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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 | |||
| Victoria | |||
| Total - Ethnic origin | 325,060 | 136,085 | 188,980 |
| British Isles origins | 207,285 | 49,705 | 157,575 |
| English | 142,165 | 31,805 | 110,355 |
| European origins | 126,900 | 29,070 | 97,835 |
| Scottish | 92,480 | 10,085 | 82,390 |
| Other North American origins | 74,705 | 23,785 | 50,920 |
| Canadian | 69,990 | 23,235 | 46,755 |
| Irish | 66,655 | 4,340 | 62,315 |
| Western European origins | 62,960 | 11,485 | 51,480 |
| German | 43,625 | 6,620 | 37,000 |
| Eastern European origins | 36,795 | 7,270 | 29,525 |
| French origins | 33,510 | 3,160 | 30,345 |
| French | 33,230 | 3,110 | 30,120 |
| Northern European origins | 28,545 | 3,610 | 24,935 |
| Scandinavian origins | 26,445 | 3,065 | 23,380 |
| East and Southeast Asian origins | 22,105 | 16,460 | 5,645 |
| Southern European origins | 20,655 | 5,740 | 14,915 |
| Aboriginal origins | 16,080 | 4,395 | 11,690 |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 15,595 | 3,790 | 11,805 |
| Ukrainian | 15,020 | 2,510 | 12,510 |
| Chinese | 13,550 | 10,545 | 3,005 |
| Welsh | 13,195 | 795 | 12,405 |
| North American Indian | 12,045 | 3,760 | 8,285 |
| Norwegian | 11,180 | 1,005 | 10,180 |
| Polish | 10,900 | 2,135 | 8,765 |
| Italian | 9,445 | 2,135 | 7,310 |
| Swedish | 8,810 | 630 | 8,180 |
| British Isles, not included elsewhere | 8,780 | 2,665 | 6,110 |
| South Asian origins | 7,600 | 5,885 | 1,715 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-08-14. | |||
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