Visible Minority (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Age (12): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details visible minority , immigrant status and period of immigration , age and sex for the population in private households in Canada

Visible minority (15)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 6	34,460,065	26,412,615	7,540,830	1,941,505	915,555	1,486,660	1,985,030	928,940	1,056,095	1,212,075	506,625
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	7,674,580	2,438,155	4,864,515	587,025	616,755	1,111,775	1,558,755	719,785	838,975	990,200	371,910
South Asian^Footnote 8	1,924,635	601,155	1,249,935	147,230	125,950	306,205	433,190	221,795	211,390	237,375	73,540
Chinese	1,577,060	438,290	1,029,730	145,835	148,860	290,415	302,515	160,420	142,095	142,110	109,040
Black	1,198,545	531,070	623,190	110,805	75,835	113,965	180,850	73,860	106,995	141,735	44,280
Filipino	780,130	183,610	562,145	44,050	46,030	104,655	184,520	63,240	121,280	182,890	34,370
Latin American	447,320	101,900	319,310	27,685	61,125	63,160	110,100	45,580	64,515	57,240	26,115
Arab	523,235	145,015	352,420	19,795	31,460	67,215	130,500	52,435	78,060	103,445	25,800
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	313,265	109,650	193,345	32,375	59,725	40,140	39,355	15,500	23,860	21,750	10,270
West Asian^Footnote 10	264,305	47,355	208,975	4,575	22,120	52,720	77,225	38,640	38,590	52,340	7,975
Korean	188,710	37,380	126,445	13,360	11,605	29,575	49,505	25,810	23,700	22,400	24,890
Japanese	92,920	58,950	26,515	5,705	2,180	5,360	8,320	3,295	5,020	4,955	7,450
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	132,085	54,875	74,040	16,495	13,555	17,935	16,890	7,800	9,090	9,175	3,175
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	232,375	128,910	98,460	19,135	18,310	20,425	25,790	11,425	14,370	14,790	5,000
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	26,785,480	23,974,455	2,676,310	1,354,480	298,795	374,880	426,275	209,155	217,120	221,870	134,720

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 2

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

Footnote 3

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 5

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

Footnote 6

For more information on the Visible minority variable, including information on its classification, the questions from which it is derived, data quality and its comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 7

The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'

Footnote 8

For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc.

Footnote 9

For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc.

Footnote 10

For example, 'Afghan,' 'Iranian,' etc.

Footnote 11

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.' Includes persons with a write-in response such as 'Guyanese,' 'West Indian,' 'Tibetan,' 'Polynesian,' 'Pacific Islander,' etc.

Footnote 12

Includes persons who gave more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in responses, e.g., 'Black' and 'South Asian.'

Footnote 13

Includes persons who reported 'Yes' to the Aboriginal group question (Question 18), as well as persons who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016191.