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Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census)
Related tables: Population estimates and projections, Ethnic groups and generations in Canada.
| Total responses |
Single responses |
Multiple responses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||
| Oshawa | |||
| Total - Ethnic origin | 328,070 | 157,495 | 170,575 |
| British Isles origins | 186,865 | 49,600 | 137,265 |
| English | 116,015 | 27,795 | 88,220 |
| European origins | 111,640 | 36,720 | 74,915 |
| Other North American origins | 104,745 | 45,275 | 59,475 |
| Canadian | 102,385 | 44,955 | 57,425 |
| Scottish | 77,975 | 10,210 | 67,765 |
| Irish | 75,550 | 8,750 | 66,800 |
| Western European origins | 47,040 | 10,070 | 36,965 |
| Southern European origins | 37,025 | 14,830 | 22,195 |
| French origins | 36,840 | 3,575 | 33,270 |
| French | 36,610 | 3,510 | 33,100 |
| Eastern European origins | 33,460 | 10,480 | 22,975 |
| German | 28,595 | 3,850 | 24,740 |
| Italian | 18,220 | 7,155 | 11,065 |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 17,285 | 5,625 | 11,660 |
| Caribbean origins | 14,300 | 6,055 | 8,240 |
| Polish | 13,420 | 4,340 | 9,080 |
| Ukrainian | 12,555 | 3,195 | 9,360 |
| Aboriginal origins | 11,165 | 1,060 | 10,105 |
| East and Southeast Asian origins | 9,370 | 5,635 | 3,735 |
| North American Indian | 8,980 | 870 | 8,110 |
| British Isles, not included elsewhere | 7,590 | 2,355 | 5,230 |
| Welsh | 7,325 | 475 | 6,850 |
| South Asian origins | 7,245 | 4,625 | 2,615 |
| Jamaican | 7,065 | 3,360 | 3,700 |
| Northern European origins | 6,620 | 920 | 5,695 |
| Portuguese | 6,530 | 2,670 | 3,860 |
| East Indian | 5,675 | 3,325 | 2,350 |
| Total responses |
Single responses |
Multiple responses | |
| number | |||
| Toronto | |||
| Total - Ethnic origin | 5,072,075 | 3,445,405 | 1,626,665 |
| European origins | 1,813,565 | 997,370 | 816,195 |
| British Isles origins | 1,331,485 | 336,280 | 995,205 |
| Southern European origins | 940,630 | 617,015 | 323,610 |
| East and Southeast Asian origins | 843,850 | 725,960 | 117,895 |
| English | 804,100 | 177,495 | 626,600 |
| South Asian origins | 713,630 | 589,850 | 123,780 |
| Other North American origins | 680,990 | 259,080 | 421,915 |
| Canadian | 651,635 | 255,075 | 396,560 |
| Scottish | 561,050 | 72,780 | 488,270 |
| Chinese | 537,060 | 462,460 | 74,600 |
| Irish | 531,865 | 64,425 | 467,435 |
| Eastern European origins | 500,570 | 222,665 | 277,905 |
| East Indian | 484,655 | 390,325 | 94,330 |
| Italian | 466,155 | 312,925 | 153,225 |
| Western European origins | 378,125 | 77,055 | 301,065 |
| Caribbean origins | 305,625 | 184,590 | 121,030 |
| German | 259,020 | 45,720 | 213,300 |
| French origins | 243,670 | 23,745 | 219,925 |
| French | 241,395 | 23,190 | 218,205 |
| Polish | 207,495 | 89,915 | 117,575 |
| Portuguese | 188,110 | 130,865 | 57,245 |
| Filipino | 181,330 | 136,495 | 44,830 |
| African origins | 160,450 | 102,365 | 58,085 |
| Jamaican | 160,210 | 103,650 | 56,550 |
| Other European origins | 149,605 | 70,470 | 79,130 |
| Jewish | 141,685 | 66,550 | 75,130 |
| West Asian origins | 129,390 | 100,145 | 29,245 |
| Ukrainian | 122,510 | 40,115 | 82,395 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-08-14. | |||
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