Census Profile, 2016 Census
Mississauga, City [Census subdivision], Ontario and Canada [Country]

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Characteristic	Mississauga, CY Ontario [Census subdivision]			Canada [Country]
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	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Percentages (unless otherwise specified)
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 45}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Canadian citizens^{Census data footnote 46}	86.7	86.8	86.5	93.0	93.1	92.8
Canadian citizens aged under 18	18.5	19.3	17.7	19.3	20.1	18.5
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	68.2	67.5	68.8	73.7	73.0	74.3
Not Canadian citizens^{Census data footnote 47}	13.3	13.2	13.5	7.0	6.9	7.2
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 48}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Non-immigrants^{Census data footnote 49}	44.8	46.0	43.8	76.6	77.3	76.0
Immigrants^{Census data footnote 50}	53.4	52.2	54.5	21.9	21.1	22.6
Before 1981	10.8	10.4	11.2	5.6	5.5	5.8
1981 to 1990	7.1	6.9	7.2	2.7	2.6	2.7
1991 to 2000	12.6	12.4	12.8	4.3	4.1	4.5
2001 to 2010	15.4	15.0	15.8	5.8	5.5	6.0
2001 to 2005	8.3	8.1	8.4	2.7	2.6	2.8
2006 to 2010	7.1	6.9	7.4	3.1	3.0	3.2
2011 to 2016^{Census data footnote 51}	7.5	7.4	7.5	3.5	3.4	3.6
Non-permanent residents^{Census data footnote 52}	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.4
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 53}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 5 years	9.0	9.4	8.7	9.7	10.2	9.3
5 to 14 years	17.4	18.9	16.1	17.4	18.6	16.3
15 to 24 years	20.1	18.8	21.2	21.3	20.2	22.3
25 to 44 years	43.2	42.8	43.5	42.4	42.2	42.6
45 years and over	10.3	10.1	10.5	9.2	8.9	9.5
Immigrants by selected place of birthUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 54}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Americas	12.7	12.0	13.5	15.0	14.2	15.6
Brazil	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Colombia	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0
El Salvador	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.6
Guyana	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.2	1.1	1.2
Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.3
Jamaica	3.0	2.7	3.3	1.8	1.7	2.0
Mexico	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.0	1.1
Peru	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Trinidad and Tobago	1.7	1.5	1.8	0.9	0.8	0.9
United States^{Census data footnote 55}	1.4	1.5	1.4	3.4	3.2	3.5
Other places of birth in Americas	2.7	2.5	2.8	3.1	3.0	3.1
Europe	23.2	23.0	23.3	27.7	28.3	27.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Croatia	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5
France	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.5	1.3
Germany	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.9	1.9
Greece	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.8
Hungary	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5
Ireland^{Census data footnote 56}	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Italy	2.3	2.4	2.2	3.1	3.3	3.0
Netherlands	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.1
Poland	5.7	5.5	5.8	1.9	1.9	2.0
Portugal	3.1	3.1	3.2	1.8	1.9	1.8
Romania	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.2	1.2	1.2
Russian Federation	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.1
Serbia^{Census data footnote 57}	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4
Ukraine	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.0
United Kingdom^{Census data footnote 58}	2.9	2.9	2.9	6.6	6.8	6.5
Other places of birth in Europe	2.6	2.6	2.5	3.3	3.3	3.2
Africa	6.4	6.5	6.2	8.5	9.0	8.0
Algeria	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.8
Egypt	2.4	2.6	2.2	0.9	1.0	0.8
Ethiopia	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
Kenya	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Morocco	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.8
Nigeria	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
Somalia	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4
South Africa, Republic of	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6
Other places of birth in Africa	2.2	2.2	2.1	3.5	3.7	3.3
Asia	57.5	58.3	56.7	48.1	47.7	48.5
Afghanistan	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
Bangladesh	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7
China^{Census data footnote 59}	6.1	5.8	6.3	8.6	8.1	9.1
Hong Kong^{Census data footnote 60}	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.8	2.7	2.8
India	14.3	14.8	13.8	8.9	9.3	8.5
Iran^{Census data footnote 61}	0.7	0.8	0.7	2.0	2.2	1.9
Iraq	1.9	2.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	0.9
Japan	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.5
Korea, South^{Census data footnote 62}	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.7
Lebanon	0.8	0.9	0.7	1.2	1.3	1.0
Pakistan	9.4	10.0	8.8	2.7	2.9	2.5
Philippines	7.4	6.8	8.0	7.8	6.9	8.6
Sri Lanka	2.4	2.5	2.3	1.8	1.8	1.7
Syria^{Census data footnote 63}	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7
Taiwan	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.9
Viet Nam	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.2	2.2	2.3
Other places of birth in Asia	5.8	6.1	5.4	4.3	4.4	4.1
Oceania and other places of birth^{Census data footnote 64}	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.7
