Table A.1
Detailed hierarchy of regions and countries of birth
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| High-level and detailed regions of birth | Countries of birth |
|---|---|
| Canada | Canada |
| North America | Greenland |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
| United States of America | |
| North America (not specified) | |
| Latin America | |
| Central America | Belize |
| Costa Rica | |
| El Salvador | |
| Guatemala | |
| Honduras | |
| Mexico | |
| Nicaragua | |
| Panama | |
| Central America (not specified) | |
| Caribbean and Bermuda1 | Anguilla |
| Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Aruba | |
| Bahamas | |
| Barbados | |
| Bermuda | |
| Cayman Islands | |
| Cuba | |
| Dominica | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Grenada | |
| Guadeloupe | |
| Haiti | |
| Jamaica | |
| Martinique | |
| Montserrat | |
| Netherlands Antilles | |
| Puerto Rico | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| Saint Lucia | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| Virgin Islands (British) | |
| Virgin Islands (American) | |
| West Indies (not specified) | |
| Virgin Islands (not specified) | |
| Caribbean (not specified) | |
| South America | Argentina |
| Bolivia | |
| Brazil | |
| Chile | |
| Colombia | |
| Ecuador | |
| Falkland Islands | |
| French Guiana | |
| Guyana | |
| Paraguay | |
| Peru | |
| Suriname | |
| Uruguay | |
| Venezuela | |
| South America (not specified) | |
| Europe | |
| Western Europe | Austria |
| Belgium | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Liechtenstein | |
| Luxembourg | |
| Monaco | |
| Netherlands | |
| Switzerland | |
| Western Europe (not specified) | |
| Eastern Europe | Bulgaria |
| Czechoslovakia (former) (not specified) | |
| Czech Republic | |
| Estonia | |
| Hungary | |
| Latvia | |
| Lithuania | |
| Poland | |
| Romania | |
| Slovakia | |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (former) (not specified) | |
| Belarus | |
| Moldova | |
| Russia | |
| Ukraine | |
| Eastern Europe (not specified) | |
| Northern Europe | Ireland (Republic of) |
| Ireland (not specified) | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Denmark | |
| Finland | |
| Iceland | |
| Norway | |
| Sweden | |
| Scandinavia (not specified) | |
| Northern Europe (not specified) | |
| Southern Europe | Albania |
| Andorra | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Croatia | |
| Gibraltar | |
| Greece | |
| Italy | |
| Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) | |
| Malta | |
| Portugal | |
| San Marino | |
| Slovenia | |
| Spain | |
| Vatican City State | |
| Yugoslavia (former) (not specified) | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | |
| Macedonia (not specified) | |
| Southern Europe (not specified) | |
| Austria–Hungary (former) (not specified) | |
| Europe (not specified) | Europe (not specified) |
| Africa | |
| Western Africa | Benin |
| Burkina Faso | |
| Cape Verde | |
| Ivory Coast | |
| Gambia | |
| Ghana | |
| Guinea | |
| Guinea-Bissau | |
| Liberia | |
| Mali | |
| Mauritania | |
| Niger | |
| Nigeria | |
| Saint Helena and Ascension | |
| Senegal | |
| Sierra Leone | |
| Togo | |
| Western Africa (not specified) | |
| Eastern Africa | Burundi |
| Comoros | |
| Djibouti | |
| Eritrea | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Kenya | |
| Madagascar | |
| Malawi | |
| Mauritius | |
| Mayotte | |
| Mozambique | |
| Reunion | |
| Rwanda | |
| Seychelles | |
| Somalia | |
| Tanzania | |
| Uganda | |
| Zambia | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Eastern Africa (not specified) | |
| Northern Africa | Algeria |
| Egypt | |
| Libya | |
| Morocco | |
| Sudan | |
| Tunisia | |
| Western Sahara | |
| Northern Africa (not specified) | |
| Central Africa | Angola |
| Cameroon | |
| Central African Republic | |
| Chad | |
| Congo (Republic of the) | |
| Equatorial Guinea | |
| Gabon | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic of the) (Zaire) | |
| Central Africa (not specified) | |
| Southern Africa | Congo (not specified) |
| Botswana | |
| Lesotho | |
| Namibia | |
| South Africa | |
| Swaziland | |
| Southern Africa (not specified) | |
| Africa (not specified) | Africa (not specified) |
| Asia (including Middle East) | |
| West Central Asia and Middle East | Afghanistan |
| Cyprus | |
| Iran | |
| Turkey | |
| Bahrain | |
| Iraq | |
| Israel | |
| Jordan | |
| Kuwait | |
| Lebanon | |
| Oman | |
| Palestine | |
| Qatar | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Syria | |
| United Arab emirates | |
| Yemen | |
| Middle East (not specified) | |
| Armenia | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Georgia | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Kyrgyzstan | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| West Central Asia (not specified) | |
| West Bank | |
| Gaza Strip | |
| Kurdistan | |
| Eastern Asia | China (not specified) |
| China (People's Republic of) | |
| Hong Kong | |
| Japan | |
| North Korea | |
| South Korea | |
| Korea (not specified) | |
| Macau | |
| Mongolia | |
| Taiwan (Republic of China) | |
| Eastern Asia (not specified) | |
| Southeast Asia | Brunei Darussalam |
| Cambodia (Kampuchea) | |
| Indonesia | |
| Laos | |
| Malaysia | |
| Myanmar (Burma) | |
| Philippines | |
| Singapore | |
| Thailand | |
| Vietnam | |
| South East Asia (not specified) | |
| East Timor | |
| Southern Asia | Bangladesh |
| Bhutan | |
| India | |
| Maldives | |
| Nepal | |
| Pakistan | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Southern Asia (not specified) | |
| Asia (not specified) | Asia (not specified) |
| Oceania | American Samoa |
| Australia | |
| Cook Islands | |
| Fiji | |
| French Polynesia | |
| Guam | |
| Kiribati | |
| Marshall Islands | |
| Micronesia | |
| Nauru | |
| New Caledonia | |
| New Zealand | |
| Palau (Belau) | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Pitcairn Island | |
| Solomon Islands | |
| Tonga | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Vanuatu | |
| Wallis and Gutuna | |
| Samoa | |
| Oceania (not specified) | |
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1. In the census, this region is grouped under "Central and South America and Caribbean," not "Latin America." The latter term is used here for brevity. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market in 2006: Analysis by Region or Country of Birth", The Immigrant Labour Force Analysis Series, No. 2, Catalogue number 71-606-XWE |
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