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 British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique

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	4,560,240	3,167,155	1,292,675	356,155	152,225	287,505	321,240	147,730	173,510	175,550	100,405
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	1,381,240	429,710	876,325	122,355	111,305	235,545	262,550	120,530	142,025	144,570	75,205
South Asian^Footnote 8	365,705	138,985	214,155	40,345	26,155	54,145	60,595	29,140	31,455	32,925	12,565
Chinese	508,480	136,340	341,720	49,695	45,030	107,515	96,015	46,455	49,560	43,470	30,420
Black	43,505	20,835	20,065	3,520	2,025	3,405	6,710	2,685	4,030	4,405	2,600
Filipino	145,030	36,190	103,950	9,405	8,835	24,245	35,890	14,050	21,845	25,565	4,890
Latin American	44,110	8,465	30,590	2,740	6,240	6,370	9,535	3,795	5,740	5,700	5,060
Arab	19,840	3,685	13,940	825	1,005	2,325	4,400	1,595	2,805	5,385	2,215
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	54,920	18,325	34,095	4,595	9,790	7,845	7,820	2,890	4,930	4,045	2,500
West Asian^Footnote 10	48,695	6,575	40,840	1,030	4,495	11,330	14,500	7,160	7,340	9,480	1,280
Korean	60,495	9,590	42,155	2,875	3,030	10,580	17,530	8,790	8,735	8,140	8,745
Japanese	41,230	24,700	13,140	2,995	1,165	2,820	3,830	1,580	2,250	2,335	3,395
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	8,765	3,645	4,735	1,410	575	805	1,085	455	630	855	390
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	40,465	22,375	16,945	2,925	2,945	4,160	4,645	1,930	2,715	2,260	1,145
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	3,179,000	2,737,445	416,350	233,805	40,915	51,955	58,685	27,205	31,480	30,985	25,205

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) – British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique

• 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: 6.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

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