Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Wood Buffalo and Alberta, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Wood Buffalo			Alberta
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	71,480	100.0	...	3,978,145	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	54,175	75.8	...	3,062,780	77.0	...
Immigrants	15,865	22.2	100.0	845,220	21.2	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	3,915	5.5	24.7	381,370	9.6	45.1
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	2,870	4.0	18.1	109,145	2.7	12.9
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	4,085	5.7	25.7	146,915	3.7	17.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	4,990	7.0	31.5	207,790	5.2	24.6
Non-permanent residents	1,435	2.0	...	70,155	1.8	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Wood Buffalo, 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	10,320	..	3,640	..	15,865	..	4,990	..
Age groups	10,320	100.0	3,635	100.0	15,865	100.0	4,990	100.0
Less than 15 years	1,225	11.9	735	20.2	1,225	7.7	720	14.4
15 to 24 years	920	8.9	390	10.7	1,730	10.9	630	12.6
25 to 64 years	7,855	76.1	2,425	66.7	12,330	77.7	3,560	71.3
65 years and older	330	3.2	85	2.3	580	3.7	75	1.5
Median age	37.8	..	32.2	..	37.4	..	32.4	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	14,970	100.0	4,995	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	8,685	58.0	3,020	60.5
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	3,715	24.8	1,375	27.5
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	4,965	33.2	1,640	32.8
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	4,010	26.8	1,355	27.1
Refugees	...	...	...	...	2,145	14.3	585	11.7
Region of birth1	10,320	100.0	3,640	100.0	15,870	100.0	4,995	100.0
Americas	1,510	14.6	650	17.9	1,615	10.2	435	8.7
Europe	1,445	14.0	185	5.1	1,650	10.4	295	5.9
Africa	1,860	18.0	865	23.8	3,095	19.5	1,005	20.1
Asia	5,425	52.6	1,905	52.3	9,295	58.6	3,180	63.7
Oceania	75	0.7	0	0.0	210	1.3	80	1.6

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Wood Buffalo, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	15,865	100.0	...
Philippines	3,580	22.6	1
India	2,195	13.8	2
Pakistan	975	6.1	3
United Kingdom	535	3.4	4
Ethiopia	495	3.1	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	4,990	100.0	...
Philippines	1,825	36.6	1
India	530	10.6	2
Pakistan	220	4.4	3
Ethiopia	215	4.3	4
Eritrea	165	3.3	5

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	15,865	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,145	13.5	1
Gujarati	780	4.9	2
Urdu	750	4.7	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	4,990	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,185	23.7	1
Arabic	265	5.3	2
Tigrigna	175	3.5	3

Population by generation status and median age, Wood Buffalo, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	65,665	100.0	31.6	71,480	100.0	33.1
First generation (born abroad)	12,370	18.8	37.1	17,510	24.5	37.1
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	6,850	10.4	24.4	8,025	11.2	15.0
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	3,275	5.0	17.6	4,580	6.4	8.8
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	3,580	5.5	27.9	3,450	4.8	28.7
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	46,445	70.7	30.5	45,940	64.3	32.7

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Wood Buffalo, 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	65,665	100.0	..	31.6	71,480	100.0	..	33.1
Visible minority population	12,330	18.8	100.0	31.5	19,070	26.7	100.0	32.4
South Asian	4,085	6.2	33.1	28.9	4,985	7.0	26.1	31.3
Chinese	750	1.1	6.1	35.2	955	1.3	5.0	34.6
Black	2,075	3.2	16.8	30.9	4,175	5.8	21.9	31.6
Filipino	2,245	3.4	18.2	33.4	4,905	6.9	25.7	34.2
Latin American	1,035	1.6	8.4	34.5	925	1.3	4.9	36.3
Arab	1,055	1.6	8.6	28.5	1,780	2.5	9.3	27.9
Southeast Asian	550	0.8	4.5	33.5	455	0.6	2.4	33.7
West Asian	160	0.2	1.3	26.0	160	0.2	0.8	32.9
Korean	55	0.1	0.4	30.1	225	0.3	1.2	33.2
Japanese	35	0.1	0.3	31.9	105	0.1	0.6	29.3
Visible minority, n.i.e.	75	0.1	0.6	26.8	135	0.2	0.7	37.7
Multiple visible minorities	220	0.3	1.8	28.7	275	0.4	1.4	17.4
Not a visible minority	53,330	81.2	..	31.6	52,410	73.3	..	33.4

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Wood Buffalo, Alberta and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Wood Buffalo			Alberta			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	22,740	31.8	1	902,310	22.7	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
English	11,755	16.4	2	899,445	22.6	2	6,320,085	18.3	2
Irish	9,180	12.8	3	596,750	15.0	5	4,627,000	13.4	5

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

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