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| Age 25 to 64 | Age65 and over | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
| percent | ||||||
| Canada | 78.6 | 78.6 | 76.8 | 70.0 | 73.3 | 71.3 |
| North America | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Central America | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Caribbean | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| South America | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Northern Europe | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 6.2 |
| Western Europe | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| Southern Europe | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| Eastern Europe | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Africa | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| South Asia | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Southeast Asia | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| East Asia | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| West Asia | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Oceania and other | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Canada. | ||||||