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Chart 2
Longer history in Canada was associated with higher proportion of persons in mixed unions
| Generation status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First generation: Person born outside the country | Second generation and beyond: Person born in Canada | |||||||
| 1st generation | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.75 | 2nd generation | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3rd generation or more | ||
| percentage | |||||||||
| Visible minority group members in a mixed union | 15 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 30 | 51 | 45 | 75 | 69 |
| Note: 1.0 = more than 12 years of age at immigration; 1.5 = between 6 and 12 years of age at immigration; 1.75 = less than 6 years of age at immigration; 2.0 = no parents were born in Canada; 2.5 = only one parent was born in Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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