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According to the 2021 Canadian census, over 450 "ethnic or cultural origins" were self-reported by Canadians.^[2] The major panethnic origin groups in Canada are: European (52.5%), North American (22.9%), Asian (19.3%), North American Indigenous (6.1%), African (3.8%), Latin, Central and South American (2.5%), Caribbean (2.1%), Oceanian (0.3%), and Other (6%).^[2][3] Statistics Canada reports that 35.5% of the population reported multiple ethnic origins, thus the overall total is greater than 100%.^[2][a]

The country's ten largest self-reported specific ethnic or cultural origins in 2021 were Canadian^[b] (accounting for 15.6 percent of the population), followed by English (14.7 percent), Irish (12.1 percent), Scottish (12.1 percent), French (11.0 percent), German (8.1 percent), Chinese (4.7 percent), Italian (4.3 percent), Indian (3.7 percent), and Ukrainian (3.5 percent).^[7][3]

Of the 36.3 million people enumerated in 2021 approximately 25.4 million reported being white, representing 69.8 percent of the population.^[2][8] The indigenous population representing 5 percent or 1.8 million individuals, grew by 9.4 percent compared to the non-Indigenous population, which grew by 5.3 percent from 2016 to 2021.^[9] One out of every four Canadians or 26.5 percent of the population belonged to a non-White and non-Indigenous visible minority,^[8][c] the largest of which in 2021 were South Asian (2.6 million people; 7.1 percent), Chinese (1.7 million; 4.7 percent) and Black (1.5 million; 4.3 percent).^[2]

Between 2011 and 2016, the visible minority population rose by 18.4 percent.^[11] In 1961, less than two percent of Canada's population (about 300,000 people) were members of visible minority groups.^[12] The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 census previous record of 22.3 percent.^[13] In 2021, India, China, and the Philippines were the top three countries of origin for immigrants moving to Canada.^[14]

Statistics Canada report on race and ethnicity in Canada in 2022

The 2020 General Social Survey revealed that 92% of adult Canadians said that " diversity is a Canadian value".^[15] About 25% of Canadians were "racialized";^[2] By 2021, 23% of the Canadian population were immigrants—the "largest proportion since Confederation", according to Statistics Canada.^[15][16] Prior to the early 1970s, most new Canadians came from Europe. Since then, more immigrants have come from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.^[15] In 2021, most immigrants came from Asia, which includes the Middle East.^[15] About 25% of Canadians were "racialized";^[2] By 2021, almost 5% of Canadians self-identify as Muslim.^[2][16] Almost a million Canadians self-identified as Indigenous.^[16]

Data collection method

Listed below are the ethnic groups of Canadian residents (citizens, landed immigrants and non-citizen temporary residents) as self-identified in the 2016 census in which approximately 35,151,000 census forms were completed). The relevant census question asked for "the ethnic or cultural origins" of the respondent's ancestors and not the respondents themselves. As data were collected by self-declaration, ethnic groups may not necessarily correspond to the true ancestry of respondents.^[17] Many respondents acknowledged multiple ancestries. These people were added to the "multiple origin" total for each origin listed. These include responses as varied as a respondent who listed eight different origins and a respondent who answered "French Canadian" (leading to them being counted once for "French" and once for "Canadian"). As with all self-reported data, understanding of the question may have varied from respondent to respondent.

Larger ethnic origins (200,000 or more individuals per group; 2016 census)

