Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Lévis, Quebec, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Lévis, Quebec, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Lévis and Quebec, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Lévis			Quebec
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	140,250	100.0	...	7,965,450	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	136,225	97.1	...	6,788,085	85.2	...
Immigrants	3,730	2.7	100.0	1,091,305	13.7	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,505	1.1	40.3	553,855	7.0	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	560	0.4	15.0	140,170	1.8	12.8
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	715	0.5	19.2	182,110	2.3	16.7
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	950	0.7	25.5	215,170	2.7	19.7
Non-permanent residents	290	0.2	...	86,060	1.1	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Lévis, 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	2,970	..	695	..	3,735	..	955	..
Age groups	2,965	100.0	695	100.0	3,735	100.0	950	100.0
Less than 15 years	495	16.7	210	30.2	400	10.7	195	20.5
15 to 24 years	345	11.6	55	7.9	385	10.3	70	7.4
25 to 64 years	1,760	59.4	425	61.2	2,580	69.1	660	69.5
65 years and older	365	12.3	0	0.0	365	9.8	20	2.1
Median age	39.0	..	29.1	..	39.1	..	32.3	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	3,175	100.0	955	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	1,730	54.5	575	60.2
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	855	26.9	315	33.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	870	27.4	260	27.2
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	1,155	36.4	360	37.7
Refugees	...	...	...	...	265	8.3	15	1.6
Region of birth1	2,970	100.0	695	100.0	3,730	100.0	950	100.0
Americas	715	24.1	220	31.7	915	24.5	205	21.6
Europe	1,175	39.6	170	24.5	1,365	36.6	220	23.2
Africa	500	16.8	220	31.7	840	22.5	450	47.4
Asia	565	19.0	85	12.2	610	16.4	80	8.4
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Lévis, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,735	100.0	...
France	845	22.6	1
China	285	7.6	2
United States	200	5.4	3
Algeria	175	4.7	4
Colombia	170	4.6	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	950	100.0	...
France	165	17.4	1
Algeria	100	10.5	2
Tunisia	85	8.9	3
Cameroon	75	7.9	4
Morocco	65	6.8	5
Mexico	65	6.8	5

Immigrant population and recent immigrants by non-official language spoken most often at home,³ Lévis, 2016

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,735	100.0	...
Spanish	295	7.9	1
Arabic	165	4.4	2
Mandarin	75	2.0	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	950	100.0	...
Spanish	130	13.7	1
Arabic	110	11.6	2
Kabyle	30	3.2	3

Population by generation status and median age, Lévis, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	135,835	100.0	40.0	140,250	100.0	41.5
First generation (born abroad)	3,250	2.4	38.0	4,360	3.1	37.4
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,880	2.1	24.0	3,655	2.6	17.6
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	545	0.4	21.1	850	0.6	9.5
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	2,330	1.7	24.1	2,810	2.0	21.5
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	129,700	95.5	40.3	132,230	94.3	42.3

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Lévis, Quebec and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Lévis, Quebec and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Lévis, 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	135,835	100.0	..	40.0	140,250	100.0	..	41.5
Visible minority population	1,935	1.4	100.0	26.5	3,125	2.2	100.0	27.8
South Asian	30	0.0	1.6	19.1	75	0.1	2.4	37.1
Chinese	375	0.3	19.4	16.2	385	0.3	12.3	18.5
Black	500	0.4	25.8	19.6	1,035	0.7	33.1	25.0
Filipino	20	0.0	1.0	10.8	30	0.0	1.0	11.5
Latin American	340	0.3	17.6	33.2	620	0.4	19.8	34.6
Arab	240	0.2	12.4	36.6	555	0.4	17.8	32.3
Southeast Asian	270	0.2	14.0	36.3	220	0.2	7.0	26.7
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	55	0.0	1.8	39.6
Korean	20	0.0	1.0	24.7	20	0.0	0.6	31.3
Japanese	30	0.0	1.6	37.2	35	0.0	1.1	38.1
Visible minority, n.i.e.	30	0.0	1.6	32.4	25	0.0	0.8	37.0
Multiple visible minorities	80	0.1	4.1	25.9	70	0.0	2.2	14.6
Not a visible minority	133,900	98.6	..	40.2	137,125	97.8	..	42.0

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Lévis, Quebec and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Lévis			Quebec			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	108,190	77.1	1	4,647,840	58.3	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	39,450	28.1	2	1,870,545	23.5	2	4,670,595	13.6	4
Irish	6,210	4.4	3	446,215	5.6	3	4,627,000	13.4	5

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Lévis, Quebec and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Lévis, Quebec and Canada, 2016