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Table 1
Selected ethnic groups in Canada, other than English, French and Canadian, 2001

  Total population Multiple responses Single responses As a proportion of the 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
Filipino 249.1 34.7 214.4 1.0
Jamaican 211.7 73.5 138.2 0.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.