Plain language definition
Not applicable
Detailed definition
Ethnic origin refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the respondent's ancestors.
Values (English)
Total - Ethnic origins
North American Aboriginal origins
First Nations (North American Indian)
Inuit
Métis
Other North American origins
Acadian
American
Canadian
New Brunswicker
Newfoundlander
Nova Scotian
Ontarian
Québécois
Other North American origins, n.i.e.
European origins
British Isles origins
Channel Islander
Cornish
English
Irish
Manx
Scottish
Welsh
British Isles origins, n.i.e.
French origins
Alsatian
Breton
French
Western European origins (except French origins)
Austrian
Belgian
Dutch
Flemish
Frisian
German
Luxembourger
Swiss
Western European origins, n.i.e.
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
Northern European origins, n.i.e.
Eastern European origins
Bulgarian
Byelorussian
Czech
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.
Estonian
Hungarian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Moldovan
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Ukrainian
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.
Southern European origins
Albanian
Bosnian
Croatian
Cypriot
Greek
Italian
Kosovar
Macedonian
Maltese
Montenegrin
Portuguese
Serbian
Sicilian
Slovenian
Spanish
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.
Southern European origins, n.i.e.
Other European origins
Basque
Jewish
Roma (Gypsy)
Slavic, n.o.s.
Other European origins, n.i.e.
Caribbean origins
Antiguan
Bahamian
Barbadian
Bermudan
Carib
Cuban
Dominican
Grenadian
Haitian
Jamaican
Kittitian/Nevisian
Martinican
Montserratan
Puerto Rican
St. Lucian
Trinidadian/Tobagonian
Vincentian/Grenadinian
West Indian, n.o.s.
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.
Latin, Central and South American origins
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya)
Argentinian
Belizean
Bolivian
Brazilian
Chilean
Colombian
Costa Rican
Ecuadorian
Guatemalan
Guyanese
Hispanic
Honduran
Maya
Mexican
Nicaraguan
Panamanian
Paraguayan
Peruvian
Salvadorean
Uruguayan
Venezuelan
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.
African origins
Central and West African origins
Akan
Angolan
Ashanti
Beninese
Burkinabe
Cameroonian
Chadian
Congolese
Gabonese
Gambian
Ghanaian
Guinean
Ibo
Ivorian
Liberian
Malian
Nigerian
Peulh
Senegalese
Sierra Leonean
Togolese
Yoruba
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.
North African origins
Algerian
Berber
Coptic
Dinka
Egyptian
Libyan
Maure
Moroccan
Sudanese
Tunisian
North African origins, n.i.e.
Southern and East African origins
Afrikaner
Amhara
Bantu, n.o.s.
Burundian
Eritrean
Ethiopian
Harari
Kenyan
Malagasy
Mauritian
Oromo
Rwandan
Seychellois
Somali
South African
Tanzanian
Tigrian
Ugandan
Zambian
Zimbabwean
Zulu
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.
Other African origins
Black, n.o.s.
Other African origins, n.i.e.
Asian origins
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins
Afghan
Arab, n.o.s.
Armenian
Assyrian
Azerbaijani
Georgian
Iranian
Iraqi
Israeli
Jordanian
Kazakh
Kurd
Kuwaiti
Lebanese
Palestinian
Pashtun
Saudi Arabian
Syrian
Tajik
Tatar
Turk
Uighur
Uzbek
Yemeni
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.
South Asian origins
Bangladeshi
Bengali
East Indian
Goan
Gujarati
Kashmiri
Nepali
Pakistani
Punjabi
Sinhalese
Sri Lankan
Tamil
South Asian origins, n.i.e.
East and Southeast Asian origins
Burmese
Cambodian (Khmer)
Chinese
Filipino
Hmong
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Laotian
Malaysian
Mongolian
Singaporean
Taiwanese
Thai
Tibetan
Vietnamese
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.
Other Asian origins
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.
Oceania origins
Australian
New Zealander
Pacific Islands origins
Fijian
Hawaiian
Maori
Polynesian, n.o.s.
Samoan
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.