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Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(Canada)
	Total responses	Single responses	Multiple responses
	number
Canada
Total population	31,241,030	18,319,580	12,921,445
Ethnic origin
British Isles origins	11,098,610	2,548,330	8,550,275
Other North American origins	10,408,735	5,881,285	4,527,450
Canadian	10,066,290	5,748,720	4,317,570
European origins	9,919,790	3,726,655	6,193,135
English	6,570,015	1,367,125	5,202,890
French origins	5,000,350	1,256,905	3,743,440
French	4,941,210	1,230,540	3,710,675
Scottish	4,719,850	568,515	4,151,340
Western European origins	4,372,750	1,063,690	3,309,060
Irish	4,354,155	491,030	3,863,125
German	3,179,425	670,640	2,508,785
Eastern European origins	2,998,220	917,665	2,080,550
Southern European origins	2,723,675	1,439,445	1,284,240
East and Southeast Asian origins	2,212,340	1,854,090	358,250
Aboriginal origins	1,678,235	630,425	1,047,815
Italian	1,445,330	741,045	704,285
Chinese	1,346,510	1,135,370	211,145
South Asian origins	1,316,770	1,089,100	227,665
North American Indian	1,253,620	512,150	741,470
Ukrainian	1,209,090	300,590	908,495
Northern European origins	1,120,805	151,840	968,960
Dutch (Netherlands)	1,035,965	303,400	732,560
Scandinavian origins	1,009,735	121,650	888,085
Polish	984,565	269,380	715,190
East Indian	962,670	780,175	182,495
Caribbean origins	578,695	335,230	243,470
Russian	500,600	98,245	402,360
Arab origins	470,580	315,995	154,585
Welsh	440,960	27,110	413,850
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-07-28.

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