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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables
Countries of Citizenship (178), Single and Multiple Responses for Citizenship (3), Immigrant Status (4), and Sex (3) for Total Population Living in Private Households, Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
About this variable: Countries of citizenship (178)
Definition
Citizenship
Part A - Short definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Citizenship refers to the legal citizenship status of a person. Citizenship can be by birth or naturalization. A person may have more than one citizenship. A person may be stateless, that is, they may have no citizenship.
Values
- Total - Countries of citizenship Footnote 1
- Canada
- China, People's Republic of Footnote 3
- United States Footnote 4
- United Kingdom - British citizens Footnote 5
- Philippines
- India
- France Footnote 8
- Pakistan
- Italy
- Korea, South Footnote 11
- Iran Footnote 12
- Poland
- Germany
- Mexico
- Portugal
- Romania
- Colombia
- Lebanon
- Algeria
- Sri Lanka
- Morocco
- Taiwan
- Haiti
- Russian Federation
- Jamaica
- Israel
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Netherlands Footnote 30
- Japan
- Bangladesh
- Australia Footnote 33
- Viet Nam Footnote 34
- Brazil
- Nigeria
- Switzerland
- Afghanistan
- Greece
- Ukraine
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ireland, Republic of
- Turkey
- Guyana
- El Salvador
- Peru
- Hungary
- South Africa, Republic of
- Bulgaria
- Venezuela Footnote 50
- Serbia
- Saudi Arabia
- Chile
- New Zealand Footnote 54
- Syria Footnote 55
- Argentina
- Tunisia
- Jordan
- Belgium
- Cuba
- Croatia
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Ethiopia
- Czech Republic
- Moldova Footnote 65
- Albania
- Somalia
- Mauritius
- Cameroon
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Spain
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Thailand
- Sudan
- Ecuador
- Ghana
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Kenya
- Indonesia
- Guatemala
- Sweden
- Finland Footnote 83
- Austria
- Barbados
- Slovakia
- Eritrea
- Burundi
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Fiji
- Denmark Footnote 91
- Belarus
- Singapore
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Libya Footnote 98
- Cambodia
- Rwanda
- West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) Footnote 101
- Grenada
- Macedonia, Republic of Footnote 103
- Uruguay
- Saint Lucia
- Honduras
- Costa Rica
- Guinea
- Kazakhstan
- Bhutan
- Kosovo Footnote 111
- Slovenia
- Togo
- Nicaragua
- Latvia
- Tanzania Footnote 116
- Malta
- Norway Footnote 118
- Uganda
- Benin
- Bolivia Footnote 121
- United Kingdom - dependencies and other Footnote 122
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Madagascar
- Paraguay
- Burkina Faso
- Estonia
- Mali
- Lithuania
- Yemen
- Panama
- Laos Footnote 133
- Kuwait
- Azerbaijan
- Congo, Republic of the
- Liberia
- Mongolia
- Sierra Leone
- Bahamas
- Cyprus
- United Arab Emirates
- Angola
- Zambia
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Namibia
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Gabon
- Belize
- Niger
- Kyrgyzstan
- Iceland
- Georgia
- Chad
- Montenegro
- Botswana
- Korea, North Footnote 158
- Tajikistan
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Seychelles
- Mauritania
- Bahrain
- Gambia
- Central African Republic
- Oman
- Brunei Darussalam
- Qatar
- Luxembourg
- Turkmenistan
- Malawi
- Swaziland
- Comoros
- Suriname
- Cape Verde
- Mozambique
- Other countries of citizenship, n.i.e. Footnote 177
- Stateless Footnote 178
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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This is a total population estimate. The sum of the responses in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one citizenship in the National Household Survey.
- Footnote 3
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Includes responses of 'People's Republic of China,' 'Macao' and 'Hong Kong.' Macao and Hong Kong are special administrative regions of China. Also includes persons born in Hong Kong, who reported a citizenship of 'Stateless.'
- Footnote 4
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of the United States. This includes responses such as 'American Samoa,' 'Guam,' 'Northern Mariana Islands,' 'Puerto Rico,' 'United States Minor Outlying Islands,' 'Virgin Islands, United States' and 'American dependency.'
- Footnote 5
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This includes responses such as 'British,' 'British citizen,' 'Britain,' 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey' and 'Channels Island.' The official name of United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 8
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of France. This includes responses such as 'French Polynesia,' ' French Guiana,' 'Guadeloupe,' 'Martinique,' 'Mayotte,' 'New Caledonia,' 'Réunion,' 'Saint Barthélemy,' 'Saint Martin (French part),' 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon,' 'Wallis and Futuna' and 'French dependency.'
- Footnote 11
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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 12
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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 30
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Netherlands. This includes responses such as 'Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba,' 'Aruba,' 'Curaçao' and 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part).'
- Footnote 33
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Australia. This includes responses of 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands,' 'Christmas Island' and 'Norfolk Island.'
- Footnote 34
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The official name of Viet Nam is Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
- Footnote 50
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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 54
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of New Zealand. This includes responses such as 'Cook Islands,' 'Niue' and 'Tokelau.'
- Footnote 55
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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 65
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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.
- Footnote 83
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Finland. This includes responses such as 'Åland Islands.'
- Footnote 91
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Denmark. This includes responses such as 'Faroe Islands' and 'Greenland.'
- Footnote 98
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The official name of Libya is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Footnote 101
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This includes responses such as 'West Bank,' 'Gaza Strip' and 'Palestine.' West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.
- Footnote 103
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Known as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the United Nations and other international bodies.
- Footnote 111
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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.
- Footnote 116
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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.
- Footnote 118
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Norway. This includes responses such as 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island.'
- Footnote 121
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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Footnote 122
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of the United Kingdom. This includes responses such as 'Anguilla,' 'Bermuda,' 'British Indian Ocean Territory,' 'Cayman Islands,' 'Falkland Islands,' 'Gibraltar,' 'Montserrat,' 'Pitcairn,' 'Saint Helena,' 'Turks and Caicos Islands,' 'British Virgin Islands,' 'British dependency' and 'British Overseas citizenship.' This excludes responses of 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey' and 'Channel Islands.' The official name of United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 133
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The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 158
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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 177
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Includes countries such as Andorra; Equatorial Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See (Vatican City State); Kiribati; Lesotho; Liechtenstein; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Monaco; Nauru; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste; Tonga; Tuvalu; and Vanuatu.
- Footnote 178
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Includes responses of 'Stateless' and 'Western Sahara.' This excludes responses of persons who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth and who reported 'Stateless' as their citizenship. These responses are included in 'People's Republic of China.'
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