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Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census)

Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census)
(Montréal, Ottawa-Gatineau)
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
Montréal
Total - Ethnic origin	3,588,520	2,591,825	996,690
Other North American origins	1,747,070	1,170,170	576,900
Canadian	1,670,655	1,119,010	551,645
French origins	946,295	367,105	579,185
French	936,990	362,450	574,545
European origins	737,770	412,190	325,585
Southern European origins	429,585	269,570	160,005
British Isles origins	394,785	81,240	313,540
Italian	260,350	161,910	98,435
Irish	216,415	37,155	179,255
Arab origins	180,860	130,660	50,200
Eastern European origins	157,885	72,370	85,510
East and Southeast Asian origins	156,135	131,220	24,910
English	148,095	25,375	122,720
Western European origins	130,705	28,410	102,295
Caribbean origins	124,630	90,810	33,820
Scottish	119,365	15,730	103,630
Haitian	85,780	70,155	15,630
Aboriginal origins	85,060	14,985	70,075
Latin, Central and South American origins	83,655	51,740	31,915
Chinese	82,665	67,990	14,670
German	78,315	13,785	64,530
North American Indian	74,565	12,755	61,805
South Asian origins	74,095	60,885	13,210
Other European origins	73,450	39,550	33,895
Québécois	72,445	48,300	24,145
Maghrebi origins	71,945	51,545	20,405
Jewish	68,485	37,565	30,925
African origins	64,215	42,575	21,645
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
Ottawa-Gatineau
Total - Ethnic origin	1,117,120	594,860	522,260
Other North American origins	429,215	207,610	221,610
British Isles origins	424,115	78,085	346,035
Canadian	419,800	204,995	214,810
French origins	293,760	66,960	226,800
French	291,735	66,405	225,335
European origins	268,645	81,570	187,075
English	219,490	34,190	185,305
Irish	213,475	23,465	190,005
Scottish	176,720	15,760	160,960
Western European origins	113,885	18,455	95,430
Southern European origins	83,215	34,860	48,350
German	79,835	10,095	69,740
Eastern European origins	73,465	20,985	52,480
East and Southeast Asian origins	59,680	47,755	11,920
Aboriginal origins	51,865	8,315	43,545
Arab origins	45,245	33,145	12,100
Italian	45,005	17,100	27,910
North American Indian	39,440	6,235	33,205
Chinese	36,605	29,755	6,850
African origins	30,515	22,255	8,260
South Asian origins	29,280	21,530	7,750
Polish	28,585	7,425	21,160
Dutch (Netherlands)	25,575	6,125	19,445
Lebanese	24,525	18,045	6,480
British Isles, not included elsewhere	22,550	3,845	18,705
Caribbean origins	22,100	11,675	10,425
Ukrainian	21,520	3,790	17,730
East Indian	21,170	15,050	6,120
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-08-14.

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