Visible Minority (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), 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 , immigrant status and period of immigration , age and sex for the population in private households in Alberta

Visible minority (15)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 6	3,978,150	3,062,780	845,215	163,460	86,350	131,560	256,055	109,145	146,910	207,790	70,155
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	933,165	285,720	595,895	57,370	58,205	95,985	206,735	87,620	119,120	177,595	51,555
South Asian^Footnote 8	230,930	67,040	154,510	15,270	10,710	24,965	59,760	26,415	33,350	43,800	9,375
Chinese	158,200	54,210	95,055	18,275	15,665	21,165	27,820	15,725	12,100	12,130	8,945
Black	129,390	47,735	76,125	4,295	4,845	10,370	30,740	12,305	18,435	25,870	5,535
Filipino	166,195	32,715	119,335	4,505	5,285	14,875	37,045	11,865	25,180	57,630	14,145
Latin American	55,085	10,915	39,815	2,995	6,560	5,165	15,320	5,690	9,630	9,770	4,355
Arab	56,695	22,210	32,495	3,095	2,745	5,180	10,620	4,075	6,545	10,850	1,995
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	43,980	14,855	27,545	4,095	7,790	5,275	6,115	2,165	3,950	4,270	1,580
West Asian^Footnote 10	20,980	4,355	15,665	235	1,005	2,845	7,030	3,755	3,270	4,555	960
Korean	21,275	4,220	13,985	1,170	690	2,700	5,580	2,805	2,770	3,855	3,070
Japanese	12,165	8,495	3,010	565	180	505	1,090	445	640	670	660
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	9,900	4,145	5,455	935	515	940	1,805	835	965	1,260	300
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	28,355	14,825	12,900	1,945	2,220	1,990	3,825	1,545	2,280	2,930	630
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	3,044,985	2,777,060	249,320	106,090	28,150	35,575	49,315	21,525	27,795	30,195	18,600

Symbol(s)

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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

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration 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

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

Footnote 3

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 5

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

Footnote 6

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 7

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 8

For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc.

Footnote 9

For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc.

Footnote 10

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

Footnote 11

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 12

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 13

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) – Alberta

• 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: 6.1%.
• 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-X2016191.