Prince Edward Island: Census 2001-2006: Ethnic Origin
- Change Year
2006
2001
Male | Female | Total | |
Total - Ethnic origin | 52,695 | 57,510 | 110,205 |
British Isles origins | 35,335 | 39,480 | 74,815 |
Cornish | .. | 10 | 10 |
English | 16,345 | 18,765 | 35,110 |
Irish | 14,245 | 16,585 | 30,830 |
Manx | 10 | .. | 10 |
Scottish | 20,015 | 23,210 | 43,230 |
Welsh | 835 | 965 | 1,805 |
British Isles, n.i.e. (2006) | 415 | 450 | 860 |
British, n.i.e. (2001) | .. | .. | .. |
French origins | 10,795 | 13,000 | 23,795 |
Acadian | 1,080 | 1,390 | 2,470 |
French | 10,170 | 12,315 | 22,480 |
Aboriginal origins | 1,025 | 1,490 | 2,510 |
Inuit | 10 | 35 | 45 |
Métis | 125 | 180 | 305 |
North American Indian | 890 | 1,295 | 2,185 |
Other North American origins | 19,775 | 21,770 | 41,555 |
American | 260 | 180 | 440 |
Canadian | 19,615 | 21,640 | 41,255 |
Newfoundlander | 10 | 20 | 25 |
Nova Scotian | .. | .. | .. |
Ontarian | .. | .. | .. |
Québécois | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Other provincial or regional groups | .. | 10 | .. |
Caribbean origins | 90 | 90 | 180 |
Antiguan | .. | .. | .. |
Bahamian | .. | 15 | 10 |
Barbadian | .. | .. | 10 |
Bermudan | .. | .. | .. |
Carib | .. | .. | .. |
Cuban | .. | .. | .. |
Dominican, n.o.s. | 10 | .. | .. |
Grenadian | .. | .. | .. |
Guyanese | 10 | .. | 10 |
Haitian | .. | .. | .. |
Jamaican | 50 | 65 | 115 |
Kittitian/Nevisian | 10 | .. | .. |
Martinican | .. | .. | .. |
Montserratan | .. | .. | .. |
Puerto Rican | 10 | .. | 10 |
St. Lucian | .. | .. | .. |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | .. | .. | .. |
Vincentian/Grenadinian | .. | .. | .. |
West Indian | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Caribbean, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
Latin, Central and South American origins | 90 | 70 | 165 |
Aboriginal from Central/South America | .. | 10 | 10 |
Argentinian | .. | 10 | 10 |
Belizean | .. | .. | .. |
Bolivian | .. | .. | .. |
Brazilian | .. | .. | .. |
Chilean | .. | .. | .. |
Colombian | 55 | 20 | 75 |
Costa Rican | .. | .. | .. |
Ecuadorian | .. | .. | .. |
Guatemalan | .. | .. | .. |
Hispanic | .. | .. | .. |
Honduran | .. | .. | .. |
Maya | .. | .. | .. |
Mexican | .. | 10 | 10 |
Nicaraguan | .. | .. | .. |
Panamanian | .. | .. | .. |
Paraguayan | .. | .. | .. |
Peruvian | .. | .. | .. |
Salvadorean | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Uruguayan | .. | 10 | 15 |
Venezuelan | .. | .. | .. |
Latin, Central or South American, n.i.e. | .. | 10 | .. |
European origins | 6,265 | 6,505 | 12,765 |
Western European origins | 4,380 | 4,550 | 8,935 |
Austrian | 95 | 65 | 155 |
Belgian | 120 | 90 | 210 |
Dutch (Netherlands) | 1,645 | 1,815 | 3,455 |
Flemish | .. | .. | .. |
Frisian | .. | 15 | 15 |
German | 2,680 | 2,715 | 5,395 |
Luxembourger | .. | .. | .. |
Swiss | 80 | 110 | 190 |
Northern European origins | 680 | 790 | 1,470 |
Finnish | 25 | 75 | 105 |
Scandinavian origins | 655 | 755 | 1,410 |
Danish | 245 | 350 | 590 |
Icelandic | 55 | 40 | 90 |
Norwegian | 160 | 170 | 330 |
Swedish | 185 | 215 | 400 |
Scandinavian, n.i.e. | 20 | 15 | 40 |
Eastern European origins | 760 | 865 | 1,630 |
Baltic origins | 30 | 20 | 45 |
Estonian | .. | .. | .. |
Latvian | .. | 10 | 20 |
Lithuanian | 25 | .. | 30 |
Byelorussian | 15 | .. | 15 |
Czech and Slovak origins | 45 | 50 | 100 |
Czech | 20 | 20 | 45 |
Czechoslovakian | 15 | 15 | 35 |
Slovak | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Hungarian (Magyar) | 140 | 160 | 295 |
Polish | 285 | 295 | 585 |
Romanian | 45 | 40 | 85 |
Russian | 70 | 130 | 200 |
Ukrainian | 280 | 275 | 555 |
Southern European origins | 705 | 720 | 1,425 |
Albanian | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Bosnian | 15 | 25 | 35 |
Bulgarian | 10 | .. | 10 |
Croatian | 10 | 30 | 35 |
Cypriot | .. | .. | .. |
Greek | 70 | 65 | 135 |
Italian | 320 | 390 | 710 |
Kosovar | .. | .. | .. |
Macedonian | .. | 10 | 10 |
Maltese | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Montenegrin | .. | .. | .. |
Portuguese | 70 | 45 | 115 |
Serbian | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Sicilian | .. | .. | .. |
