Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Prince Edward County and Ontario, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Prince Edward County			Ontario
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	24,100	100.0	...	13,242,160	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	21,580	89.5	...	9,188,820	69.4	...
Immigrants	2,480	10.3	100.0	3,852,145	29.1	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	2,150	8.9	86.7	2,426,240	18.3	63.0
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	105	0.4	4.2	490,560	3.7	12.7
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	150	0.6	6.0	463,175	3.5	12.0
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	65	0.3	2.6	472,170	3.6	12.3
Non-permanent residents	40	0.2	...	201,200	1.5	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Prince Edward County, 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	2,125	..	60	..	2,480	..	70	..
Age groups	2,125	100.0	65	100.0	2,480	100.0	70	100.0
Less than 15 years	30	1.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
15 to 24 years	0	0.0	0	0.0	65	2.6	0	0.0
25 to 64 years	875	41.2	30	46.2	955	38.5	55	78.6
65 years and older	1,210	56.9	15	23.1	1,460	58.9	10	14.3
Median age	67.1	..	50.9	..	67.8	..	43.0	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	745	100.0	65	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	385	51.7	10	15.4
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	175	23.5	0	0.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	215	28.9	0	0.0
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	305	40.9	50	76.9
Refugees	...	...	...	...	40	5.4	0	0.0
Region of birth1	2,125	100.0	60	100.0	2,480	100.0	70	100.0
Americas	260	12.2	30	50.0	380	15.3	20	28.6
Europe	1,620	76.2	0	0.0	1,850	74.6	20	28.6
Africa	35	1.6	0	0.0	75	3.0	0	0.0
Asia	195	9.2	20	33.3	160	6.5	25	35.7
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	0.6	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Prince Edward County, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	2,480	100.0	...
United Kingdom	1,065	42.9	1
Germany	250	10.1	2
United States	225	9.1	3
Netherlands	215	8.7	4
China	45	1.8	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	70	100.0	...
Jamaica	15	21.4	1

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	2,480	100.0	...
German	85	3.4	1
Dutch	45	1.8	2
Cantonese	20	0.8	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	70	100.0	...

Population by generation status and median age, Prince Edward County, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	24,605	100.0	50.7	24,100	100.0	54.1
First generation (born abroad)	2,265	9.2	66.4	2,615	10.9	66.9
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	3,040	12.4	57.8	3,755	15.6	58.6
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	705	2.9	56.0	1,285	5.3	58.3
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	2,330	9.5	57.9	2,470	10.2	58.7
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	19,300	78.4	47.8	17,735	73.6	51.0

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Prince Edward County, Ontario and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Prince Edward County, Ontario and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Prince Edward County, 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	24,605	100.0	..	50.7	24,100	100.0	..	54.1
Visible minority population	445	1.8	100.0	41.3	535	2.2	100.0	40.5
South Asian	15	0.1	3.4	75.7	75	0.3	14.0	22.4
Chinese	100	0.4	22.5	39.4	110	0.5	20.6	45.8
Black	155	0.6	34.8	39.6	145	0.6	27.1	27.2
Filipino	25	0.1	5.6	5.0	20	0.1	3.7	23.6
Latin American	10	0.0	2.2	41.4	75	0.3	14.0	43.2
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Southeast Asian	25	0.1	5.6	29.2	30	0.1	5.6	41.4
West Asian	35	0.1	7.9	53.1	10	0.0	1.9	0.0
Korean	15	0.1	3.4	51.0	10	0.0	1.9	0.0
Japanese	30	0.1	6.7	60.4	25	0.1	4.7	54.8
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.0	1.9	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	30	0.1	6.7	17.2	25	0.1	4.7	55.5
Not a visible minority	24,160	98.2	..	50.8	23,570	97.8	..	54.4

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Prince Edward County, Ontario and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Prince Edward County			Ontario			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	9,675	40.1	1	2,808,810	21.2	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
Canadian	9,315	38.7	2	3,109,770	23.5	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
Irish	5,875	24.4	3	2,095,460	15.8	4	4,627,000	13.4	5

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Prince Edward County, Ontario and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Prince Edward County, Ontario and Canada, 2016