Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Nelson and British Columbia, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Nelson			British Columbia
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	10,255	100.0	...	4,560,235	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	8,745	85.3	...	3,167,160	69.5	...
Immigrants	1,355	13.2	100.0	1,292,675	28.3	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	920	9.0	67.9	795,880	17.5	61.6
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	110	1.1	8.1	147,730	3.2	11.4
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	180	1.8	13.3	173,505	3.8	13.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	150	1.5	11.1	175,555	3.8	13.6
Non-permanent residents	155	1.5	...	100,405	2.2	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Nelson, 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	1,160	..	155	..	1,355	..	150	..
Age groups	1,160	100.0	160	100.0	1,360	100.0	145	100.0
Less than 15 years	80	6.9	20	12.5	45	3.3	25	17.2
15 to 24 years	25	2.2	0	0.0	55	4.0	20	13.8
25 to 64 years	760	65.5	125	78.1	830	61.0	105	72.4
65 years and older	295	25.4	0	0.0	425	31.3	0	0.0
Median age	56.3	..	46.8	..	53.7	..	36.0	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	735	100.0	150	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	390	53.1	90	60.0
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	190	25.9	45	30.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	200	27.2	45	30.0
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	295	40.1	55	36.7
Refugees	...	...	...	...	40	5.4	0	0.0
Region of birth1	1,160	100.0	160	100.0	1,360	100.0	145	100.0
Americas	435	37.5	65	40.6	445	32.7	15	10.3
Europe	555	47.8	55	34.4	665	48.9	25	17.2
Africa	25	2.2	0	0.0	15	1.1	0	0.0
Asia	105	9.1	30	18.8	180	13.2	85	58.6
Oceania	40	3.4	10	6.3	45	3.3	25	17.2

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

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,360	100.0	...
United States	385	28.3	1
United Kingdom	335	24.6	2
Italy	90	6.6	3
Germany	55	4.0	4
Philippines	50	3.7	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	150	100.0	...
Philippines	45	30.0	1
Israel	35	23.3	2
Australia	15	10.0	3

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,355	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	40	3.0	1
Hebrew	35	2.6	2
Italian	30	2.2	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	145	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	40	27.6	1
Hebrew	30	20.7	2

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

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	9,985	100.0	40.1	10,250	100.0	41.4
First generation (born abroad)	1,285	12.9	54.2	1,610	15.7	50.3
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,310	23.1	42.9	2,330	22.7	43.3
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	715	7.2	53.7	745	7.3	48.3
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,600	16.0	38.3	1,585	15.5	39.9
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	6,380	63.9	36.0	6,310	61.6	37.9

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Nelson, British Columbia and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Nelson, British Columbia and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Nelson, 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	9,985	100.0	..	40.1	10,250	100.0	..	41.4
Visible minority population	285	2.9	100.0	29.4	535	5.2	100.0	31.8
South Asian	50	0.5	17.5	27.8	85	0.8	15.9	12.6
Chinese	140	1.4	49.1	27.6	115	1.1	21.5	38.0
Black	10	0.1	3.5	28.3	65	0.6	12.1	27.3
Filipino	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60	0.6	11.2	36.2
Latin American	25	0.3	8.8	22.7	60	0.6	11.2	36.8
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Southeast Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	1.9	0.0
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Japanese	30	0.3	10.5	67.7	85	0.8	15.9	36.2
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	0.4	8.4	34.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Not a visible minority	9,700	97.1	..	40.4	9,720	94.8	..	41.9

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Nelson, British Columbia and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Nelson			British Columbia			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	4,025	39.2	1	1,203,545	26.4	1	6,320,085	18.3	2
Scottish	3,120	30.4	2	860,775	18.9	3	4,799,010	13.9	3
Irish	2,570	25.1	3	675,130	14.8	4	4,627,000	13.4	5

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Nelson, British Columbia and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Nelson, British Columbia and Canada, 2016