Slovenian | 10 | .. | 15 |
Spanish | 190 | 130 | 315 |
Yugoslav, n.i.e. | 10 | 10 | 25 |
Other European origins | 125 | 130 | 255 |
Basque | 15 | 20 | 35 |
Gypsy (Roma) | .. | .. | .. |
Jewish | 85 | 95 | 180 |
Slav (European) | 10 | .. | 10 |
European, n.i.e. | 15 | 10 | 30 |
African origins | 145 | 185 | 335 |
Afrikaner | .. | .. | .. |
Akan | .. | .. | .. |
Amhara | .. | .. | .. |
Angolan | 10 | .. | 10 |
Ashanti | .. | .. | .. |
Bantu | .. | .. | .. |
Black | 30 | 75 | 110 |
Burundian | .. | .. | .. |
Cameroonian | 10 | .. | 15 |
Chadian | .. | .. | .. |
Congolese (Zairian) | .. | .. | .. |
Congolese, n.o.s. | .. | .. | .. |
Dinka | .. | .. | .. |
East African | .. | .. | .. |
Eritrean | .. | .. | .. |
Ethiopian | .. | .. | .. |
Gabonese | .. | .. | .. |
Gambian | .. | 10 | .. |
Ghanaian | .. | 10 | 10 |
Guinean, n.o.s. | .. | .. | .. |
Harari | .. | .. | .. |
Ibo | .. | .. | .. |
Ivorian | .. | .. | .. |
Kenyan | 10 | .. | 10 |
Malagasy | .. | .. | .. |
Malian | .. | .. | 10 |
Mauritian | .. | .. | .. |
Nigerian | .. | .. | .. |
Oromo | .. | .. | .. |
Peulh | .. | .. | .. |
Rwandan | .. | .. | .. |
Senegalese | .. | .. | .. |
Seychellois | .. | .. | .. |
Sierra Leonean | .. | .. | .. |
Somali | .. | .. | .. |
South African | .. | .. | .. |
Sudanese | .. | .. | .. |
Tanzanian | .. | .. | .. |
Tigrian | .. | .. | .. |
Togolese | .. | .. | .. |
Ugandan | .. | .. | .. |
Yoruba | .. | .. | .. |
Zambian | .. | .. | .. |
Zimbabwean | .. | .. | .. |
Zulu | 10 | 10 | 15 |
African, n.i.e. | 95 | 80 | 175 |
Arab origins | 340 | 355 | 700 |
Egyptian | .. | 15 | 15 |
Iraqi | .. | 10 | .. |
Jordanian | .. | .. | .. |
Kuwaiti | .. | .. | .. |
Lebanese | 270 | 215 | 485 |
Libyan | .. | 10 | .. |
Maghrebi origins | .. | .. | 10 |
Algerian | .. | .. | .. |
Berber | .. | .. | .. |
Moroccan | .. | .. | .. |
Tunisian | .. | .. | .. |
Maghrebi, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
Palestinian | 35 | 40 | 70 |
Saudi Arabian | .. | .. | .. |
Syrian | 25 | 65 | 90 |
Yemeni | .. | .. | .. |
Arab, n.i.e. | 55 | 35 | 90 |
West Asian origins | 40 | .. | 40 |
Afghan | 10 | .. | 10 |
Armenian | .. | .. | .. |
Assyrian | 15 | .. | 20 |
Azerbaijani | .. | .. | .. |
Georgian | .. | .. | .. |
Iranian | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Israeli | .. | .. | .. |
Kurd | .. | .. | .. |
Pashtun | .. | .. | .. |
Tatar | .. | .. | .. |
Turk | .. | .. | .. |
West Asian, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
South Asian origins | 90 | 80 | 175 |
Bangladeshi | .. | .. | .. |
Bengali | .. | .. | .. |
East Indian | 95 | 85 | 175 |
Goan | .. | .. | .. |
Gujarati | .. | .. | .. |
Kashmiri | .. | .. | .. |
Nepali | .. | .. | .. |
Pakistani | .. | .. | .. |
Punjabi | .. | .. | .. |
Sinhalese | .. | .. | .. |
Sri Lankan | .. | .. | .. |
Tamil | .. | .. | .. |
South Asian, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
East and Southeast Asian origins | 140 | 270 | 410 |
Burmese | .. | .. | .. |
Cambodian | .. | .. | .. |
Chinese | 100 | 145 | 245 |
Filipino | 10 | 20 | 25 |
Hmong | .. | .. | .. |
Indonesian | .. | 15 | 15 |
Japanese | 20 | 50 | 70 |
Khmer | .. | .. | .. |
Korean | 15 | 25 | 35 |
Laotian | .. | .. | .. |
Malaysian | .. | .. | .. |
Mongolian | .. | .. | .. |
Singaporean | .. | .. | .. |
Taiwanese | .. | .. | .. |
Thai | .. | .. | .. |
Tibetan | .. | .. | .. |
Vietnamese | .. | 10 | 10 |
East or Southeast Asian, n.i.e. | .. | 10 | 10 |
Asian, n.o.s. | .. | .. | .. |
Oceania origins | 45 | 40 | 80 |
Australian | 25 | 15 | 45 |
New Zealander | 20 | 10 | 30 |
Pacific Islands origins | .. | 20 | 25 |
Fijian | .. | .. | .. |
Hawaiian | .. | .. | .. |
Maori | .. | 20 | 20 |
Polynesian | .. | .. | .. |
Samoan | .. | .. | .. |
Pacific Islander, n.i.e. | .. | .. | .. |
Figures may not add to total due to random rounding.
Gender breakdowns are not available for 2001.
Not all ethnic origins are available for 2001.
Source: Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2006, Statistics Canada.Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Data last updated on January 6, 2017