Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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

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

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

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Victoriaville			Quebec
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	46,980	100.0	...	7,965,450	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	45,520	96.9	...	6,788,085	85.2	...
Immigrants	1,355	2.9	100.0	1,091,305	13.7	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	485	1.0	35.8	553,855	7.0	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	230	0.5	17.0	140,170	1.8	12.8
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	295	0.6	21.8	182,110	2.3	16.7
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	345	0.7	25.5	215,170	2.7	19.7
Non-permanent residents	105	0.2	...	86,060	1.1	...

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

Geography	Total population	Immigrant population		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Number	%	Number	%
Victoriaville	46,985	1,355	2.9	345	0.7
Victoriaville	43,960	1,310	3.0	340	0.8
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska	3,025	45	1.5	0	0.0

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Victoriaville, 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	1,100	..	550	..	1,355	..	345	..
Age groups	1,105	100.0	550	100.0	1,355	100.0	345	100.0
Less than 15 years	275	24.9	165	30.0	175	12.9	95	27.5
15 to 24 years	135	12.2	85	15.5	235	17.3	65	18.8
25 to 64 years	600	54.3	300	54.5	770	56.8	175	50.7
65 years and older	95	8.6	0	0.0	175	12.9	0	0.0
Median age	31.9	..	27.9	..	37.4	..	25.9	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	1,175	100.0	345	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	285	24.3	60	17.4
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	150	12.8	35	10.1
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	130	11.1	25	7.2
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	405	34.5	80	23.2
Refugees	...	...	...	...	470	40.0	205	59.4
Region of birth1	1,105	100.0	550	100.0	1,355	100.0	345	100.0
Americas	485	43.9	245	44.5	535	39.5	90	26.1
Europe	290	26.2	85	15.5	360	26.6	30	8.7
Africa	160	14.5	130	23.6	245	18.1	190	55.1
Asia	165	14.9	90	16.4	195	14.4	40	11.6
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	1.5	0	0.0

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

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,355	100.0	...
Colombia	220	16.2	1
France	145	10.7	2
China	100	7.4	3
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	95	7.0	4
United States	95	7.0	4
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	345	100.0	...
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	85	24.6	1
Colombia	65	18.8	2
Rwanda	35	10.1	3
China	30	8.7	4
Algeria	15	4.3	5

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,355	100.0	...
Spanish	255	18.8	1
Swahili	100	7.4	2
Lingala	40	3.0	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	345	100.0	...
Swahili	100	29.0	1
Spanish	75	21.7	2
Lingala	40	11.6	3

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

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	44,715	100.0	42.8	46,985	100.0	43.5
First generation (born abroad)	1,210	2.7	32.1	1,500	3.2	36.2
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	1,060	2.4	38.9	1,170	2.5	23.5
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	220	0.5	15.8	225	0.5	8.7
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	840	1.9	48.3	940	2.0	32.0
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	42,450	94.9	43.4	44,305	94.3	44.4

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Victoriaville, 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	44,715	100.0	..	42.8	46,985	100.0	..	43.5
Visible minority population	780	1.7	100.0	26.1	1,145	2.4	100.0	26.5
South Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	0.9	25.2
Chinese	110	0.2	14.1	23.1	140	0.3	12.2	15.4
Black	165	0.4	21.2	15.4	315	0.7	27.5	19.4
Filipino	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25	0.1	2.2	21.7
Latin American	405	0.9	51.9	28.7	460	1.0	40.2	32.3
Arab	70	0.2	9.0	21.9	75	0.2	6.6	34.1
Southeast Asian	30	0.1	3.8	27.1	55	0.1	4.8	44.3
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.0	1.3	25.4
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	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	0.1	3.9	36.8
Not a visible minority	43,940	98.3	..	43.3	45,840	97.6	..	44.3

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

Geography	Visible minority population
Name of the census subdivision	Number	% of the total population of the CSD
Victoriaville	1,105	2.5

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

Ethnic origin	Victoriaville			Quebec			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	37,930	80.7	1	4,647,840	58.3	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	10,660	22.7	2	1,870,545	23.5	2	4,670,595	13.6	4
Irish	1,270	2.7	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 Victoriaville, Quebec and Canada, 2016

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