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 Canada

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	34,460,065	8,219,555	6,100,720	20,139,790
Total visible minority population^Footnote 6	7,674,580	5,280,800	2,123,115	270,665
South Asian^Footnote 7	1,924,635	1,330,745	559,415	34,470
Chinese	1,577,060	1,147,475	381,680	47,900
Black	1,198,545	675,475	419,845	103,225
Filipino	780,130	598,960	168,045	13,125
Latin American	447,320	348,340	95,125	3,860
Arab	523,235	381,900	137,470	3,865
Southeast Asian^Footnote 8	313,260	206,555	101,215	5,490
West Asian^Footnote 9	264,305	217,745	45,975	585
Korean	188,710	153,390	32,490	2,830
Japanese	92,920	36,475	26,800	29,645
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	132,090	77,970	46,710	7,410
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 11	232,375	105,765	108,345	18,270
Not a visible minority^Footnote 12	26,785,485	2,938,750	3,977,605	19,869,125

Symbol(s)

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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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too unreliable to be published

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) – Canada

• 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: 5.1%.
• 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.