Previous standard - Place of birth
Status
This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on September 20, 2010.
Definition
Place of birth applies to the province or territory of a person if born in Canada or the country if born outside Canada. Respondents are to report their place of birth according to provincial or international boundaries in effect at the time of enumeration not at the time of birth. Countries should be coded according to the most recent ISO codes and it is recommended that they be aggregated into regions according to the most recent United Nations' standards for the reporting of demographic and social data.
Variables
Place of birth, Canada
Place of birth, refers to whether a person was born in Canada, and if so, which province or territory.
Classification(s)
Place of birth, in Canada 1996
| 1 | Born in Canada |
|---|---|
| 1.1 | Newfoundland |
| 1.2 | Prince Edward Island |
| 1.3 | Nova Scotia |
| 1.4 | New Brunswick |
| 1.5 | Quebec |
| 1.6 | Ontario |
| 1.7 | Manitoba |
| 1.8 | Saskatchewan |
| 1.9 | Alberta |
| 1.10 | British Columbia |
| 1.11 | Yukon Territory |
| 1.12 | Northwest Territories |
| 1.12.1 | Western Territory (from 1999) |
| 1.12.2 | Nunavut Territory (from 1999) |
| 2 | Not Born in Canada |
Place of birth, in Canada 2001
| 1 | Born in Canada |
|---|---|
| 1.1 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 1.2 | Prince Edward Island |
| 1.3 | Nova Scotia |
| 1.4 | New Brunswick |
| 1.5 | Quebec |
| 1.6 | Ontario |
| 1.7 | Manitoba |
| 1.8 | Saskatchewan |
| 1.9 | Alberta |
| 1.10 | British Columbia |
| 1.11 | Yukon Territory |
| 1.12 | Northwest Territories |
| 1.13 | Nunavut |
| 2 | Not Born in Canada |
Place of birth, outside Canada
Place of birth, outside Canada refers to the country outside Canada in which a person was born.
Classification(s)
Place of birth, outside Canada 1996
- America
- North America
- Greenland
- 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
- 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, United States
- South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- North America
- 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.i.e.
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Former (European component)
- Baltic Republics, Former Soviet
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Eastern Europe Republics, Former Soviet
- Belarus
- Moldova, Republic of
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, n.i.e.
- Northern Europe
- Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
- Scandinavia
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Italy
- Malta
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Vatican City State
- Yugoslavia, Former
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Macedonia (see endnote 1)
- Slovenia
- Yugoslavia (see endnote 2)
- Western Europe
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena
- Senegal
- Sierre 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
- Equitorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Zaire
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Swaziland
- Western Africa
- Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Cyprus
- Iran
- Middle East
- Bahrain
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip (see endnote 3)
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- Turkey
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Former (Asian Component)
- Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
- Kazakstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzebekistan
- Transcaucasian Republics, Former Soviet
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
- Eastern Asia
- China, People's Republic of
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Korea, North
- Korea, South
- Macau
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- South-east Asia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Viet Nam
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Oceania
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- 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
- Samo
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuata
- Wallis and Futuna
-
- Other, n.i.e. (see endnote 4)
Endnotes - Place of birth, outside Canada 1996
- The official name is the Former Yugoslave Republic of Macedonia.
- Includes persons who reported Yugoslavia, whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.
- Palestine refers to pre-1948 British-mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Srip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses in the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of Palestine, Gaza Strip or West Bank were in reference to these territories as defined.
- Principally includes those born at sea. Due to the small number of persons reporting the following countries it is recommended that the following assignments be made:
Assignment made to specific countries Country or region Assignment Antarctica Other, n.i.e. Bouvet Island Other, n.i.e. British Indian Ocean Territory Other, n.i.e. Christmas Island Other, n.i.e. Cocos (Keeling) Island Other, n.i.e. East Timor Indonesia Faroe Islands Denmark French Southern Territories Other, n.i.e. Heard Island and McDonald Islands Other, n.i.e. Niue New Zealand Norfolk Island Australia Northern Mariana Islands Other, n.i.e. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Other, n.i.e. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norway Tokelau New Zealand U.S. Minor Outlying Areas Other, n.i.e.
Place of birth, outside Canada 2001
- America
- North America
- Greenland
- 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
- 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, United States
- South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- North America
- 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.i.e.
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Former (European component)
- Baltic Republics, Former Soviet
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Eastern Europe Republics, Former Soviet
- Belarus
- Moldova, Republic of
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, n.i.e.
- Northern Europe
- Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
- Scandinavia
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Italy
- Malta
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Vatican City State
- Yugoslavia, Former
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Macedonia (see endnote 1)
- Slovenia
- Yugoslavia (see endnote 2)
- Western Europe
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena
- Senegal
- Sierre 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
- Equitorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Zaire
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Swaziland
- Western Africa
- Asia
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Cyprus
- Iran
- Middle East
- Bahrain
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip (see endnote 3)
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- Turkey
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Former (Asian Component)
- Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
- Kazakstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzebekistan
- Transcaucasian Republics, Former Soviet
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Central Asian Republics, Former Soviet
- Eastern Asia
- China, People's Republic of
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Korea, North
- Korea, South
- Macau
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- South-east Asia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Viet Nam
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- 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
- Samo
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuata
- Wallis and Futuna
- Other, n.i.e. (see endnote 4)
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Endnotes - Place of birth, outside Canada 2001
- The official name is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Includes persons who reported Yugoslavia, whether they referred to the former or the new republic of the same name.
- Palestine refers to pre-1948 British-mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Srip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of Palestine, Gaza Strip or West Bank were in reference to these territories as defined.
- Principally includes those born at sea. Due to the small number of persons reporting the following countries it is recommended that the following assignments be made:
Assignment made to specific countries Country or region Assignment Antarctica Other, n.i.e. Bouvet Island Other, n.i.e. British Indian Ocean Territory Other, n.i.e. Christmas Island Other, n.i.e. Cocos (Keeling) Island Other, n.i.e. Faroe Islands Denmark French Southern Territories Other, n.i.e. Heard Island and McDonald Islands Other, n.i.e. Niue New Zealand Norfolk Island Australia Northern Mariana Islands Other, n.i.e. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Other, n.i.e. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norway Tokelau New Zealand U.S. Minor Outlying Areas Other, n.i.e.
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