Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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

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

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

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Vermilion River 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	8,145	100.0	...	3,978,145	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	7,885	96.8	...	3,062,780	77.0	...
Immigrants	250	3.1	100.0	845,220	21.2	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	150	1.8	60.0	381,370	9.6	45.1
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	10	0.1	4.0	109,145	2.7	12.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	25	0.3	10.0	146,915	3.7	17.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	65	0.8	26.0	207,790	5.2	24.6
Non-permanent residents	15	0.2	...	70,155	1.8	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Vermilion River 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	180	..	20	..	245	..	60	..
Age groups	175	100.0	20	100.0	250	100.0	60	100.0
Less than 15 years	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	6.0	15	25.0
15 to 24 years	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	8.0	10	16.7
25 to 64 years	85	48.6	15	75.0	160	64.0	20	33.3
65 years and older	30	17.1	0	0.0	55	22.0	10	16.7
Median age	39.8	..	29.1	..	54.3	..	31.4	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	125	100.0	60	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	60	48.0	35	58.3
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	30	24.0	15	25.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	35	28.0	25	41.7
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	60	48.0	30	50.0
Refugees	...	...	...	...	0	0.0	0	0.0
Region of birth1	180	100.0	20	100.0	245	100.0	65	100.0
Americas	30	16.7	0	0.0	70	28.6	10	15.4
Europe	65	36.1	0	0.0	125	51.0	25	38.5
Africa	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	4.1	0	0.0
Asia	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	14.3	25	38.5
Oceania	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Vermilion River County, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	250	100.0	...
United States	55	22.0	1
United Kingdom	55	22.0	1
Philippines	30	12.0	3
Poland	15	6.0	4
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	60	100.0	...
Philippines	30	50.0	1
United Kingdom	20	33.3	2

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	250	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	15	6.0	1
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	15	6.0	1
Danish	15	6.0	1
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	60	100.0	...

Population by generation status and median age, Vermilion River County, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	7,825	100.0	38.4	8,145	100.0	40.5
First generation (born abroad)	185	2.4	39.8	275	3.4	51.8
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	995	12.7	63.2	950	11.7	63.2
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	240	3.1	78.3	260	3.2	69.5
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	755	9.6	55.9	690	8.5	60.2
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	6,640	84.9	35.4	6,920	85.0	36.8

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Vermilion River 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	7,825	100.0	..	38.4	8,145	100.0	..	40.5
Visible minority population	20	0.3	100.0	25.6	65	0.8	100.0	32.1
South Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chinese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Black	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.2	23.1	0.0
Filipino	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	0.6	69.2	34.6
Latin American	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	15.4	0.0
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	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	7,810	99.8	..	38.4	8,075	99.1	..	40.7

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

Ethnic origin	Vermilion River County			Alberta			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	3,430	42.1	1	899,445	22.6	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
German	2,365	29.0	2	712,955	17.9	3	3,322,400	9.6	6
Canadian	2,290	28.1	3	902,310	22.7	1	11,135,970	32.3	1

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

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