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 Calgary

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	1,374,650	942,785	404,700	69,585	41,040	68,565	132,255	59,300	72,960	93,255	27,165
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	463,450	142,100	301,795	29,420	29,565	53,045	109,935	48,795	61,135	79,835	19,555
South Asian^Footnote 8	122,905	36,675	82,505	7,830	5,940	14,935	33,010	15,230	17,780	20,795	3,720
Chinese	89,670	30,480	55,925	10,105	8,500	12,695	17,440	10,105	7,340	7,180	3,270
Black	54,190	19,310	33,020	2,000	2,105	4,325	13,435	5,375	8,055	11,155	1,865
Filipino	70,660	15,105	51,210	2,170	2,700	7,535	17,540	6,230	11,315	21,265	4,340
Latin American	27,710	4,980	20,720	1,400	2,790	2,640	8,660	3,350	5,310	5,230	2,010
Arab	26,320	9,885	15,495	1,325	1,170	2,730	5,120	1,970	3,145	5,165	945
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	23,240	7,935	14,560	2,235	3,985	2,885	3,365	1,180	2,185	2,090	750
West Asian^Footnote 10	12,805	2,600	9,835	80	535	1,990	4,375	2,175	2,200	2,845	375
Korean	10,995	2,100	7,365	410	315	1,565	3,140	1,580	1,560	1,930	1,535
Japanese	5,570	3,635	1,560	270	80	245	625	255	375	330	370
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	4,610	1,765	2,730	490	210	435	1,040	445	595	550	115
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	14,775	7,625	6,880	1,095	1,230	1,070	2,180	905	1,280	1,305	270
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	911,200	800,685	102,905	40,165	11,475	15,520	22,325	10,505	11,820	13,425	7,615

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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) – Calgary

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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.