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Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data

Table: Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data
Ethnic origins	Total responses¹	Single responses	Multiple responses¹

Nova Scotia !
Total population2	903,090	442,035	461,060
Canadian	368,940	200,600	168,345
Scottish	288,180	58,415	229,760
English	287,100	62,705	224,395
Irish	195,365	21,120	174,245
French	161,990	22,585	139,405
German	101,860	15,785	86,075
North American Indian	38,125	10,485	27,635
Dutch (Netherlands)	37,010	5,565	31,445
Welsh	16,970	1,070	15,895
Acadian	14,370	3,245	11,130
Italian	13,505	2,510	10,995
British Isles, n.i.e.3	11,805	2,740	9,060
Polish	10,990	2,280	8,710
Métis	9,555	1,005	8,550
Ukrainian	7,500	1,135	6,365
Lebanese	6,540	2,870	3,665
American	5,945	460	5,490
African, n.i.e.3	5,175	1,520	3,655
Chinese	5,140	3,655	1,485
Norwegian	4,675	445	4,235
Black	4,635	1,975	2,665
East Indian	3,895	2,465	1,425
Spanish	3,825	375	3,455
Swedish	3,705	245	3,455
Danish	3,555	495	3,060
Jewish	3,345	640	2,705
Russian	3,180	335	2,850
Portuguese	3,115	630	2,485
Greek	2,880	1,450	1,435
Swiss	2,640	260	2,375
Belgian	2,550	275	2,270
Hungarian (Magyar)	2,520	525	1,990
Austrian	1,810	195	1,615
Newfoundlander	1,490	385	1,105
Inuit	1,390	180	1,210
Arab, n.i.e.3	1,360	915	450
Romanian	1,050	155	895
Finnish	1,045	135	910
Jamaican	1,005	240	770
Czech	990	145	850
Egyptian	965	605	360
West Indian	950	160	790
Scandinavian, n.i.e.3	870	120	750
Korean	840	815	30
Iranian	805	595	210
Filipino	770	365	405
European, n.i.e.3	765	435	335
Yugoslav, n.i.e.3	665	215	450
Croatian	655	230	425
Syrian	655	130	525
Lithuanian	615	70	545
Vietnamese	605	470	135
Mexican	575	160	420
Palestinian	575	470	105
Japanese	560	315	245
Pakistani	500	410	85
Czechoslovakian	495	70	420
Icelandic	460	90	370
Australian	460	15	450
Barbadian	425	145	285
Turk	425	120	310
Nova Scotian	415	210	205
Latvian	375	65	310
Slovak	370	70	305
Maltese	345	45	300
Flemish	340	30	315
Bulgarian	325	60	265
South African	310	30	280
Estonian	280	115	165
Nigerian	270	195	75
Iraqi	260	250	10
Cuban	240	70	170
Basque	225	20	200
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	205	15	195
Bosnian	205	115	90
New Zealander	205	15	195
Bermudan	195	15	175
Serbian	185	85	95
Libyan	180	85	95
Caribbean, n.i.e.3	170	35	140
West Asian, n.i.e.3	160	95	65
Aboriginal from Central/South America	155	0	150
Albanian	155	100	55
Kuwaiti	155	80	80
Sri Lankan	155	50	105
Guyanese	145	15	130
Colombian	140	95	45
South Asian, n.i.e.3	140	140	0
Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e.3	135	60	80
Yemeni	135	75	55
Armenian	135	25	105
Indonesian	130	40	90
Jordanian	120	95	25
Québécois	115	20	95
Kurd	115	115	0
Ghanaian	110	95	20
Frisian	100	40	60
Slovenian	100	35	65
Other provincial or regional groups	95	10	85
Afghan	95	50	45
Venezuelan	90	10	80
Moroccan	90	40	50
Puerto Rican	80	0	80
Mongolian	80	15	70
Ethiopian	75	65	15
Somali	75	55	20
Togolese	75	0	70
Bahamian	70	15	50
Peruvian	70	25	40
Salvadorean	70	15	55
Bangladeshi	70	60	0
Maya	65	0	70
Slav (European)	65	10	55
Israeli	65	20	40
Grenadian	60	0	60
Hispanic	60	0	55
Cypriot	60	10	50
Malaysian	60	0	60
Chilean	55	15	45
Eritrean	55	60	0
Byelorussian	50	10	40
Bengali	50	40	0
Manx	45	10	40
Brazilian	45	15	30
Nicaraguan	45	10	40
Panamanian	45	0	40
Ugandan	45	10	40
Zambian	45	30	10
Punjabi	45	20	25
Thai	45	30	15
Dominican, n.o.s.4	40	10	35
Haitian	40	25	15
St. Lucian	40	15	30
Sicilian	40	0	40
Gypsy (Roma)	40	0	40
Zimbabwean	40	35	10
Antiguan	35	25	10
Argentinian	35	0	35
Macedonian	35	0	35
Sudanese	35	20	10
Azerbaijani	35	0	35
Pashtun	35	30	0
Sinhalese	35	20	20
Asian, n.o.s.4	35	0	30
Cornish	30	0	35
Belizean	30	10	25
Paraguayan	30	0	25
Yoruba	30	30	0
Burmese	30	0	30
Taiwanese	30	30	0
Honduran	25	0	25
Cameroonian	25	25	0
Kenyan	25	10	20
Oromo	25	30	0
Tatar	25	0	20
East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e.3	25	10	20
Maori	25	0	20
Polynesian	25	0	25
East African	20	0	15
Mauritian	20	0	10
Tunisian	20	0	20
Saudi Arabian	20	0	20
Cambodian	20	0	20
Hawaiian	20	0	15
Luxembourger	15	0	10
Afrikaner	15	0	15
Algerian	15	0	10
Assyrian	15	0	15
Goan	15	10	10
Tamil	15	0	15
Ontarian	10	0	10
Carib	10	0	10
Vincentian/Grenadinian	10	10	10
Ecuadorian	10	10	10
Kosovar	10	10	0
Amhara	10	10	0
Congolese (Zairian)	10	10	0
Gambian	10	0	10
Malian	10	0	10
Sierra Leonean	10	10	0
Tanzanian	10	10	0
Pacific Islander, n.i.e.3	10	0	10
Kittitian/Nevisian	0	0	0
Martinican	0	0	0
Montserratan	0	0	0
Bolivian	0	0	0
Costa Rican	0	0	0
Guatemalan	0	0	0
Uruguayan	0	0	0
Montenegrin	0	0	0
Akan	0	0	0
Angolan	0	0	0
Ashanti	0	0	0
Bantu	0	0	10
Burundian	0	0	0
Chadian	0	0	0
Congolese, n.o.s.4	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Gabonese	0	0	0
Guinean, n.o.s.4	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Ibo	0	0	0
Ivorian	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0
Peulh	0	0	0
Rwandan	0	0	0
Senegalese	0	0	0
Seychellois	0	0	0
Tigrian	0	0	0
Zulu	0	0	0
Berber	0	10	0
Maghrebi, n.i.e.3	0	0	10
Georgian	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0
Hmong	0	0	0
Khmer	0	0	0
Laotian	0	0	0
Singaporean	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	10
Samoan	0	0	0

Notes:

1. Respondents who reported multiple ethnic origins are counted more than once in this table, as they are included in the multiple responses for each origin they reported. For example, a respondent who reported 'English and Scottish' would be included in the multiple responses for English and for Scottish.

2. This is a total population count. The sum of the ethnic groups in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one ethnic origin in the census.

3. The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.'

4. The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.'

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