Skip to main content
Detailed definition
'Place of birth' refers to the name of the geographic location where the person was born. The geographic location is specified according to geographic boundaries current at the time of data collection, not the geographic boundaries at the time of birth. In the 2016 Census of Population, the geographic location refers to the name of the province, territory or country in which the person was born. It refers to a province or territory if the person was born in Canada. It refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada.
Values (English)
Total - Place of birth
Born in Canada
Born outside Canada
Americas
North America
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean and Bermuda
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin (French part)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, United States
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Europe
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
Eastern Europe
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Ukraine
Northern Europe
Åland Islands
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
Guernsey
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Norway
Sark
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Italy
Kosovo
Macedonia, Republic of
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Africa
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Réunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Central Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa, Republic of
Swaziland
Asia
West Central Asia and the Middle East
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)
Yemen
Eastern Asia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Macao
Mongolia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Oceania
American Samoa
Australia
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Other places of birth