Labour Force Status (8), Visible Minority (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Immigrant status and period of immigration (11): Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details labour force status , visible minority , immigrant status and period of immigration , highest certificate, diploma or degree , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada

Visible minority (15)	Labour force status (8)
	Total - Labour force status^Footnote 3	In the labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in the labour force	Participation rate	Employment rate	Unemployment rate
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 4	28,643,015	18,672,470	17,230,035	1,442,435	9,970,545	65.2	60.2	7.7
Total visible minority population^Footnote 5	6,073,870	4,038,855	3,668,975	369,880	2,035,015	66.5	60.4	9.2
South Asian^Footnote 6	1,511,125	1,014,480	921,240	93,245	496,645	67.1	61.0	9.2
Chinese	1,335,285	793,010	730,585	62,420	542,280	59.4	54.7	7.9
Black	880,105	607,135	531,330	75,805	272,965	69.0	60.4	12.5
Filipino	627,615	486,485	461,260	25,225	141,130	77.5	73.5	5.2
Latin American	376,450	273,600	248,590	25,010	102,855	72.7	66.0	9.1
Arab	379,630	231,980	200,740	31,245	147,650	61.1	52.9	13.5
Southeast Asian^Footnote 7	254,485	173,485	159,205	14,280	81,000	68.2	62.6	8.2
West Asian^Footnote 8	218,770	137,975	122,735	15,245	80,795	63.1	56.1	11.0
Korean	156,700	95,465	87,400	8,060	61,230	60.9	55.8	8.4
Japanese	75,245	46,945	43,950	2,995	28,295	62.4	58.4	6.4
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	106,305	73,150	66,830	6,325	33,150	68.8	62.9	8.6
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 10	152,165	105,140	95,120	10,015	47,020	69.1	62.5	9.5
Not a visible minority^Footnote 11	22,569,145	14,633,615	13,561,060	1,072,555	7,935,530	64.8	60.1	7.3

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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

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 3

Refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over was employed, unemployed or not in the labour force during the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016.

Early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories. When enumeration has taken place before May 2016, the reference date used is the date on which the household was enumerated.

In the past, this variable was called Labour force activity.

Footnote 4

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 5

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 6

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

Footnote 7

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

Footnote 8

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

Footnote 9

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 10

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 11

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-X2016286.