Visible Minority (15), Generation Status (4), 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 , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Ontario

Visible minority (15)	Generation status (4)
	Total - Generation status^Footnote 1	First generation^Footnote 2	Second generation^Footnote 3	Third generation or more^Footnote 4
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 5	13,242,160	4,122,840	3,049,835	6,069,485
Total visible minority population^Footnote 6	3,885,585	2,645,800	1,118,645	121,140
South Asian^Footnote 7	1,150,410	810,705	325,385	14,325
Chinese	754,550	552,325	185,025	17,195
Black	627,715	335,025	240,895	51,795
Filipino	311,670	232,615	73,645	5,410
Latin American	195,950	148,840	45,350	1,765
Arab	210,440	158,245	50,865	1,330
Southeast Asian^Footnote 8	133,855	87,620	44,350	1,880
West Asian^Footnote 9	154,670	125,575	28,800	285
Korean	88,940	69,440	17,885	1,615
Japanese	30,835	10,990	8,860	10,985
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	97,970	57,160	36,155	4,650
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 11	128,590	57,260	61,430	9,900
Not a visible minority^Footnote 12	9,356,580	1,477,040	1,931,190	5,948,345

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information on generation status 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

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

Footnote 3

'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 4

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

Footnote 5

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 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,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc.

Footnote 9

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

Footnote 10

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 11

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 12

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) – Ontario

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
• 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-X2016190.