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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 1
Selected ethnic groups in Canada, other than English, French and Canadian, 2001
  Total population Multiple responses Single responses Total Canadian population
thousands percentage
Scottish 4,157.2 3,550.0 607.2 14.0
Irish 3,822.7 3,325.8 496.9 12.9
German 2,742.8 2,037.2 705.6 9.3
Italian 1,270.4 544.1 726.3 4.3
Chinese 1,094.7 158.4 936.2 3.7
Ukrainian 1,071.1 744.9 326.2 3.6
Dutch 923.3 607.1 316.2 3.1
Polish 817.1 556.7 260.4 2.8
East Indian 713.3 131.7 581.7 2.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.