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Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(British Columbia)
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
B.C.
Total population	4,074,385	2,131,295	1,943,095
Ethnic origin
British Isles origins	1,860,675	400,620	1,460,055
European origins	1,591,085	461,245	1,129,840
English	1,207,245	242,610	964,635
Scottish	828,145	87,025	741,120
Western European origins	783,100	185,050	598,050
Other North American origins	766,305	271,160	495,145
Canadian	720,200	264,515	455,685
East and Southeast Asian origins	650,110	556,050	94,055
Irish	618,120	46,105	572,015
German	561,570	114,130	447,440
Eastern European origins	493,365	116,945	376,425
Chinese	432,435	377,550	54,890
French origins	363,205	35,230	327,975
French	361,215	34,830	326,390
Northern European origins	321,970	45,200	276,770
Scandinavian origins	298,150	38,360	259,785
Southern European origins	291,330	101,720	189,615
South Asian origins	265,595	231,915	33,675
Aboriginal origins	250,900	90,970	159,930
East Indian	232,370	202,465	29,905
Ukrainian	197,265	37,450	159,815
Dutch (Netherlands)	196,420	56,660	139,760
North American Indian	193,060	80,975	112,085
Italian	143,155	45,680	97,475
Norwegian	129,420	14,510	114,910
Polish	128,360	24,640	103,720
Russian	114,105	21,740	92,365
Welsh	104,275	6,210	98,065
Swedish	104,025	9,600	94,420
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-07-28.

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