Plain language definition
Not applicable
Detailed definition
Refers to the province or territory where the respondent was born, for respondents who were born in Canada, or to the country where the respondent was born, for respondents born outside Canada.
Values (English)
Total - Place of birth of respondent
Americas
North America
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States of America
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean and Bermuda
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Europe
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, former
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia, n.o.s.
Hungary
Poland
Romania
USSR, former (European component)
Baltic Republics, former Soviet
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Eastern Europe Republics, former Soviet
Belarus
Moldova, Republic of
Russian Federation
Ukraine
USSR, n.o.s.
Northern Europe
Ireland (Eire)
Scandinavia
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe
Albania
Andorra
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See (Vatican City)
Italy
Malta
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Yugoslavia, former
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
Yugoslavia, n.o.s.
Africa
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Réunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Central Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa, Republic of
Swaziland
Asia and the Middle East
West Central Asia and the Middle East
Afghanistan
Cyprus
Iran
Middle East
Bahrain
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Turkey
USSR, former (Asian component)
Central Asian Republics, former Soviet
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Transcaucasian Republics, former Soviet
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Eastern Asia
China and special administrative regions
China, People's Republic of
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
Macau, Special Administrative Region
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Oceania
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Other