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Canada's Ethnocultural Mosaic, 2006 Census: Findings
- Highlights
- National picture
- More than 200 different ethnic origins
- The population's ethnocultural make-up by generational status
- Increased reporting of multiple ethnic ancestries
- Visible minority population surpasses 5-million mark
- South Asians surpass Chinese as the largest visible minority group
- Three in 10 visible minorities were Canadian-born
- Cultural mosaic within the visible minority population
- Mixed unions involving visible minorities on the rise
- Visible minorities were younger than the total population
- Provinces and territories
- Atlantic region: More than half reported British Isles origins
- Quebec: Black and Arab, the two largest visible minority groups
- Ontario: Home to more than half of Canada's visible minority population
- The Prairies: One in 10 belong to a visible minority group
- British Columbia: More than 1 million members of visible minorities
- Territories: More than half reported Aboriginal ancestries
- Canada's major census metropolitan areas
- Halifax: Highest proportion of visible minorities in the Atlantic region
- Montréal: Third largest visible minority population
- Ottawa - Gatineau: Visible minorities accounted for 16% of the total population
- Toronto: Largest number of visible minorities in the country
- Winnipeg: Filipino was the largest visible minority group
- Calgary: Nearly one in four belonged to a visible minority group
- Vancouver: Four in 10 belonged to a visible minority group
