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