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Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(Alberta)
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
Alta.
Total population	3,256,355	1,526,430	1,729,925
Ethnic origin
European origins	1,588,160	456,715	1,131,440
British Isles origins	1,488,090	268,825	1,219,265
English	885,825	147,620	738,205
Western European origins	862,460	209,325	653,135
Other North American origins	713,095	293,720	419,380
German	679,700	150,330	529,365
Canadian	667,405	287,230	380,175
Scottish	661,265	62,820	598,445
Eastern European origins	609,840	149,935	459,900
Irish	539,160	43,330	495,830
French origins	390,140	43,330	346,810
French	388,210	42,790	345,425
Ukrainian	332,180	82,185	249,990
Northern European origins	308,445	35,190	273,255
Scandinavian origins	295,660	32,660	262,995
Aboriginal origins	244,560	89,340	155,220
East and Southeast Asian origins	238,840	192,500	46,330
Dutch (Netherlands)	172,910	49,655	123,250
Polish	170,935	30,590	140,340
North American Indian	169,355	72,075	97,280
Southern European origins	168,650	55,275	113,375
Norwegian	144,580	14,145	130,440
Chinese	137,600	110,900	26,700
South Asian origins	107,690	89,805	17,885
Swedish	93,805	7,325	86,480
Russian	92,020	11,075	80,940
East Indian	88,165	72,600	15,570
Métis	83,235	16,515	66,720
Italian	82,015	22,995	59,020
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-07-28.

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