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 Calgary

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	1,374,650	441,415	291,960	641,275
Total visible minority population^Footnote 6	463,450	323,750	125,650	14,055
South Asian^Footnote 7	122,900	86,725	34,325	1,855
Chinese	89,670	59,635	26,190	3,845
Black	54,195	35,210	16,195	2,790
Filipino	70,660	55,725	13,930	1,005
Latin American	27,710	22,835	4,715	155
Arab	26,320	16,715	9,000	605
Southeast Asian^Footnote 8	23,235	15,435	7,415	390
West Asian^Footnote 9	12,805	10,250	2,545	15
Korean	10,995	9,020	1,730	240
Japanese	5,570	2,090	1,520	1,960
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	4,610	2,865	1,465	275
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 11	14,780	7,245	6,610	915
Not a visible minority^Footnote 12	911,200	117,665	166,315	627,220

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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) – Calgary

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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.