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 Québec

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	779,085	729,155	44,550	5,425	3,380	6,445	15,855	6,250	9,600	13,450	5,380
Total visible minority population^Footnote 7	38,255	10,365	25,140	1,360	1,830	2,995	9,880	3,595	6,290	9,065	2,760
South Asian^Footnote 8	1,540	410	1,030	40	60	50	300	20	285	575	105
Chinese	2,840	725	1,990	155	135	600	860	500	355	240	120
Black	14,025	4,340	8,510	265	350	765	3,075	1,060	2,010	4,060	1,180
Filipino	270	100	140	10	0	10	65	45	20	50	25
Latin American	7,720	1,285	5,975	205	595	555	2,830	950	1,875	1,790	460
Arab	6,940	1,775	4,630	190	230	575	1,965	760	1,200	1,670	535
Southeast Asian^Footnote 9	2,785	990	1,655	390	350	245	395	85	315	280	140
West Asian^Footnote 10	670	125	465	35	10	90	165	85	75	175	75
Korean	235	95	135	0	45	20	50	30	20	15	10
Japanese	260	110	125	10	15	35	40	20	15	20	30
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 11	380	110	225	35	10	45	50	15	40	90	45
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 12	590	295	250	25	20	15	85	20	70	100	40
Not a visible minority^Footnote 13	740,825	718,795	19,410	4,060	1,555	3,440	5,970	2,665	3,310	4,380	2,620

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

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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) – Québec

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
• 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.