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Canada’s Ethnocultural Mosaic, 2006 Census: Findings
- Highlights
- National picture
- More than 200 different ethnic origins
- The population's ethnocultural make-up by generational status
- Increased reporting of multiple ethnic ancestries
- Visible minority population surpasses 5-million mark
- South Asians surpass Chinese as the largest visible minority group
- Three in 10 visible minorities were Canadian-born
- Cultural mosaic within the visible minority population
- Mixed unions involving visible minorities on the rise
- Visible minorities were younger than the total population
- Provinces and territories
- Atlantic region: More than half reported British Isles origins
- Quebec: Black and Arab, the two largest visible minority groups
- Ontario: Home to more than half of Canada's visible minority population
- The Prairies: One in 10 belong to a visible minority group
- British Columbia: More than 1 million members of visible minorities
- Territories: More than half reported Aboriginal ancestries
- Canada's major census metropolitan areas
- Halifax: Highest proportion of visible minorities in the Atlantic region
- Montréal: Third largest visible minority population
- Ottawa - Gatineau: Visible minorities accounted for 16% of the total population
- Toronto: Largest number of visible minorities in the country
- Winnipeg: Filipino was the largest visible minority group
- Calgary: Nearly one in four belonged to a visible minority group
- Vancouver: Four in 10 belonged to a visible minority group
2006 Census supplementary navigation
About the analysis
- This analytic document presents new information from the 2006 Census on the ethnocultural portrait of Canada. The document examines the ethnic origins of Canada's population. It also provides information on the growth and composition of the visible minority population. The information is presented at the national and provincial or territorial geographical levels and for selected census metropolitan areas.
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- News release as reported in The Daily
- Definitions, data sources and methods: Record number 3901
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