Recent immigrants by selected places of birth
Total - Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 54}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Americas	9.7	9.7	9.7	12.6	12.5	12.7
Brazil	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7
Colombia	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.3
Cuba	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Haiti	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.6	1.6	1.7
Jamaica	1.8	2.0	1.6	1.0	1.1	0.9
Mexico	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.5	1.6	1.5
United States^{Census data footnote 55}	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.7	2.8	2.6
Venezuela^{Census data footnote 65}	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5
Other places of birth in Americas	2.3	2.1	2.4	2.7	2.6	2.8
Europe	6.7	6.3	7.1	11.6	12.2	11.0
France	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.0	2.2	1.8
Germany	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.5
Ireland^{Census data footnote 56}	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3
Moldova^{Census data footnote 66}	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5
Romania	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.7
Russian Federation	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.1
Ukraine	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.2
United Kingdom^{Census data footnote 58}	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	2.4	1.6
Other places of birth in Europe	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.3
Africa	9.4	9.8	9.0	13.4	14.0	12.9
Algeria	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.4	1.4	1.4
Cameroon	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.8
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6
Côte d'Ivoire	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5
Egypt	4.9	5.3	4.4	1.3	1.5	1.2
Eritrea	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5
Ethiopia	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6
Morocco	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2
Nigeria	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.3
Somalia	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
South Africa, Republic of	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.4
Tunisia	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.5
Other places of birth in Africa	2.1	2.1	2.1	3.5	3.6	3.3
Asia	74.0	73.9	74.1	61.8	60.5	63.0
Afghanistan	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.7
Bangladesh	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.1	1.0
China^{Census data footnote 59}	7.3	6.5	8.1	10.6	9.9	11.3
Hong Kong^{Census data footnote 60}	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5
India	20.0	20.7	19.2	12.1	12.9	11.4
Iran^{Census data footnote 61}	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.5	3.5	3.4
Iraq	5.3	5.5	5.1	1.7	1.8	1.6
Israel	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.3
Japan	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6
Korea, South^{Census data footnote 62}	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.8	1.7	1.9
Lebanon	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7
Nepal	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Pakistan	14.2	14.6	13.8	3.4	3.5	3.3
Philippines	8.1	7.1	9.0	15.6	14.3	16.8
Saudi Arabia	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.4
Sri Lanka	1.2	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.0
Syria^{Census data footnote 63}	3.4	3.5	3.3	2.5	2.6	2.3
Taiwan	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4
Turkey	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.3
United Arab Emirates	2.9	3.1	2.8	0.5	0.6	0.5
Viet Nam	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.1
Other places of birth in Asia	4.0	4.0	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.7
Oceania and other^{Census data footnote 64}	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.5
Australia	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3
Other places of birth^{Census data footnote 67}	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 68}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
First generation^{Census data footnote 69}	55.6	54.5	56.7	23.9	23.2	24.5
Second generation^{Census data footnote 70}	27.6	28.6	26.6	17.7	18.0	17.4
Third generation or more^{Census data footnote 71}	16.8	16.9	16.7	58.4	58.8	58.1
Admission category and applicant type
Total - Admission category and applicant type for the immigrant population in private households who landed between 1980 and 2016 - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 72}	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Economic immigrants^{Census data footnote 73}	55.8	59.7	52.3	52.5	55.2	50.0
Principal applicants^{Census data footnote 74}	20.4	28.9	12.6	21.4	27.9	15.5
Secondary applicants^{Census data footnote 75}	35.4	30.8	39.7	31.1	27.3	34.5
Immigrants sponsored by family^{Census data footnote 76}	29.6	24.0	34.8	31.3	26.9	35.2
Refugees^{Census data footnote 77}	13.5	15.3	11.9	15.1	16.7	13.5
Other immigrants^{Census data footnote 78}	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2

Note(s):

Footnote 45

'Citizenship' refers to the country where the person has citizenship. A person may have more than one citizenship. A person may be stateless, that is, they may have no citizenship. Citizenship can be by birth or naturalization.

