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 Wood Buffalo

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	73,210	55,900	15,875	1,025	925	1,985	6,960	2,870	4,090	4,990	1,435
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	19,075	4,475	13,365	430	620	1,565	6,265	2,600	3,660	4,485	1,230
South Asian^Footnote 8	4,985	1,140	3,695	50	75	435	2,350	1,190	1,160	795	155
Chinese	955	265	655	65	70	120	265	150	120	135	35
Black	4,175	1,110	2,915	45	210	425	1,260	480	785	975	155
Filipino	4,905	780	3,500	70	45	305	1,330	355	975	1,740	635
Latin American	925	130	645	25	55	20	325	40	285	215	150
Arab	1,780	680	1,060	85	90	150	425	260	165	315	45
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	455	120	315	20	40	40	105	50	55	120	15
West Asian^Footnote 10	160	40	120	10	0	30	45	25	25	30	0
Korean	225	40	160	10	0	35	85	20	65	20	30
Japanese	105	65	30	0	10	10	10	0	10	0	10
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	135	35	100	35	25	0	20	15	10	20	0
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	270	85	180	15	10	10	45	20	20	110	0
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	54,140	51,425	2,505	595	300	415	695	265	430	505	205

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

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) – Wood Buffalo

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 20.7%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 20%, but lower than 30%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016191.