Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Saint-Lambert and Quebec, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Saint-Lambert			Quebec
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	20,730	100.0	...	7,965,450	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	17,395	83.9	...	6,788,085	85.2	...
Immigrants	3,160	15.2	100.0	1,091,305	13.7	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,905	9.2	60.3	553,855	7.0	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	305	1.5	9.7	140,170	1.8	12.8
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	400	1.9	12.7	182,110	2.3	16.7
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	555	2.7	17.6	215,170	2.7	19.7
Non-permanent residents	175	0.8	...	86,060	1.1	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Saint-Lambert, 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	2,880	..	640	..	3,160	..	555	..
Age groups	2,880	100.0	635	100.0	3,155	100.0	550	100.0
Less than 15 years	380	13.2	230	36.2	295	9.4	175	31.8
15 to 24 years	170	5.9	40	6.3	185	5.9	35	6.4
25 to 64 years	1,625	56.4	360	56.7	1,785	56.6	335	60.9
65 years and older	705	24.5	0	0.0	890	28.2	0	0.0
Median age	45.9	..	33.4	..	48.8	..	35.2	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	2,145	100.0	550	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	1,375	64.1	435	79.1
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	675	31.5	165	30.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	700	32.6	270	49.1
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	505	23.5	55	10.0
Refugees	...	...	...	...	265	12.4	65	11.8
Region of birth1	2,880	100.0	640	100.0	3,160	100.0	550	100.0
Americas	690	24.0	185	28.9	715	22.6	180	32.7
Europe	1,215	42.2	145	22.7	1,360	43.0	185	33.6
Africa	385	13.4	145	22.7	385	12.2	65	11.8
Asia	590	20.5	165	25.8	695	22.0	125	22.7
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Saint-Lambert, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,160	100.0	...
France	510	16.1	1
Colombia	235	7.4	2
Romania	140	4.4	3
China	140	4.4	3
United States	130	4.1	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	555	100.0	...
Colombia	110	19.8	1
Romania	60	10.8	2
Egypt	45	8.1	3
France	45	8.1	3
China	40	7.2	5

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,155	100.0	...
Spanish	470	14.9	1
Arabic	190	6.0	2
Romanian	145	4.6	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	550	100.0	...
Spanish	175	31.8	1
Romanian	75	13.6	2
Arabic	60	10.9	3

Population by generation status and median age, Saint-Lambert, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	20,750	100.0	47.3	20,725	100.0	47.7
First generation (born abroad)	3,070	14.8	44.0	3,565	17.2	45.8
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,535	12.2	33.6	2,765	13.3	32.2
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	800	3.9	41.3	1,010	4.9	34.6
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,735	8.4	29.7	1,755	8.5	29.6
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	15,150	73.0	49.3	14,395	69.5	50.7

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Saint-Lambert, 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	20,750	100.0	..	47.3	20,725	100.0	..	47.7
Visible minority population	1,790	8.6	100.0	32.1	2,190	10.6	100.0	35.5
South Asian	110	0.5	6.1	43.4	135	0.7	6.2	45.0
Chinese	195	0.9	10.9	16.4	270	1.3	12.3	23.2
Black	430	2.1	24.0	29.6	360	1.7	16.4	31.9
Filipino	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	30	0.1	1.4	58.0
Latin American	475	2.3	26.5	32.3	585	2.8	26.7	37.3
Arab	255	1.2	14.2	35.8	305	1.5	13.9	40.8
Southeast Asian	135	0.7	7.5	33.1	200	1.0	9.1	17.9
West Asian	65	0.3	3.6	40.1	125	0.6	5.7	39.1
Korean	85	0.4	4.7	13.8	70	0.3	3.2	46.8
Japanese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	0.5	0.0
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20	0.1	0.9	53.7
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70	0.3	3.2	19.4
Not a visible minority	18,960	91.4	..	49.0	18,535	89.4	..	49.9

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Saint-Lambert, Quebec and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Saint-Lambert			Quebec			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	10,375	50.1	1	4,647,840	58.3	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	7,695	37.1	2	1,870,545	23.5	2	4,670,595	13.6	4
Irish	1,825	8.8	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 Saint-Lambert, Quebec and Canada, 2016

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