Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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

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

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Les Appalaches and Quebec, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Les Appalaches			Quebec
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	40,755	100.0	...	7,965,450	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	40,100	98.4	...	6,788,085	85.2	...
Immigrants	550	1.3	100.0	1,091,305	13.7	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	365	0.9	66.4	553,855	7.0	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	55	0.1	10.0	140,170	1.8	12.8
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	40	0.1	7.3	182,110	2.3	16.7
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	90	0.2	16.4	215,170	2.7	19.7
Non-permanent residents	110	0.3	...	86,060	1.1	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Les Appalaches, 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	450	..	70	..	555	..	90	..
Age groups	455	100.0	65	100.0	550	100.0	90	100.0
Less than 15 years	30	6.6	15	23.1	30	5.5	15	16.7
15 to 24 years	45	9.9	0	0.0	35	6.4	10	11.1
25 to 64 years	280	61.5	25	38.5	395	71.8	55	61.1
65 years and older	95	20.9	0	0.0	85	15.5	0	0.0
Median age	45.0	..	24.6	..	46.0	..	35.4	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	390	100.0	90	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	155	39.7	30	33.3
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	80	20.5	15	16.7
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	80	20.5	15	16.7
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	190	48.7	55	61.1
Refugees	...	...	...	...	40	10.3	10	11.1
Region of birth1	450	100.0	65	100.0	555	100.0	85	100.0
Americas	240	53.3	20	30.8	285	51.4	30	35.3
Europe	110	24.4	10	15.4	190	34.2	35	41.2
Africa	60	13.3	35	53.8	45	8.1	25	29.4
Asia	40	8.9	0	0.0	35	6.3	10	11.8
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Les Appalaches, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	550	100.0	...
United States	135	24.5	1
France	110	20.0	2
Colombia	50	9.1	3
Haiti	40	7.3	4
Italy	25	4.5	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	90	100.0	...
France	30	33.3	1

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	550	100.0	...
Spanish	40	7.3	1
Arabic	15	2.7	2
Italian	15	2.7	2
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	90	100.0	...

Population by generation status and median age, Les Appalaches, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	41,585	100.0	49.1	40,760	100.0	50.8
First generation (born abroad)	570	1.4	44.4	695	1.7	43.9
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	880	2.1	38.8	665	1.6	49.5
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	95	0.2	66.3	105	0.3	21.5
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	785	1.9	38.1	560	1.4	52.8
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	40,140	96.5	49.3	39,395	96.7	51.1

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Les Appalaches, 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	41,585	100.0	..	49.1	40,760	100.0	..	50.8
Visible minority population	380	0.9	100.0	38.5	360	0.9	100.0	31.0
South Asian	45	0.1	11.8	48.1	10	0.0	2.8	0.0
Chinese	25	0.1	6.6	17.9	30	0.1	8.3	29.8
Black	75	0.2	19.7	17.6	150	0.4	41.7	28.2
Filipino	25	0.1	6.6	50.4	10	0.0	2.8	0.0
Latin American	180	0.4	47.4	40.9	85	0.2	23.6	31.3
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40	0.1	11.1	42.5
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	30	0.1	8.3	23.8
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	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	10	0.0	2.8	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not a visible minority	41,205	99.1	..	49.2	40,395	99.1	..	51.1

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

Ethnic origin	Les Appalaches			Quebec			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	33,015	81.0	1	4,647,840	58.3	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	9,030	22.2	2	1,870,545	23.5	2	4,670,595	13.6	4
Irish	1,355	3.3	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 Les Appalaches, Quebec and Canada, 2016

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