Prince Edward Island: Census 2016 and National Household Survey 2011: Ethnic Origin
- Change Year
2016
2011
Male | Female | Total | |
Total population in private households by ethnic origin | 67,895 | 71,790 | 139,685 |
North American Aboriginal origins | 2,325 | 2,640 | 4,960 |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 1,895 | 2,165 | 4,060 |
Inuit | 70 | 95 | 165 |
Metis | 390 | 435 | 830 |
Other North American origins | 29,940 | 32,130 | 62,075 |
Acadian | 1,730 | 1,755 | 3,485 |
American | 515 | 500 | 1,020 |
Canadian | 28,485 | 30,785 | 59,270 |
Newfoundlander | 35 | 25 | 65 |
Nova Scotian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Ontarian | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Quebecois | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Other North American origins, n.i.e. | 10 | 10 | 15 |
European origins | 47,695 | 50,920 | 98,615 |
British Isles origins | 41,095 | 44,045 | 85,140 |
Cornish | 10 | 10 | 15 |
English | 19,035 | 21,275 | 40,310 |
Irish | 17,905 | 20,605 | 38,510 |
Manx | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Scottish | 24,075 | 26,615 | 50,685 |
Welsh | 1,055 | 1,360 | 2,415 |
British Isles origins, n.i.e. | 795 | 930 | 1,725 |
French Origins | 12,300 | 13,650 | 25,950 |
French | 12,290 | 13,650 | 25,935 |
Western European origins (except French origins) | 5,550 | 6,075 | 11,625 |
Austrian | 95 | 110 | 205 |
Belgian | 250 | 190 | 440 |
Dutch | 2,130 | 2,230 | 4,355 |
Flemish | 15 | 0 | 15 |
Frisian | 15 | 0 | 25 |
German | 3,280 | 3,785 | 7,060 |
Luxembourger | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swiss | 115 | 90 | 210 |
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) | 980 | 935 | 1,915 |
Danish | 325 | 345 | 675 |
Finnish | 75 | 135 | 210 |
Icelandic | 70 | 20 | 90 |
Norwegian | 215 | 200 | 415 |
Swedish | 220 | 240 | 460 |
Eastern European origins | 1,360 | 1,670 | 3,030 |
Bulgarian | 20 | 25 | 45 |
Byelorussian | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Czech | 40 | 55 | 95 |
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s. | 30 | 45 | 75 |
Estonian | 20 | 25 | 50 |
Hungarian | 130 | 175 | 310 |
Latvian | 20 | 35 | 55 |
Lithuanian | 35 | 60 | 90 |
Polish | 540 | 620 | 1,155 |
Romanian | 55 | 70 | 130 |
Russian | 200 | 300 | 500 |
Slovak | 20 | 35 | 55 |
Ukranian | 420 | 505 | 930 |
Southern European origins | 1,260 | 1,390 | 2,650 |
Albanian | 60 | 40 | 100 |
Bosnian | 10 | 20 | 25 |
Croatian | 75 | 110 | 185 |
Cypriot | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greek | 75 | 100 | 175 |
Italian | 570 | 625 | 1,200 |
Kosovar | 15 | 0 | 20 |
Macedonian | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Maltese | 15 | 25 | 40 |
Montenegrin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portuguese | 145 | 180 | 325 |
Serbian | 45 | 45 | 85 |
Sicilian | 20 | 10 | 25 |
Slovenian | 15 | 10 | 30 |
Spanish | 245 | 265 | 515 |
Yugoslavian, n.o.s. | 10 | 0 | 15 |
Other European origins | 205 | 225 | 430 |
Basque | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Jewish | 105 | 110 | 215 |
Roma (Gypsy) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Other European origins, n.i.e. | 100 | 110 | 205 |
Caribbean origins | 145 | 180 | 325 |
Antiguan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bahamian | 20 | 0 | 30 |
Barbadian | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Bermudan | 0 | 10 | 15 |
Carib | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuban | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dominican | 0 | 15 | 20 |
Grenadian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haitian | 15 | 15 | 35 |
Jamaican | 65 | 95 | 155 |
Kittitian/Nevisian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martinican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montserratan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rican | 0 | 15 | 15 |
St. Lucian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 15 | 15 | 30 |
Vincentian/Grenadinian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Indian, n.o.s. | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Caribbean origins, n.i.e. | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Latin, Central and South American origins | 215 | 205 | 420 |
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya) | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Argentinian | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Belizean | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Bolivian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brazilian | 35 | 15 | 50 |
Chilean | 20 | 10 | 25 |
Colombian | 35 | 45 | 80 |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guatemalan | 25 | 20 | 45 |
Hispanic | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Honduran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maya | 20 | 20 | 40 |
Mexican | 40 | 55 | 100 |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panamanian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peruvian | 10 | 10 | 25 |
Salvadorean | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
African origins | 480 | 495 | 980 |
Central and West African origins | 85 | 90 | 180 |
Akan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Angolan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ashanti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cameroonian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chadian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congolese | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Gabonese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gambian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ghanaian | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Guinean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ibo | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Ivorian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nigerian | 60 | 70 | 130 |
