Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Fort Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Fort Saskatchewan			Alberta
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	23,765	100.0	...	3,978,145	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	21,725	91.4	...	3,062,780	77.0	...
Immigrants	1,820	7.7	100.0	845,220	21.2	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	880	3.7	48.4	381,370	9.6	45.1
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	130	0.5	7.1	109,145	2.7	12.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	380	1.6	20.9	146,915	3.7	17.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	425	1.8	23.4	207,790	5.2	24.6
Non-permanent residents	220	0.9	...	70,155	1.8	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Fort Saskatchewan, 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	1,250	..	260	..	1,815	..	425	..
Age groups	1,255	100.0	255	100.0	1,820	100.0	430	100.0
Less than 15 years	60	4.8	45	17.6	130	7.1	65	15.1
15 to 24 years	45	3.6	25	9.8	105	5.8	55	12.8
25 to 64 years	845	67.3	185	72.5	1,185	65.1	295	68.6
65 years and older	300	23.9	0	0.0	395	21.7	10	2.3
Median age	50.6	..	34.9	..	44.8	..	32.2	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	1,245	100.0	430	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	745	59.8	275	64.0
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	315	25.3	135	31.4
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	430	34.5	135	31.4
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	380	30.5	120	27.9
Refugees	...	...	...	...	115	9.2	35	8.1
Region of birth1	1,255	100.0	260	100.0	1,820	100.0	430	100.0
Americas	230	18.3	40	15.4	295	16.2	60	14.0
Europe	705	56.2	35	13.5	705	38.7	35	8.1
Africa	35	2.8	0	0.0	55	3.0	10	2.3
Asia	250	19.9	165	63.5	745	40.9	320	74.4
Oceania	30	2.4	0	0.0	25	1.4	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Fort Saskatchewan, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,820	100.0	...
United Kingdom	355	19.5	1
Philippines	350	19.2	2
United States	160	8.8	3
India	120	6.6	4
Germany	115	6.3	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	430	100.0	...
Philippines	195	45.3	1
India	55	12.8	2
United States	30	7.0	3
United Kingdom	25	5.8	4
Nepal	15	3.5	5
Cuba	15	3.5	5
Thailand	15	3.5	5

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,820	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	210	11.5	1
Punjabi (Panjabi)	60	3.3	2
Spanish	45	2.5	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	425	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	145	34.1	1
Malayalam	20	4.7	2
Punjabi (Panjabi)	20	4.7	2
Spanish	20	4.7	2
Karenic languages	20	4.7	2

Population by generation status and median age, Fort Saskatchewan, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	18,800	100.0	35.3	23,770	100.0	34.2
First generation (born abroad)	1,465	7.8	45.4	2,125	8.9	42.5
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,695	14.3	45.7	3,160	13.3	44.7
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	895	4.8	52.1	1,055	4.4	51.2
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,790	9.5	38.8	2,105	8.9	40.8
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	14,640	77.9	32.1	18,485	77.8	32.1

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Fort Saskatchewan, 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	18,800	100.0	..	35.3	23,770	100.0	..	34.2
Visible minority population	725	3.9	100.0	35.6	1,555	6.5	100.0	32.3
South Asian	95	0.5	13.1	36.5	350	1.5	22.5	32.2
Chinese	75	0.4	10.3	44.5	130	0.5	8.4	32.8
Black	215	1.1	29.7	20.8	180	0.8	11.6	27.3
Filipino	260	1.4	35.9	37.3	535	2.3	34.4	32.1
Latin American	45	0.2	6.2	38.5	70	0.3	4.5	50.8
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60	0.3	3.9	24.6
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	35	0.1	2.3	21.2
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40	0.2	2.6	36.9
Korean	10	0.1	1.4	0.0	55	0.2	3.5	44.9
Japanese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25	0.1	1.6	42.2
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	30	0.1	1.9	31.3
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	0.2	2.9	33.7
Not a visible minority	18,070	96.1	..	35.3	22,220	93.5	..	34.5

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Fort Saskatchewan			Alberta			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	8,040	33.8	1	902,310	22.7	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
English	6,320	26.6	2	899,445	22.6	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
German	4,885	20.6	3	712,955	17.9	3	3,322,400	9.6	6

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

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