Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Distribution (in percentage) of the immigrant population, Alma, 2001 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Distribution (in percentage) of the immigrant population, Alma, 2001 to 2016

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

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Alma			Quebec
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	31,800	100.0	...	7,965,450	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	31,460	98.9	...	6,788,085	85.2	...
Immigrants	300	0.9	100.0	1,091,305	13.7	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	130	0.4	43.3	553,855	7.0	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	35	0.1	11.7	140,170	1.8	12.8
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	80	0.3	26.7	182,110	2.3	16.7
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	60	0.2	20.0	215,170	2.7	19.7
Non-permanent residents	45	0.1	...	86,060	1.1	...

Number and distribution (in percentage) of the immigrant population and recent immigrants in census subdivisions, Alma, 2016

Geography	Total population	Immigrant population		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Number	%	Number	%
Alma	31,805	300	0.9	60	0.2
Alma	29,770	295	1.0	55	0.2
Saint-Nazaire	2,035	10	0.5	0	0.0

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Alma, 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	210	..	45	..	300	..	60	..
Age groups	210	100.0	45	100.0	305	100.0	60	100.0
Less than 15 years	35	16.7	0	0.0	60	19.7	25	41.7
15 to 24 years	0	0.0	0	0.0	65	21.3	10	16.7
25 to 64 years	120	57.1	40	88.9	115	37.7	25	41.7
65 years and older	40	19.0	0	0.0	60	19.7	0	0.0
Median age	40.6	..	27.7	..	34.0	..	15.9	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	240	100.0	60	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	90	37.5	30	50.0
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	45	18.8	0	0.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	50	20.8	20	33.3
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	140	58.3	20	33.3
Refugees	...	...	...	...	15	6.3	10	16.7
Region of birth1	205	100.0	45	100.0	300	100.0	60	100.0
Americas	55	26.8	0	0.0	75	25.0	35	58.3
Europe	85	41.5	15	33.3	115	38.3	15	25.0
Africa	25	12.2	0	0.0	40	13.3	10	16.7
Asia	40	19.5	0	0.0	65	21.7	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

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

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	300	100.0	...
China	55	18.3	1
Mexico	50	16.7	2
France	50	16.7	2
Italy	25	8.3	4
Haiti	25	8.3	4
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	55	100.0	...
Mexico	30	54.5	1

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	300	100.0	...
Spanish	25	8.3	1
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	60	100.0	...
Spanish	30	50.0	1

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

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	32,085	100.0	44.3	31,805	100.0	45.4
First generation (born abroad)	245	0.8	34.7	360	1.1	31.5
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	290	0.9	47.5	370	1.2	32.1
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	35	0.1	24.1	60	0.2	27.5
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	255	0.8	47.7	320	1.0	37.6
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	31,550	98.3	44.3	31,075	97.7	45.7

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Alma, Quebec and Canada 2001 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Alma, Quebec and Canada 2001 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Alma, 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	32,085	100.0	..	44.3	31,805	100.0	..	45.4
Visible minority population	190	0.6	100.0	24.1	285	0.9	100.0	19.0
South Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chinese	10	0.0	5.3	11.9	65	0.2	22.8	13.8
Black	85	0.3	44.7	12.1	125	0.4	43.9	24.5
Filipino	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Latin American	55	0.2	28.9	30.3	30	0.1	10.5	32.1
Arab	10	0.0	5.3	25.7	20	0.1	7.0	35.9
Southeast Asian	25	0.1	13.2	27.7	20	0.1	7.0	17.6
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	3.5	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	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	3.5	0.0
Not a visible minority	31,890	99.4	..	44.5	31,520	99.1	..	45.7

Census subdivisions with a population of 5,000 or more and with the highest proportion of visible minorities, Alma, 2016

Geography	Visible minority population
Name of the census subdivision	Number	% of the total population of the CSD
Alma	265	0.9

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

Ethnic origin	Alma			Quebec			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	26,145	82.2	1	4,647,840	58.3	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	7,185	22.6	2	1,870,545	23.5	2	4,670,595	13.6	4
First Nations (North American Indian)	1,205	3.8	3	289,610	3.6	5	1,525,570	4.4	9

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

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