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Visible minority groups, 2006 counts, for Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations - 20% sample data

Table: Visible minority groups, 2006 counts, for Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations - 20% sample data

Geographic name	Total - Population by visible minority groups	Total visible minority population1	South Asian2	Chinese	Black	Filipino	Latin American	Southeast- Asian3
Canada !	31,241,030	5,068,090	1,262,865	1,216,570	783,795	410,695	304,245	239,935
Cranbrook, CA (B.C.) !	23,820	330	25	130	35	10	15	20
Whitehorse, CA (Y.T.) !	22,730	1,075	170	270	100	190	95	135
Pembroke, CA (Ont.) !	22,710	330	45	65	90	15	35	15
Brooks, CA (Alta.) !	22,410	2,275	175	205	1,120	75	55	265
Quesnel, CA (B.C.) !	22,330	1,035	585	175	50	110	10	20
Edmundston, CA (N.B.)	21,075	170	0	15	50	0	20	0
Portage la Prairie, CA (Man.) !	19,875	245	0	0	130	10	0	45
Williams Lake, CA (B.C.) !	18,615	1,040	725	135	40	15	15	20
Yellowknife, CA (N.W.T.) !	18,510	1,830	135	245	315	575	70	335
Terrace, CA (B.C.) !	18,445	1,000	740	60	45	25	35	20
Amos, CA (Que.) !	17,590	165	0	20	70	20	0	55
Cobourg, CA (Ont.) !	17,535	655	160	125	85	75	65	0
Campbellton, CA (N.B.) !	17,410	120	10	25	15	10	0	0
North Battleford, CA (Sask.) !	17,315	255	70	35	85	15	0	10
Yorkton, CA (Sask.) !	17,150	285	35	85	115	10	15	0
Okotoks, CA (Alta.) !	17,140	650	150	90	85	105	60	0
Collingwood, CA (Ont.) !	16,930	375	70	0	145	0	35	50
Swift Current, CA (Sask.) !	16,305	385	120	150	10	10	30	10
Powell River, CA (B.C.) !	16,270	495	60	120	50	75	15	50
Matane, CA (Que.) !	16,065	60	0	20	0	0	20	0
Port Hope, CA (Ont.) !	15,965	405	25	35	90	10	30	10
Summerside, CA (P.E.I.)	15,910	245	10	30	125	10	0	0
Salmon Arm, CA (B.C.) !	15,745	185	50	10	10	15	20	15
Lloydminster (Alberta part), CA	15,695	470	90	105	50	40	45	25
Squamish, CA (B.C.) !	15,190	2,345	1,680	110	40	225	95	50

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Notes:

1. 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. For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc.

3. For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Malaysian,' 'Laotian,' etc.