Tabulation: Visible Minority (15), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

• Age groups (10): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details visible minority , generation status , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Canada^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 26.1 %

Visible minority (15)	Generation status (4)
	Total - Generation status	First generation^Footnote 3	Second generation^Footnote 4	Third generation or more^Footnote 5
Total - Population by visible minority	32,852,320	7,217,300	5,702,725	19,932,300
Total visible minority population^Footnote 6	6,264,750	4,342,695	1,700,190	221,860
South Asian^Footnote 7	1,567,400	1,086,060	457,150	24,200
Chinese	1,324,745	970,430	317,010	37,310
Black	945,665	537,060	324,050	84,555
Filipino	619,310	476,465	133,810	9,035
Latin American	381,280	300,990	77,260	3,030
Arab	380,620	279,710	97,900	3,015
Southeast Asian^Footnote 8	312,080	204,965	94,665	12,450
West Asian^Footnote 9	206,840	171,240	35,120	480
Korean	161,130	134,385	25,185	1,560
Japanese	87,265	32,220	26,835	28,210
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	106,475	63,695	36,560	6,225
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 11	171,935	85,480	74,655	11,795
Not a visible minority^Footnote 12	26,587,575	2,874,595	4,002,530	19,710,440

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or have ever been, immigrants to Canada.

Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

Footnote 5

'Third generation or more' includes persons who were born in Canada with both parents born in Canada.

Footnote 6

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 7

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

Footnote 8

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

Footnote 9

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

Footnote 10

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

Footnote 11

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

Footnote 12

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

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011029.