Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Moncton and New Brunswick, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Moncton			New Brunswick
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	70,115	100.0	...	730,710	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	64,010	91.3	...	692,535	94.8	...
Immigrants	5,180	7.4	100.0	33,810	4.6	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,705	2.4	32.9	17,250	2.4	51.0
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	450	0.6	8.7	2,435	0.3	7.2
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	855	1.2	16.5	4,800	0.7	14.2
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	2,170	3.1	41.9	9,325	1.3	27.6
Non-permanent residents	925	1.3	...	4,360	0.6	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Moncton, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2006 to 2011)		All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population in private households	3,810	..	1,630	..	5,180	..	2,170	..
Age groups	3,810	100.0	1,635	100.0	5,185	100.0	2,165	100.0
Less than 15 years	455	11.9	355	21.7	815	15.7	640	29.6
15 to 24 years	535	14.0	420	25.7	545	10.5	315	14.5
25 to 64 years	2,200	57.7	850	52.0	3,170	61.1	1,210	55.9
65 years and older	625	16.4	0	0.0	655	12.6	10	0.5
Median age	41.6	..	26.0	..	40.7	..	29.5	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	4,090	100.0	2,170	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	2,335	57.1	1,420	65.4
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	905	22.1	495	22.8
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	1,435	35.1	920	42.4
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	785	19.2	180	8.3
Refugees	...	...	...	...	955	23.3	575	26.5
Region of birth1	3,810	100.0	1,630	100.0	5,180	100.0	2,165	100.0
Americas	900	23.6	290	17.8	1,000	19.3	120	5.5
Europe	1,100	28.9	135	8.3	1,185	22.9	320	14.8
Africa	560	14.7	415	25.5	895	17.3	380	17.6
Asia	1,200	31.5	795	48.8	2,085	40.3	1,345	62.1
Oceania	20	0.5	0	0.0	15	0.3	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Moncton, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	5,180	100.0	...
United States	670	12.9	1
China	420	8.1	2
United Kingdom	365	7.0	3
Korea, South	305	5.9	4
Syria	290	5.6	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	2,170	100.0	...
China	335	15.4	1
Syria	265	12.2	2
Viet Nam	175	8.1	3
Korea, South	160	7.4	4
Philippines	135	6.2	5

Immigrant population and recent immigrants by non-official language spoken most often at home,³ Moncton, 2016

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	5,180	100.0	...
Arabic	605	11.7	1
Mandarin	310	6.0	2
Korean	275	5.3	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	2,170	100.0	...
Arabic	500	23.0	1
Mandarin	290	13.4	2
Vietnamese	155	7.1	3

Population by generation status and median age, Moncton, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	67,450	100.0	39.7	70,115	100.0	40.7
First generation (born abroad)	4,295	6.4	40.0	6,465	9.2	36.9
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	4,520	6.7	41.4	4,705	6.7	35.4
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	880	1.3	39.6	1,145	1.6	27.9
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	3,640	5.4	42.8	3,555	5.1	36.7
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	58,640	86.9	39.5	58,945	84.1	41.5

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Moncton, New Brunswick and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Moncton, New Brunswick and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Moncton, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age
Total population in private households	67,450	100.0	..	39.7	70,115	100.0	..	40.7
Visible minority population	3,305	4.9	100.0	24.8	5,190	7.4	100.0	26.8
South Asian	490	0.7	14.8	24.6	330	0.5	6.4	32.3
Chinese	255	0.4	7.7	30.4	630	0.9	12.1	34.8
Black	1,180	1.7	35.7	22.2	1,835	2.6	35.4	23.8
Filipino	125	0.2	3.8	31.0	320	0.5	6.2	33.5
Latin American	80	0.1	2.4	35.6	200	0.3	3.9	32.4
Arab	215	0.3	6.5	25.1	900	1.3	17.3	21.4
Southeast Asian	375	0.6	11.3	33.2	345	0.5	6.6	26.1
West Asian	55	0.1	1.7	24.8	55	0.1	1.1	49.7
Korean	425	0.6	12.9	19.9	365	0.5	7.0	41.1
Japanese	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	85	0.1	1.6	20.7
Visible minority, n.i.e.	25	0.0	0.8	33.4	35	0.0	0.7	37.7
Multiple visible minorities	60	0.1	1.8	30.8	100	0.1	1.9	28.1
Not a visible minority	64,145	95.1	..	40.6	64,930	92.6	..	42.1

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Moncton, New Brunswick and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Moncton			New Brunswick			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	34,685	49.5	1	407,370	55.8	1	11,135,970	32.3	1
French	20,070	28.6	2	163,245	22.3	3	4,670,595	13.6	4
English	16,060	22.9	3	168,205	23.0	2	6,320,085	18.3	2

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Moncton, New Brunswick and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Moncton, New Brunswick and Canada, 2016