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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Visible Minority Groups (15), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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St. John's
Visible minority groups (15) Age groups (10)
Total - Age groups Under 15 years 15 to 24 years 25 to 54 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 years and over
Note(s) :
  1. 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'.
  2. SOUTH ASIAN
    For example, 'East Indian', 'Pakistani', 'Sri Lankan', etc.
  3. SOUTHEAST ASIAN
    For example, 'Vietnamese', 'Cambodian', 'Malaysian', 'Laotian', etc.
  4. WEST ASIAN
    For example, 'Iranian', 'Afghan', etc.
  5. 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.
  6. 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'.
  7. 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.
Total - Population by visible minority groups 179,270 29,245 26,290 83,245 25,805 28,775 28,655 21,075 11,160 8,255
Total visible minority population 1 3,460 710 670 1,550 625 445 475 305 145 80
Chinese 990 185 205 425 155 130 140 85 55 30
South Asian 2 890 155 140 400 135 80 180 100 50 40
Black 620 170 130 270 150 55 60 25 15 10
Filipino 160 25 40 70 20 20 35 15 10 0
Latin American 320 50 105 150 60 70 20 15 0 0
Southeast Asian 3 50 0 10 20 10 0 10 10 0 0
Arab 190 65 0 80 35 40 0 35 10 0
West Asian 4 65 15 0 30 20 10 0 10 0 0
Korean 45 10 15 20 0 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 70 20 10 35 10 10 10 0 0 0
Visible minority, n.i.e. 5 40 15 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple visible minority 6 25 0 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
Not a visible minority 7 175,805 28,540 25,620 81,690 25,175 28,335 28,180 20,760 11,015 8,170
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006009 (St. John's, Code001)
Date Modified: 2011-07-04

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