Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Division No. 6 and Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Division No. 6			Newfoundland and Labrador
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	37,635	100.0	...	512,250	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	37,035	98.4	...	496,410	96.9	...
Immigrants	525	1.4	100.0	12,080	2.4	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	300	0.8	57.1	5,545	1.1	45.9
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	40	0.1	7.6	990	0.2	8.2
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	95	0.3	18.1	1,870	0.4	15.5
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	95	0.3	18.1	3,675	0.7	30.4
Non-permanent residents	80	0.2	...	3,770	0.7	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Division No. 6, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2006 to 2011)		All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population in private households	585	..	120	..	525	..	95	..
Age groups	585	100.0	120	100.0	525	100.0	100	100.0
Less than 15 years	50	8.5	0	0.0	25	4.8	0	0.0
15 to 24 years	45	7.7	0	0.0	35	6.7	15	15.0
25 to 64 years	360	61.5	70	58.3	300	57.1	80	80.0
65 years and older	135	23.1	20	16.7	160	30.5	0	0.0
Median age	50.1	..	29.3	..	51.3	..	29.9	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	340	100.0	95	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	200	58.8	60	63.2
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	105	30.9	40	42.1
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	90	26.5	25	26.3
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	130	38.2	40	42.1
Refugees	...	...	...	...	10	2.9	0	0.0
Region of birth1	585	100.0	120	100.0	525	100.0	95	100.0
Americas	75	12.8	0	0.0	95	18.1	30	31.6
Europe	260	44.4	25	20.8	195	37.1	15	15.8
Africa	75	12.8	0	0.0	30	5.7	10	10.5
Asia	155	26.5	60	50.0	195	37.1	45	47.4
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Division No. 6, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	525	100.0	...
United Kingdom	155	29.5	1
China	75	14.3	2
United States	75	14.3	2
India	40	7.6	4
Philippines	35	6.7	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	100	100.0	...
Jamaica	15	15.0	1
China	15	15.0	1
India	15	15.0	1

Immigrant population and recent immigrants by non-official language spoken most often at home,³ Division No. 6, 2016

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	525	100.0	...
Cantonese	35	6.7	1
Chinese, n.o.s.	30	5.7	2
Malayalam	25	4.8	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	95	100.0	...

Population by generation status and median age, Division No. 6, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	36,650	100.0	44.6	37,635	100.0	47.2
First generation (born abroad)	630	1.7	50.1	665	1.8	45.0
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	805	2.2	46.5	905	2.4	50.9
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	100	0.3	9.8	155	0.4	23.9
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	705	1.9	50.6	750	2.0	53.2
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	35,215	96.1	44.3	36,065	95.8	47.2

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Division No. 6, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age
Total population in private households	36,650	100.0	..	44.6	37,635	100.0	..	47.2
Visible minority population	475	1.3	100.0	33.9	510	1.4	100.0	31.0
South Asian	90	0.2	18.9	25.9	105	0.3	20.6	29.4
Chinese	190	0.5	40.0	44.3	160	0.4	31.4	35.4
Black	50	0.1	10.5	17.7	80	0.2	15.7	20.4
Filipino	45	0.1	9.5	7.8	55	0.1	10.8	42.4
Latin American	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25	0.1	4.9	35.0
Arab	45	0.1	9.5	38.1	40	0.1	7.8	36.6
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25	0.1	4.9	23.8
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	2.0	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	2.0	0.0
Japanese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	15	0.0	3.2	68.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not a visible minority	36,175	98.7	..	44.7	37,125	98.6	..	47.5

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Division No. 6			Newfoundland and Labrador			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	22,240	59.1	1	276,130	53.9	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
English	13,950	37.1	2	191,860	37.5	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
Irish	5,610	14.9	3	106,225	20.7	3	4,627,000	13.4	5

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada, 2016