Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Sylvan Lake and Alberta, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Sylvan Lake			Alberta
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	14,660	100.0	...	3,978,145	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	13,755	93.8	...	3,062,780	77.0	...
Immigrants	835	5.7	100.0	845,220	21.2	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	395	2.7	47.3	381,370	9.6	45.1
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	80	0.5	9.6	109,145	2.7	12.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	115	0.8	13.8	146,915	3.7	17.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	230	1.6	27.5	207,790	5.2	24.6
Non-permanent residents	75	0.5	...	70,155	1.8	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Sylvan Lake, 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	550	..	140	..	835	..	235	..
Age groups	550	100.0	140	100.0	830	100.0	235	100.0
Less than 15 years	25	4.5	30	21.4	50	6.0	45	19.1
15 to 24 years	15	2.7	15	10.7	95	11.4	45	19.1
25 to 64 years	390	70.9	90	64.3	565	68.1	140	59.6
65 years and older	120	21.8	0	0.0	115	13.9	0	0.0
Median age	42.1	..	31.6	..	43.5	..	30.3	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	615	100.0	230	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	405	65.9	160	69.6
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	140	22.8	55	23.9
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	270	43.9	105	45.7
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	175	28.5	60	26.1
Refugees	...	...	...	...	25	4.1	0	0.0
Region of birth1	550	100.0	140	100.0	830	100.0	230	100.0
Americas	100	18.2	15	10.7	200	24.1	45	19.6
Europe	300	54.5	75	53.6	395	47.6	75	32.6
Africa	25	4.5	0	0.0	65	7.8	40	17.4
Asia	115	20.9	30	21.4	145	17.5	75	32.6
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	3.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Sylvan Lake, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	835	100.0	...
United Kingdom	210	25.1	1
United States	125	15.0	2
Philippines	80	9.6	3
Germany	40	4.8	4
South Africa, Republic of	40	4.8	4
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	230	100.0	...
Philippines	60	26.1	1
United Kingdom	55	23.9	2
South Africa, Republic of	20	8.7	3
United States	15	6.5	4
Uruguay	15	6.5	4

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	830	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	40	4.8	1
Spanish	25	3.0	2
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	230	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	30	13.0	1

Population by generation status and median age, Sylvan Lake, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	12,240	100.0	31.6	14,665	100.0	32.9
First generation (born abroad)	610	5.0	40.0	1,000	6.8	39.9
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	1,390	11.4	47.3	1,670	11.4	39.2
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	435	3.6	59.8	455	3.1	46.5
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	960	7.8	42.2	1,215	8.3	37.0
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	10,235	83.6	29.6	11,990	81.8	31.5

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Sylvan Lake, 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	12,240	100.0	..	31.6	14,665	100.0	..	32.9
Visible minority population	345	2.8	100.0	29.2	545	3.7	100.0	25.2
South Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60	0.4	11.0	27.9
Chinese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70	0.5	12.8	13.1
Black	35	0.3	10.1	8.6	125	0.9	22.9	23.0
Filipino	155	1.3	44.9	31.6	105	0.7	19.3	31.4
Latin American	80	0.7	23.2	15.3	65	0.4	11.9	33.0
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20	0.1	3.7	50.0
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.1	2.8	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	10	0.1	1.8	0.0
Japanese	20	0.2	5.8	29.2	45	0.3	8.3	32.5
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.1	2.8	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.1	2.8	19.4
Not a visible minority	11,895	97.2	..	31.7	14,115	96.2	..	33.2

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Sylvan Lake, Alberta and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Sylvan Lake			Alberta			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	4,645	31.7	1	899,445	22.6	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
Canadian	4,440	30.3	2	902,310	22.7	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
Scottish	3,855	26.3	3	704,205	17.7	4	4,799,010	13.9	3

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

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