Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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

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

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

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Terrace			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	11,400	100.0	...	4,560,235	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	9,980	87.5	...	3,167,160	69.5	...
Immigrants	1,330	11.7	100.0	1,292,675	28.3	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	990	8.7	74.4	795,880	17.5	61.6
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	40	0.4	3.0	147,730	3.2	11.4
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	150	1.3	11.3	173,505	3.8	13.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	150	1.3	11.3	175,555	3.8	13.6
Non-permanent residents	90	0.8	...	100,405	2.2	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Terrace, 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	1,245	..	80	..	1,330	..	145	..
Age groups	1,240	100.0	80	100.0	1,330	100.0	150	100.0
Less than 15 years	25	2.0	10	12.5	55	4.1	35	23.3
15 to 24 years	25	2.0	0	0.0	50	3.8	10	6.7
25 to 64 years	750	60.5	60	75.0	705	53.0	90	60.0
65 years and older	440	35.5	0	0.0	515	38.7	10	6.7
Median age	59.9	..	34.8	..	59.5	..	34.0	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	595	100.0	150	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	345	58.0	100	66.7
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	135	22.7	45	30.0
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	215	36.1	55	36.7
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	225	37.8	45	30.0
Refugees	...	...	...	...	25	4.2	0	0.0
Region of birth1	1,245	100.0	85	100.0	1,330	100.0	150	100.0
Americas	135	10.8	15	17.6	155	11.7	30	20.0
Europe	730	58.6	40	47.1	720	54.1	10	6.7
Africa	50	4.0	0	0.0	65	4.9	30	20.0
Asia	305	24.5	20	23.5	370	27.8	80	53.3
Oceania	25	2.0	0	0.0	25	1.9	0	0.0

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

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,330	100.0	...
Portugal	210	15.8	1
United Kingdom	205	15.4	2
India	185	13.9	3
Germany	100	7.5	4
United States	90	6.8	5
Philippines	90	6.8	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	150	100.0	...
India	35	23.3	1
Philippines	30	20.0	2
United States	20	13.3	3
Nigeria	20	13.3	3

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

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	1,330	100.0	...
Portuguese	120	9.0	1
Punjabi (Panjabi)	105	7.9	2
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	35	2.6	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	150	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	20	13.3	1
Malayalam	15	10.0	2

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

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	11,310	100.0	38.5	11,400	100.0	38.5
First generation (born abroad)	1,295	11.5	58.7	1,465	12.9	57.0
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	2,160	19.1	43.3	2,135	18.7	45.7
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	870	7.7	42.1	775	6.8	48.7
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	1,285	11.4	45.5	1,360	11.9	43.1
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	7,855	69.5	30.6	7,800	68.4	31.5

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

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

Population by visible minority group and median age, Terrace, 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	11,310	100.0	..	38.5	11,400	100.0	..	38.5
Visible minority population	670	5.9	100.0	34.9	890	7.8	100.0	35.0
South Asian	385	3.4	57.5	31.5	380	3.3	42.7	39.8
Chinese	60	0.5	9.0	42.1	75	0.7	8.4	48.2
Black	10	0.1	1.5	33.2	100	0.9	11.2	24.8
Filipino	125	1.1	18.7	35.3	190	1.7	21.3	34.1
Latin American	10	0.1	1.5	37.4	60	0.5	6.7	34.0
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Southeast Asian	20	0.2	3.0	15.9	15	0.1	1.7	0.0
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	0.1	1.7	0.0
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	0.4	5.1	43.6
Japanese	30	0.3	4.5	45.4	10	0.1	1.1	0.0
Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0.1	1.1	0.0
Not a visible minority	10,640	94.1	..	38.8	10,510	92.2	..	38.9

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

Ethnic origin	Terrace			British Columbia			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
Canadian	3,160	27.7	1	866,525	19.0	2	11,135,970	32.3	1
English	2,885	25.3	2	1,203,545	26.4	1	6,320,085	18.3	2
Scottish	2,245	19.7	3	860,775	18.9	3	4,799,010	13.9	3

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

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