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 Hamilton

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	734,880	550,510	177,075	70,410	22,015	31,040	36,180	17,905	18,280	17,420	7,305
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	130,305	45,980	78,620	10,595	10,295	17,275	27,005	12,965	14,040	13,450	5,705
South Asian^Footnote 8	31,155	10,255	19,760	2,950	1,985	4,905	7,160	4,030	3,130	2,760	1,140
Chinese	13,790	4,355	7,960	1,395	980	1,960	2,685	1,605	1,080	940	1,475
Black	24,270	11,905	11,540	2,600	1,370	2,040	3,530	1,465	2,065	1,995	830
Filipino	10,935	3,040	7,600	970	650	1,650	2,790	1,160	1,630	1,535	295
Latin American	10,905	2,720	7,775	575	1,735	1,545	2,805	1,240	1,570	1,115	415
Arab	12,820	2,965	9,190	360	455	1,555	3,585	1,410	2,180	3,235	675
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	7,450	2,725	4,580	495	1,690	1,050	930	270	660	405	140
West Asian^Footnote 10	5,885	1,320	4,365	165	570	1,305	1,565	775	785	765	200
Korean	3,250	910	1,945	225	250	395	865	405	465	210	390
Japanese	1,595	1,310	245	75	10	35	85	40	45	40	35
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	3,390	1,585	1,750	360	220	495	410	195	215	265	50
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	4,865	2,885	1,920	425	380	325	605	375	230	185	60
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	604,575	504,530	98,450	59,815	11,715	13,775	9,180	4,940	4,240	3,970	1,595

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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

'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) – Hamilton

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.5%.
• 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.