Canada Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Canada: 1,647 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are R1b-L151 — 7%, R1b-L21 — 3% and R-S744 — 3%. YFull has 147 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different.

1,647

kits

979 distinct finest branches

20%

on leaves

share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.

32%

Big Y

rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.

Each colour is one of the eight most common macro-haplogroups worldwide (the first letter of the haplogroup, such as R or J). Everything else is grey.RIJENGQTother

Level 1

Macro-haplogroups #

The first letter of the haplogroup, the broadest division of the Y tree. Percentages of all the region's kits.

1,172 · 71.2%

255 · 15.5%

77 · 4.7%

66 · 4.0%

31 · 1.9%

22 · 1.3%

11 · 0.7%

5 · 0.3%

4 · 0.2%

1 · 0.1%

Level 2

Major branches (clades) #

The major branches the region's kits belong to. Each kit is counted once, in the finest major branch its test reached. Asterisk: kits left on the branch itself because they fall into none of its major sub-branches. A branch counts as major when it holds at least 0.4% of all kits worldwide.

R-L151* R1b-L151

121 · 7.3% 5,100 years

R-L21* R1b-L21

57 · 3.5% 4,700 years

R-S744

46 · 2.8% 1,600 years

R-L2*

36 · 2.2% 4,700 years

R-Z49 R1b-Z49

31 · 1.9% 4,300 years

R-Z39589*

29 · 1.8% 4,500 years

R-U106* R1b-U106

29 · 1.8% 5,000 years

R-DF21*

28 · 1.7% 4,400 years

R-Z253*

27 · 1.6% 4,500 years

R-U152* R1b-U152

24 · 1.5% 4,700 years

R-ZZ12_1*

24 · 1.5% 4,600 years

C-M217 C2

22 · 1.3% 34k years

I-CTS595

22 · 1.3% 20k years

R-Z205

21 · 1.3% 3,500 years

I-S63*

20 · 1.2% 4,500 years

R-M417* R1a-M417

20 · 1.2% 5,300 years

R-S5668

20 · 1.2% 3,800 years

R-Z251

20 · 1.2% 4,400 years

R-CTS4179

19 · 1.2% 2,500 years

R-S1690

18 · 1.1% 3,600 years

Level 3

Key branches tree #

Tree of the main branches. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Branches of at least 1% of the sample are shown; pass-through branches with no side branches are skipped. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA), from FTDNA Discover.

R R-M207

1,172 · 71.2% 28k years

└ R1b-L23 R-L23

1,078 · 65.5% 6,400 years

└ L51 R-L51

1,058 · 64.2% 6,100 years

└ P312 R-P312

725 · 44.0% 4,900 years

└ L21 R-L21

421 · 25.6% 4,700 years

└ DF13 R-DF13

364 · 22.1% 4,600 years

└ M222 R-M222

60 · 3.6% 2,100 years

└ DF27 R-DF27

157 · 9.5% 4,700 years

└ U152 R-U152

110 · 6.7% 4,700 years

└ U106 R-U106

205 · 12.4% 5,000 years

└ L48 R-L48

88 · 5.3% 4,500 years

└ R1a-M198 R-M198

80 · 4.9% 8,500 years

└ Z282 R-Z282

50 · 3.0% 4,800 years

I I-L758

255 · 15.5% 35k years

└ I1 I-M253

146 · 8.9% 20k years

└ DF29 I-DF29

122 · 7.4% 4,500 years

└ Z58 I-Z58

56 · 3.4% 4,500 years

└ I2b I-M223

58 · 3.5% 17k years

E E-M96

77 · 4.7% 52k years

└ E1b1b-M35 E-M35

56 · 3.4% 25k years

└ E-M78 E-M78

39 · 2.4% 15k years

└ V13 E-V13

35 · 2.1% 5,200 years

J J-M304

66 · 4.0% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

56 · 3.4% 28k years branch tree ↗

YFull

The same country on YFull #

The same country at the second company, YFull. Its samples are placed on the FTDNA tree by shared mutations, so the branches are comparable. FTDNA share on the left, YFull on the right, then the difference in percentage points. Republics and other sub-regions are taken out of the country, as at FTDNA. Starred branches are nearly empty at YFull: every test there is whole-genome and reaches the fine branches. Only YFull customers (YF number) are counted, no ancient DNA. YFull data of 2026-09-29.

1,647

FTDNA

kits

147

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

71.2% · 45.6%−25.6

15.5% · 29.9%+14.4

4.0% · 8.8%+4.8

4.7% · 4.8%+0.1

1.9% · 3.4%+1.5

0.2% · 2.7%+2.5

0.1% · 2.7%+2.7

0.7% · 2.0%+1.4

1.3% · 0.0%−1.3

0.3% · 0.0%−0.3

0.1% · 0.0%−0.1

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R-L151* R1b-L151

7.3% · 0.0%−7.3

I-Z141*

0.7% · 4.8%+4

R-L21* R1b-L21

3.5% · 0.0%−3.5

R-Z49 R1b-Z49

1.9% · 3.4%+1.5

I-CTS595

1.3% · 3.4%+2.1

I-BY151*

0.4% · 3.4%+3

R-S744

2.8% · 0.7%−2.1

R-Z39589*

1.8% · 2.7%+1

R-U152* R1b-U152

1.5% · 2.7%+1.3

I-L137

0.5% · 2.7%+2.2

O-M324

0.1% · 2.7%+2.7

R-L2*

2.2% · 0.7%−1.5

Distinctive branches #

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

R-S744: 46 kits · 2.8% (×4.2) 1,600 years
R-L1065: 52 kits · 3.2% (×3.5) 1,800 years
C-M217 C2: 22 kits · 1.3% (×3.1) 34k years

Most similar countries #

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.