Plain language definition
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Detailed definition
Place of birth refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It may refer to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada. The geographic location is specified according to boundaries current at the time the data are collected, not the boundaries at the time of birth.
Values (English)
Total - Place of birth of respondent
Born in Canada
Born outside Canada
Americas
North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
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
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, United States
South America
Argentina
Bolivia 6
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Americas, n.i.e.
Europe
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
Eastern Europe
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Ukraine
Northern Europe
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
Guernsey
Iceland
Ireland, Republic of
Isle of Man
Jersey
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Gibraltar
Greece
Italy
Kosovo
Macedonia, Republic of
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Europe, n.i.e.
Africa
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Réunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Central Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa, Republic of
Swaziland
Africa, n.i.e.
Asia
West Central Asia and the Middle East
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)
Yemen
Eastern Asia
China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Macao Special Administrative Region
Mongolia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Asia, n.i.e.
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Tonga
Oceania, n.i.e.
Other