Ethnicity[19]	Combined responses[19]	As single response[19]	One of multiple responses[19]
Canadian[b]	11,135,965	6,436,940	4,699,030
English	6,320,085	1,098,930	5,221,150
Scottish	4,799,010	475,575	4,323,430
French	4,670,595	1,006,180	3,664,415
Irish	4,627,000	457,905	4,169,095
German	3,322,405	569,650	2,752,750
Chinese	1,769,195	1,439,980	329,215
Italian	1,587,970	695,420	892,550
First Nations[d]	1,525,565	526,570	999,000
Indian	1,374,710	1,096,845	277,865
Ukrainian	1,359,655	273,810	1,085,845
Dutch	1,111,655	289,675	821,980
Polish	1,106,585	264,415	842,170
Filipino	837,130	651,390	185,740
British Isles, not included elsewhere	644,695	132,830	511,865
Russian	622,445	120,165	502,280
Métis	600,000	91,255	508,740
Portuguese	482,610	264,815	217,790
Welsh	474,805	25,190	449,615
Norwegian	463,275	35,905	427,370
Spanish	396,460	70,330	326,130
American	377,410	29,590	347,810
Swedish	349,640	21,775	327,870
Hungarian (Magyar)	348,085	83,400	264,685
Jamaican	309,485	161,495	147,995
Greek	271,405	141,580	129,830
Vietnamese	240,615	165,385	75,225
Romanian	238,050	96,910	141,145
Lebanese	219,555	130,590	88,965
Pakistani	215,555	156,300	59,255
African, not included elsewhere	212,005	76,790	135,210
Iranian	210,405	170,755	39,650
Danish	207,470	26,985	180,485
Austrian	207,050	20,225	186,820

Smaller ethnic origins (2016 census)

Ethnicity[19]	Combined responses[19]	As single response[19]	One of multiple responses per respondent[19]
Korean	198,210	177,920	20,285
Québécois	194,555	119,985	74,575
Belgian	186,665	31,765	154,895
Haitian	165,100	125,780	39,320
Swiss	155,120	25,235	129,885
Sri Lankan	152,590	114,120	38,475
Jewish	143,660	39,710	103,950
Finnish	143,645	25,875	117,765
Croatian	133,965	55,595	78,370
Mexican	128,480	54,300	74,180
Japanese	121,485	56,725	64,760
Acadian	119,670	22,980	96,690
Punjabi, not included elsewhere	118,400	71,535	46,860
Arab, not included elsewhere	111,405	73,330	38,070
Czech	104,585	23,250	81,330
Moroccan	103,945	72,625	31,320
Icelandic	101,795	8,630	93,165
Egyptian	99,140	62,910	36,230
Serbian	96,535	52,730	43,800
Colombian	96,325	69,040	27,285
Guyanese	84,275	30,825	53,445
Afghan	83,995	70,240	13,755
Inuit	79,130	44,760	34,37
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	78,965	23,900	55,065
Syrian	77,050	43,685	33,36
South Asian, not included elsewhere	76,400	55,445	20,955
Slovak	72,290	20,475	51,815
Iraqi	70,925	54,555	16,365
West Indian	70,275	30,260	40,010
European, not included elsewhere	67,895	33,360	34,53
Algerian	67,330	49,520	17,810
Salvadorean	66,215	40,510	25,705
Turk	63,955	29,885	34,070
Armenian	63,810	34,560	29,250
Somali	62,550	54,750	7,790
Lithuanian	59,285	11,185	48,095
Scandinavian, not included elsewhere	52,785	5,085	47,695
Nigerian	51,835	38,165	13,670
Tamil not included elsewhere	48,670	22,145	26,525
Bangladeshi	58,735	45,945	39,255
Chilean	45,190	18,685	26,510
Palestinian	44,820	25,195	19,630
Ethiopian	44,060	34,260	9,805
Macedonian	43,110	18,405	24,705
Australian	42,315	4,520	37,800
Peruvian	42,145	20,645	21,500
Maltese	41,915	12,820	29,100
South African	41,380	8,005	33,37
Czechoslovakian, not otherwise specified	40,715	5,075	35,640
Slovenian	40,470	13,690	26,78
Cambodian	38,490	21,445	17,045
Yugoslav not included elsewhere	38,480	8,570	29,91
Congolese	38,370	29,675	8,685
Barbadian	37,775	11,605	26,170
Berber	37,060	22,965	14,100
Brazilian	36,830	11,035	25,795
Taiwanese	36,515	23,260	13,250
Albanian	36,185	28,425	7,760
Ghanaian	35,495	26,535	8,960
Bulgarian	34,560	19,965	14,595
Latvian	30,725	7,040	23,685
Black	30,385	5,535	24,855
Cuban	29,065	10,040	19,030
Israeli	28,740	6,450	22,280
Latin, Central or South American, not included elsewhere	28,455	14,295	14,155
Caribbean, not included elsewhere	26,830	8,930	17,900
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