Peulh | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Senegalese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sierra Leonean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Togolese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yoruba | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Central and West African origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 10 | 10 |
North African origins | 105 | 100 | 205 |
Algerian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Berber | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egyptian | 65 | 55 | 120 |
Moroccan | 25 | 15 | 35 |
Sudanese | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tunisian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North African origins, n.i.e. | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Southern and East African origins | 55 | 55 | 115 |
Afrikaner | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amhara | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bantu, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burundian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eritrean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ethiopian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Harari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kenyan | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Malagasy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mauritian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oromo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seychellois | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Somali | 10 | 10 | 20 |
South African | 20 | 25 | 40 |
Tanzanian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tigrian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ugandan | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Zambian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwean | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zulu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Other African origins | 240 | 270 | 515 |
Black, n.o.s. | 20 | 15 | 40 |
Other African origins, n.i.e. | 225 | 255 | 480 |
Asian origins | 3,270 | 3,215 | 6,485 |
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins | 920 | 705 | 1,625 |
Afghan | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Arab, n.o.s. | 100 | 50 | 155 |
Armenian | 15 | 15 | 35 |
Assyrian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Azerbaijani | 10 | 0 | 15 |
Georgian | 10 | 0 | 15 |
Iranian | 160 | 130 | 295 |
Iraqi | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Israeli | 45 | 10 | 55 |
Kurd | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kuwaiti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lebanese | 410 | 300 | 715 |
Palestinian | 35 | 30 | 65 |
Pashtun | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saudi Arabian | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Syrian | 115 | 135 | 245 |
Tatar | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Turk | 25 | 15 | 35 |
Yemeni | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e. | 15 | 15 | 25 |
South Asian origins | 490 | 485 | 975 |
Bangladeshi | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Bengali | 10 | 0 | 10 |
East Indian | 330 | 285 | 615 |
Goan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gujarati | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kashmiri | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nepali | 75 | 110 | 185 |
Pakistani | 45 | 30 | 75 |
Punjabi | 10 | 0 | 15 |
Sinhalese | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Sri Lankan | 20 | 25 | 45 |
Tamil | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Asian origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East and Southeast Asian origins | 1,870 | 2,045 | 3,920 |
Burmese | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Cambodian (Khmer) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Chinese | 1,340 | 1,400 | 2,735 |
Filipino | 330 | 395 | 725 |
Hmong | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indonesian | 10 | 15 | 25 |
Japanese | 50 | 60 | 110 |
Korean | 100 | 120 | 220 |
Laotian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malaysian | 15 | 20 | 35 |
Mongolian | 0 | 15 | 20 |
Singaporean | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Taiwanese | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Thai | 20 | 20 | 40 |
Tibetan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnamese | 45 | 40 | 85 |
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Asian origins | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Oceania origins | 35 | 55 | 90 |
Australian | 20 | 30 | 50 |
New Zealander | 15 | 20 | 30 |
Pacific Islands origins | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Fijian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maori | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polynesian, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Samoan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Figures may not add to total due to random rounding.
The global non-response rate (GNR) is a weighted measure of survey non-response, calculated based on the number of households that did not respond to the survey and the number of questions that respondents left out. The GNR can be used as an indicator of data quality, with lower values indicating more accurate data. Geographies with a GNR of higher than 50% were suppressed by Statistics Canada due to concerns about data accuracy. If a geography has a GNR of 0, it means that there was a response from all households surveyed, not necessarily that the data is representative of all households in the geography.
Source: Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on custom tabulations from the Census of Population 2016 and National Household Survey 2011, Statistics Canada.Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Data last updated on December 20, 2017