Common menu bar links

Site navigation menu (primary)

Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(Ontario)
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
Ont.
Total population	12,028,895	6,854,340	5,174,555
Ethnic origin
British Isles origins	4,911,325	1,174,720	3,736,605
European origins	4,379,615	1,907,515	2,472,100
English	2,971,360	639,830	2,331,530
Other North American origins	2,849,310	1,213,795	1,635,515
Canadian	2,768,865	1,201,130	1,567,740
Scottish	2,101,100	257,535	1,843,565
Irish	1,988,940	215,115	1,773,825
Western European origins	1,685,670	411,040	1,274,625
Southern European origins	1,641,995	945,970	696,030
French origins	1,358,415	184,240	1,174,180
French	1,351,600	182,510	1,169,085
Eastern European origins	1,171,165	426,815	744,345
German	1,144,560	216,630	927,930
East and Southeast Asian origins	1,047,080	880,995	166,090
Italian	867,980	485,680	382,300
South Asian origins	833,315	679,875	153,430
Chinese	644,460	543,320	101,145
East Indian	573,250	454,365	118,885
Dutch (Netherlands)	490,995	161,710	329,285
Polish	465,560	169,225	296,335
Aboriginal origins	403,795	98,775	305,015
Caribbean origins	389,980	221,010	168,970
Ukrainian	336,355	85,610	250,745
North American Indian	317,890	87,900	229,990
Portuguese	282,865	189,405	93,460
Northern European origins	245,595	39,770	205,820
African origins	235,880	144,635	91,245
Filipino	215,755	159,155	56,595
British Isles, not included elsewhere	205,755	50,235	155,520
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-07-28.

To find more information related to this table, consult Definitions, data sources, and methods.