For more information on citizenship 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.

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Footnote 46

'Canadian citizens' includes persons who are citizens of Canada only and persons who are citizens of Canada and at least one other country.

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Footnote 47

'Not Canadian citizens' includes persons who are not citizens of Canada. They may be citizens of one or more other countries. Persons who are stateless are included in this category.

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Footnote 48

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.

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Footnote 49

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

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Footnote 50

'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.

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Footnote 51

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

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Footnote 52

'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.

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Footnote 53

'Age at immigration' refers to the age at which an immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

'Immigrant' refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrant' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 54

'Recent immigrant' refers to an immigrant who first obtained his or her landed immigrant or permanent resident status between January 1, 2011 and May 10, 2016.

The places of birth selected are the most frequently reported by recent immigrants at the Canada level.

'Place of birth' refers to the name of the geographic location where the person was born. The geographic location is specified according to geographic boundaries current at the time of data collection, not the geographic boundaries at the time of birth. In the 2016 Census of Population, the geographic location refers to a country if the person was born outside Canada.

For more information on immigration and place of birth 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.

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Footnote 55

The official name of United States is United States of America.

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Footnote 56

Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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Footnote 57

Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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Footnote 58

The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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Footnote 59

China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Footnote 60

The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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Footnote 61

The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Footnote 62

The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.

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Footnote 63

The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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Footnote 64

The category 'Oceania and other' includes places of birth in Oceania and responses not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea.'

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Footnote 65

The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Footnote 66

The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Footnote 67

The category 'Other places of birth' includes other places of birth in Oceania and responses not included elsewhere, such as 'born at sea.'

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Footnote 68

Generation status refers to whether or not the person or the person's parents were born in Canada.

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.

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Footnote 69

'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.

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Footnote 70

'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.

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Footnote 71

'Third generation or more' includes persons who were born in Canada with both parents born in Canada.

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Footnote 72

'Admission category' refers to the name of the immigration program or group of programs under which an immigrant has been granted for the first time the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities.

'Applicant type' refers to whether an immigrant was identified as the principal applicant, the spouse or the dependant on the application for permanent residence.

'Immigrant' refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group.In the 2016 Census of Population, data on admission category and applicant type are available for immigrants who landed in Canada between January 1, 1980 and May 10, 2016.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, 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.

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Footnote 73

'Economic immigrants' includes immigrants who have been selected for their ability to contribute to Canada's economy through their ability to meet labour market needs, to own and manage or to build a business, to make a substantial investment, to create their own employment or to meet specific provincial or territorial labour market needs.

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Footnote 74

'Principal applicants' includes immigrants who were identified as the principal applicant on the application for permanent residence.

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Footnote 75

'Secondary applicants' includes immigrants who were identified as the married spouse, the common-law or conjugal partner or the dependant of the principal applicant on the application for permanent residence.

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Footnote 76

'Immigrants sponsored by family' includes immigrants who were sponsored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and were granted permanent resident status on the basis of their relationship either as the spouse, partner, parent, grand-parent, child or other relative of this sponsor. The terms 'family class' or 'family reunification' are sometimes used to refer to this category.

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Footnote 77

'Refugees' includes immigrants who were granted permanent resident status on the basis of a well-founded fear of returning to their home country. This category includes persons who had a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in particular social group or for political opinion (Geneva Convention refugees) as well as persons who had been seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict, or have suffered a massive violation of human rights. Some refugees were in Canada when they applied for refugee protection for themselves and their family members (either with them in Canada or abroad). Others were abroad and were referred for resettlement to Canada by the United Nations Refugee Agency, another designated referral organization or private sponsors.

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Footnote 78

'Other immigrants' includes immigrants who were granted permanent resident status under a program that does not fall under the economic immigrants, the immigrants sponsored by family or the refugee categories.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Mississauga, CY [Census subdivision], Ontario and Canada [Country] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 9, 2024).

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