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 Salmon Arm

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	17,225	15,290	1,875	1,055	150	235	225	100	125	205	65
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	660	300	330	35	35	70	95	30	65	100	30
South Asian^Footnote 8	120	65	45	15	10	20	10	0	10	0	10
Chinese	110	50	50	0	0	20	10	10	0	25	10
Black	100	40	60	0	0	10	30	0	20	25	0
Filipino	100	15	80	0	15	20	25	10	20	15	0
Latin American	25	0	20	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	0
Arab	25	0	25	0	0	0	10	10	0	20	0
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Asian^Footnote 10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	20	10	10	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0
Japanese	130	110	25	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	16,570	14,985	1,540	1,025	115	165	130	65	65	105	35

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

Symbol F

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) – Salmon Arm

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• 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.