Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Lethbridge County and Alberta, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Lethbridge County			Alberta
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	9,300	100.0	...	3,978,145	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	7,795	83.8	...	3,062,780	77.0	...
Immigrants	1,390	14.9	100.0	845,220	21.2	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	925	9.9	66.5	381,370	9.6	45.1
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	110	1.2	7.9	109,145	2.7	12.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	200	2.2	14.4	146,915	3.7	17.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	155	1.7	11.2	207,790	5.2	24.6
Non-permanent residents	115	1.2	...	70,155	1.8	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Lethbridge 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	1,370	..	200	..	1,385	..	150	..
Age groups	1,370	100.0	200	100.0	1,390	100.0	155	100.0
Less than 15 years	105	7.7	60	30.0	150	10.8	50	32.3
15 to 24 years	150	10.9	45	22.5	135	9.7	10	6.5
25 to 64 years	755	55.1	90	45.0	810	58.3	90	58.1
65 years and older	360	26.3	0	0.0	295	21.2	0	0.0
Median age	49.2	..	19.8	..	45.9	..	28.6	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	960	100.0	155	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	490	51.0	90	58.1
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	150	15.6	35	22.6
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	340	35.4	50	32.3
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	345	35.9	50	32.3
Refugees	...	...	...	...	105	10.9	0	0.0
Region of birth1	1,375	100.0	200	100.0	1,390	100.0	150	100.0
Americas	520	37.8	135	67.5	645	46.4	95	63.3
Europe	815	59.3	55	27.5	675	48.6	50	33.3
Africa	20	1.5	0	0.0	35	2.5	0	0.0
Asia	20	1.5	0	0.0	30	2.2	10	6.7
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	0.7	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Lethbridge County, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,390	100.0	...
Netherlands	490	35.3	1
Mexico	475	34.2	2
United States	120	8.6	3
United Kingdom	80	5.8	4
South Africa, Republic of	35	2.5	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	150	100.0	...
Mexico	85	56.7	1
United Kingdom	30	20.0	2
Netherlands	20	13.3	3

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,390	100.0	...
German	270	19.4	1
Dutch	150	10.8	2
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	100	7.2	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	155	100.0	...
Spanish	35	22.6	1
German	30	19.4	2
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	20	12.9	3

Population by generation status and median age, Lethbridge County, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	8,980	100.0	33.5	9,300	100.0	32.6
First generation (born abroad)	1,500	16.7	47.2	1,570	16.9	43.5
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,680	29.8	33.6	3,065	33.0	31.5
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	1,405	15.6	36.4	1,740	18.7	44.8
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,275	14.2	29.1	1,325	14.2	22.0
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	4,795	53.4	24.8	4,665	50.2	28.9

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Lethbridge County, Alberta and Canada 2006 to 2016

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Lethbridge 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	8,980	100.0	..	33.5	9,300	100.0	..	32.6
Visible minority population	185	2.1	100.0	21.0	195	2.1	100.0	31.5
South Asian	30	0.3	16.2	36.5	35	0.4	17.9	17.4
Chinese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20	0.2	10.3	30.6
Black	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	5.1	0.0
Filipino	60	0.7	32.4	33.0	30	0.3	15.4	32.7
Latin American	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60	0.6	30.8	28.8
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Japanese	25	0.3	13.5	42.0	40	0.4	20.5	58.2
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	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not a visible minority	8,795	97.9	..	33.7	9,105	97.9	..	32.6

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Lethbridge County, Alberta and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Lethbridge County			Alberta			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Dutch	3,605	38.8	1	195,725	4.9	9	1,111,650	3.2	12
German	2,190	23.5	2	712,955	17.9	3	3,322,400	9.6	6
English	1,710	18.4	3	899,445	22.6	2	6,320,085	18.3	2

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Lethbridge County, Alberta and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Lethbridge County, Alberta and Canada, 2016