055
Swedish	1,580	260	1,320
Northern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 9}	80	20	55
Eastern European origins	6,350	1,430	4,925
Bulgarian	0	0	0
Byelorussian	20	0	0
Czech	160	25	135
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.	180	55	125
Estonian	60	25	35
Hungarian	920	240	680
Latvian	20	0	20
Lithuanian	60	35	25
Moldovan	0	0	0
Polish	1,390	140	1,255
Romanian	265	15	250
Russian	1,580	215	1,365
Slovak	95	20	70
Ukrainian	2,590	650	1,940
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 10}	0	0	0
Southern European origins	3,080	930	2,145
Albanian	15	15	0
Bosnian	0	0	0
Croatian	205	120	80
Cypriot	0	0	0
Greek	160	60	100
Italian	1,705	380	1,325
Kosovar	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0
Maltese	20	0	10
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Portuguese	480	290	190
Serbian	55	25	0
Sicilian	0	0	0
Slovenian	70	0	70
Spanish	430	25	400
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.	80	0	70
Southern European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0
Other European origins	265	60	205
Basque	0	0	0
Jewish	160	0	160
Roma (Gypsy)	0	0	0
Slavic, n.o.s.	10	0	10
Other European origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 12}	70	55	15
Caribbean origins	120	50	70
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	30	10	15
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	25	0	20
Vincentian/Grenadinian	0	0	0
West Indian, n.o.s.	30	0	0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins	350	35	315
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya)	0	0	0
Argentinian	0	0	0
Belizean	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Brazilian	0	0	0
Chilean	125	0	120
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	250	10	235
Nicaraguan	0	0	0
Panamanian	0	0	0
Paraguayan	0	0	0
Peruvian	15	0	15
Salvadorean	35	0	20
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Venezuelan	0	0	0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 14}	35	0	35
African origins	310	15	295
Central and West African origins	10	0	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	10	0	0
Algerian	0	0	0
Berber	0	0	0
Coptic	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Egyptian	0	0	0
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	195	0	195
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	170	0	170
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	95	0	90
Black, n.o.s.^{Footnote 18}	30	0	25
Other African origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 19}	70	0	60
Asian origins	1,820	1,305	515
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	90	60	35
Afghan	0	0	0
Arab, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Armenian	20	0	20
Assyrian	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Iranian	65	60	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	0	0	0
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	0
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	850	730	125
Bangladeshi	0	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0
East Indian^{Footnote 21}	660	560	100
Goan	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Pakistani	0	0	0
Punjabi	185	155	25
Sinhalese	0	0	0
Sri Lankan	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 22}	0	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins	875	515	360
Burmese	0	0	0
Cambodian (Khmer)	0	0	0
Chinese	330	215	110
Filipino	225	145	85
Hmong	0	0	0
Indonesian	85	0	90
Japanese	145	70	80
Korean	30	30	0
Laotian	0	0	0
Malaysian	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Vietnamese	15	0	0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 23}	50	0	0
Other Asian origins	0	0	0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.^{Footnote 24}	0	0	0
Oceania origins	100	0	95
Australian	55	0	60
New Zealander	35	0	35
Pacific Islands origins	15	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0
Hawaiian	10	0	10
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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