Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Qualicum Beach and British Columbia, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Qualicum Beach			British Columbia
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	8,505	100.0	...	4,560,235	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	6,575	77.3	...	3,167,160	69.5	...
Immigrants	1,920	22.6	100.0	1,292,675	28.3	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,760	20.7	91.7	795,880	17.5	61.6
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	30	0.4	1.6	147,730	3.2	11.4
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	80	0.9	4.2	173,505	3.8	13.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	40	0.5	2.1	175,555	3.8	13.6
Non-permanent residents	15	0.2	...	100,405	2.2	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Qualicum Beach, 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	2,085	..	60	..	1,920	..	40	..
Age groups	2,080	100.0	60	100.0	1,920	100.0	45	100.0
Less than 15 years	30	1.4	0	0.0	40	2.1	15	33.3
15 to 24 years	30	1.4	0	0.0	10	0.5	0	0.0
25 to 64 years	635	30.5	35	58.3	335	17.4	15	33.3
65 years and older	1,390	66.8	0	0.0	1,535	79.9	15	33.3
Median age	70.2	..	40.9	..	72.7	..	42.6	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	355	100.0	40	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	205	57.7	20	50.0
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	105	29.6	10	25.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	105	29.6	10	25.0
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	125	35.2	25	62.5
Refugees	...	...	...	...	10	2.8	0	0.0
Region of birth1	2,080	100.0	60	100.0	1,915	100.0	45	100.0
Americas	200	9.6	0	0.0	135	7.0	15	33.3
Europe	1,625	78.1	0	0.0	1,550	80.9	10	22.2
Africa	50	2.4	0	0.0	90	4.7	0	0.0
Asia	125	6.0	30	50.0	110	5.7	15	33.3
Oceania	65	3.1	20	33.3	35	1.8	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Qualicum Beach, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,920	100.0	...
United Kingdom	1,045	54.4	1
Germany	135	7.0	2
United States	120	6.3	3
Netherlands	105	5.5	4
South Africa, Republic of	65	3.4	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	40	100.0	...

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,920	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	25	1.3	1
Danish	25	1.3	1
German	15	0.8	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	45	100.0	...

Population by generation status and median age, Qualicum Beach, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	8,210	100.0	63.5	8,510	100.0	65.2
First generation (born abroad)	2,145	26.1	69.7	1,975	23.2	72.4
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	1,970	24.0	69.4	1,915	22.5	67.5
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	750	9.1	72.9	700	8.2	69.2
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,225	14.9	67.0	1,210	14.2	66.7
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	4,095	49.9	56.2	4,615	54.2	60.4

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Qualicum Beach, 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	8,210	100.0	..	63.5	8,510	100.0	..	65.2
Visible minority population	195	2.4	100.0	45.8	185	2.2	100.0	44.8
South Asian	30	0.4	15.4	52.2	15	0.2	8.1	54.3
Chinese	25	0.3	12.8	39.8	45	0.5	24.3	45.0
Black	10	0.1	5.1	15.4	20	0.2	10.8	9.1
Filipino	35	0.4	17.9	41.2	55	0.6	29.7	44.4
Latin American	20	0.2	10.3	28.7	10	0.1	5.4	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	10	0.1	5.4	0.0
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Korean	25	0.3	12.8	18.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Japanese	40	0.5	20.5	61.8	30	0.4	16.2	37.4
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	5.4	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	5.4	0.0
Not a visible minority	8,015	97.6	..	63.9	8,315	97.7	..	65.5

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Qualicum Beach			British Columbia			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	3,930	46.2	1	1,203,545	26.4	1	6,320,085	18.3	2
Scottish	2,410	28.3	2	860,775	18.9	3	4,799,010	13.9	3
Irish	2,020	23.8	3	675,130	14.8	4	4,627,000	13.4	5

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and Canada, 2016