Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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

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

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Brandon and Manitoba, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Brandon			Manitoba
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	56,420	100.0	...	1,240,700	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	47,965	85.0	...	996,860	80.3	...
Immigrants	7,930	14.1	100.0	227,465	18.3	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,625	2.9	20.5	93,270	7.5	41.0
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	570	1.0	7.2	22,570	1.8	9.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	3,090	5.5	39.0	48,420	3.9	21.3
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	2,640	4.7	33.3	63,210	5.1	27.8
Non-permanent residents	535	0.9	...	16,370	1.3	...

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

Geography	Total population	Immigrant population		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Number	%	Number	%
Brandon	56,425	7,925	14.0	2,640	4.7
Brandon	47,560	7,570	15.9	2,600	5.5
Cornwallis	4,435	185	4.2	25	0.6
Whitehead	1,665	95	5.7	0	0.0
Oakland-Wawanesa	1,595	60	3.8	0	0.0
Elton	1,175	25	2.1	15	1.3

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Brandon, 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	6,370	..	3,500	..	7,930	..	2,645	..
Age groups	6,365	100.0	3,505	100.0	7,930	100.0	2,645	100.0
Less than 15 years	980	15.4	875	25.0	1,065	13.4	580	21.9
15 to 24 years	790	12.4	490	14.0	1,010	12.7	385	14.6
25 to 64 years	3,985	62.6	2,140	61.1	5,125	64.6	1,645	62.2
65 years and older	610	9.6	0	0.0	725	9.1	35	1.3
Median age	34.8	..	28.9	..	36.7	..	30.5	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	7,050	100.0	2,640	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	5,705	80.9	2,160	81.8
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	2,120	30.1	790	29.9
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	3,585	50.9	1,375	52.1
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	975	13.8	410	15.5
Refugees	...	...	...	...	355	5.0	70	2.7
Region of birth1	6,370	100.0	3,500	100.0	7,930	100.0	2,640	100.0
Americas	2,205	34.6	1,530	43.7	2,395	30.2	720	27.3
Europe	1,740	27.3	320	9.1	1,575	19.9	200	7.6
Africa	390	6.1	245	7.0	885	11.2	390	14.8
Asia	1,995	31.3	1,390	39.7	3,065	38.7	1,325	50.2
Oceania	30	0.5	0	0.0	10	0.1	10	0.4

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

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	7,930	100.0	...
China	1,330	16.8	1
El Salvador	910	11.5	2
India	870	11.0	3
Honduras	540	6.8	4
United Kingdom	470	5.9	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	2,645	100.0	...
India	575	21.7	1
Honduras	400	15.1	2
China	385	14.6	3
Philippines	250	9.5	4
El Salvador	155	5.9	5

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	7,930	100.0	...
Spanish	1,725	21.8	1
Mandarin	930	11.7	2
Gujarati	500	6.3	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	2,645	100.0	...
Spanish	645	24.4	1
Gujarati	430	16.3	2
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	200	7.6	3

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

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	53,460	100.0	35.1	56,420	100.0	35.6
First generation (born abroad)	6,985	13.1	34.3	8,745	15.5	35.8
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	7,330	13.7	51.3	6,595	11.7	45.0
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	2,310	4.3	55.9	2,625	4.7	22.2
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	5,020	9.4	48.8	3,970	7.0	52.3
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	39,140	73.2	33.8	41,085	72.8	35.0

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Brandon, 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	53,460	100.0	..	35.1	56,420	100.0	..	35.6
Visible minority population	5,255	9.8	100.0	28.6	7,940	14.1	100.0	29.4
South Asian	425	0.8	8.1	33.4	1,430	2.5	18.0	29.2
Chinese	1,380	2.6	26.3	29.9	1,835	3.3	23.1	33.4
Black	570	1.1	10.8	25.1	1,060	1.9	13.4	27.2
Filipino	335	0.6	6.4	26.4	530	0.9	6.7	33.1
Latin American	1,980	3.7	37.7	27.2	2,395	4.2	30.2	25.0
Arab	80	0.1	1.5	44.1	120	0.2	1.5	22.0
Southeast Asian	105	0.2	2.0	35.2	100	0.2	1.3	33.5
West Asian	30	0.1	0.6	37.0	30	0.1	0.4	27.3
Korean	175	0.3	3.3	32.5	150	0.3	1.9	20.4
Japanese	65	0.1	1.2	37.1	45	0.1	0.6	32.6
Visible minority, n.i.e.	70	0.1	1.3	58.5	70	0.1	0.9	37.4
Multiple visible minorities	45	0.1	0.9	0.0	175	0.3	2.2	17.8
Not a visible minority	48,200	90.2	..	36.9	48,480	85.9	..	37.3

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

Geography	Visible minority population
Name of the census subdivision	Number	% of the total population of the CSD
Brandon	7,770	16.3

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Brandon, Manitoba and Canada, 2016

Ethnic origin	Brandon			Manitoba			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	16,660	29.5	1	245,960	19.8	1	6,320,085	18.3	2
Scottish	14,470	25.6	2	208,060	16.8	4	4,799,010	13.9	3
Canadian	13,620	24.1	3	240,830	19.4	2	11,135,970	32.3	1

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Brandon, Manitoba and Canada, 2016

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