Infographic 6
Most common ethnic or cultural origins reported in British Columbia

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Most common ethnic or cultural origins reported in British Columbia"

This infographic presents a word cloud that illustrates the most common ethnic or cultural origins reported in British Columbia. The size of the font is proportional to the number of total responses for a given ethnic or cultural origin.

The biggest word is "English," representing 20.7% of all single and multiple ethnic or cultural origin responses in this province. The other ethnic or cultural origins reported most often are "Scottish," 15.8%; "Irish," 12.8%; "German," 11.0%; "Chinese," 10.5%; "Canadian," 9.3%; "French," 6.4%; "Indian (India)," 5.6%; "Ukrainian," 4.3%; "British Isles," 3.9%; "Dutch," 3.9%; "Filipino," 3.5%; "Italian," 3.3%; "Norwegian," 2.8%; "Polish," 2.7%; "Russian," 2.5%; "First Nations (North American Indian)," 2.1%; "Welsh," 2.1%; "Swedish," 2.1%; and "European," 2.1%.

Note(s): The size of the ethnic or cultural origins in the word cloud represents the number of total responses for a given origin. The ethnic and cultural origins presented in the word cloud are the ones reported, alone or with other origins, by more than 2% of the population in British Columbia.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901).