Ottawa

:This article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation).

Ethnic origin

The racial makeup of the city is 80.90% White, 4.54% Black, 3.62% Chinese, 2.84% South Asian, 2.67% Arab, 1.14% Southeast Asian, 1.13% Aboriginal, 0.85% Latin American, 0.66% West Asian, 0.64% Filipino, 0.20% Japanese, 0.19% Korean, 0.31% other, 0.33% multiple responses.

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White - Black - Chinese - South Asian - Arab - Southeast Asia - Aboriginal - Latin America - West Asia - Filipino - Japanese - Korea

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European

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The European or White population is very diverse, though it consists of two main groups. The French, and English, constitute about half of the White population. However, Irish, Scottish, German, and Italian populations are also very large. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, new immigrants from Bosnia, and Yugoslavia created a substantial Eastern European population.

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French - English - Irish - Scottish - German - Italian - Bosnia - Yugoslavia

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Black

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For many years, the Black population in Ottawa was very small, and was chiefly those of Jamaican origin. In the 1990s, Haitian refugees fleeing poverty and political unrest gave the Black population an increased influx. In the past three years, Ottawa has seen sharp growth in the Somali, and Ethiopian population.

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Jamaican - Haitian - Somali - Ethiopian

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Chinese

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The Chinese have been in Ottawa since the 1800s, but in the 1990s, Ottawa saw growth in the Chinese population as many moved from Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Many of them are wealthy adherents to Buddhism and forms of Christianity.

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Hong Kong - Taiwan - Buddhism - Christianity

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Arab

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Arabs have also lived in Ottawa for many generations. However, there numbers were quite small until the late 1980s to 1990s when substantial numbers of Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, and later Egyptians started to enter mostly as refugees.

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Lebanese - Syrians - Palestinians - Egyptians

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Others races include Asians, Hispanics, and Filipino.

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Asians - Hispanics - Filipino

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Religion

43.0% of Ottawans are Roman Catholic, 9.5% belong to the United Church of Canada, 8.8% are Anglican, 1.8% are Presbyterian, 1.3% are Baptist, 1.3% are Lutheran. 5.2% are Muslim. 1.5% are Jewish. 1.2% are Buddhist. 1.1% are Hindu. 0.12% are Baha'i. 15.3% have no religion.

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Roman Catholic - United Church of Canada - Anglican - Presbyterian - Baptist - Lutheran - Muslim - Jewish - Buddhist - Hindu - Baha'i

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Family and age

There are 210,875 families, of which 72.8% are married couples living together, 11.1% are common-law couples, and 13.2% have a female householder with no husband present.

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The age profile of the city is spread out: 25.3% are under the age of 19, 6.9% from 20 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36.7 years. For every 100 females, there are 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.1 males.

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The median income for a working individual in the city is $39,713, and the median income for a family is $73,507. Males have a median income of $47,203 versus $31,641 for females. The per capita income for the city is $23,061.

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