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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Visible Minority Groups (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (9), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Visible minority groups (15) Immigrant status and period of immigration (9)
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration Non-immigrants 1 Immigrants 2 Before 1991 1991 to 2000 1991 to 1995 1996 to 2000 2001 to 2006 3 Non-permanent residents 4
Note(s) :
  1. Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
    There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
  1. NON-IMMIGRANTS
    Non-immigrants are persons who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most Canadian citizens by birth were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents.
  2. IMMIGRANTS
    Immigrants are persons who are, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others are recent arrivals. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number were born in Canada. Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to Census Day, May 16, 2006.
  3. 2001 TO 2006
    Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to Census Day, May 16, 2006.
  4. NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS
    Non-permanent residents are persons from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living with them in Canada.
  5. TOTAL VISIBLE MINORITY POPULATION
    The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour'.
  6. SOUTH ASIAN
    For example, 'East Indian', 'Pakistani', 'Sri Lankan', etc.
  7. SOUTHEAST ASIAN
    For example, 'Vietnamese', 'Cambodian', 'Malaysian', 'Laotian', etc.
  8. WEST ASIAN
    For example, 'Iranian', 'Afghan', etc.
  9. VISIBLE MINORITY, N.I.E.
    The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere'. Includes respondents who reported a write-in response such as 'Guyanese', 'West Indian', 'Kurd', 'Tibetan', 'Polynesian', 'Pacific Islander', etc.
  10. MULTIPLE VISIBLE MINORITY
    Includes respondents who reported more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in circles, e.g., 'Black' and 'South Asian'.
  11. NOT A VISIBLE MINORITY
    Includes respondents who reported 'Yes' to the Aboriginal identity question (Question 18) as well as respondents who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total - Population by visible minority groups 31,241,030 24,788,720 6,186,950 3,408,420 1,668,550 823,925 844,625 1,109,980 265,355
Total visible minority population 5 5,068,095 1,528,350 3,362,150 1,295,475 1,234,010 611,145 622,860 832,665 177,590
Chinese 1,216,565 310,085 870,955 340,345 348,320 172,325 175,995 182,285 35,525
South Asian 6 1,262,865 370,535 867,450 295,180 330,020 147,330 182,690 242,250 24,875
Black 783,795 346,950 411,840 195,165 125,800 67,815 57,985 90,875 25,010
Filipino 410,700 105,210 289,365 101,190 112,710 62,175 50,530 75,465 16,125
Latin American 304,245 64,070 218,150 91,040 67,600 40,720 26,880 59,515 22,020
Southeast Asian 7 239,935 74,940 159,530 96,160 44,985 30,010 14,970 18,385 5,460
Arab 265,550 71,795 182,550 52,580 70,490 33,595 36,895 59,475 11,205
West Asian 8 156,695 23,240 129,055 27,865 57,225 22,110 35,115 43,970 4,400
Korean 141,890 21,255 99,695 26,655 37,025 13,350 23,675 36,020 20,935
Japanese 81,300 51,355 21,615 9,640 6,470 2,570 3,900 5,500 8,330
Visible minority, n.i.e. 9 71,420 24,335 45,530 23,530 14,725 8,670 6,060 7,270 1,555
Multiple visible minority 10 133,120 64,570 66,405 36,120 18,630 10,475 8,165 11,650 2,145
Not a visible minority 11 26,172,940 23,260,370 2,824,800 2,112,940 434,540 212,775 221,760 277,320 87,760
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006011 (Canada, Code01)
Date Modified: 2011-07-04

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