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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.
Total - Population by visible minority groups 34,345 31,455 2,820 2,385 205 60 145 230 65
Total visible minority population 5 495 230 255 110 75 30 45 65 15
Chinese 80 40 40 10 20 0 20 15 0
South Asian 6 130 75 60 40 15 0 15 0 0
Black 45 30 20 10 0 0 0 10 0
Filipino 80 15 55 15 10 10 0 25 10
Latin American 25 0 25 0 25 10 10 10 10
Southeast Asian 7 25 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Arab 20 0 20 15 10 10 0 0 0
West Asian 8 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 20 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Japanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Visible minority, n.i.e. 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple visible minority 10 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not a visible minority 11 33,845 31,230 2,560 2,275 125 30 95 165 55
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006011 (Midland, Code571)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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