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Visible minority group | Persons | ||||
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Total | In a couple | In a mixed union | |||
number | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
All persons belonging to visible minority groups | 3,922,700 | 2,181,200 | 55.6 | 331,300 | 15.2 |
Chinese | 1,005,600 | 587,500 | 58.4 | 56,000 | 9.5 |
Black | 562,100 | 216,800 | 38.6 | 55,200 | 25.5 |
South Asian | 957,600 | 612,800 | 64.0 | 41,500 | 6.8 |
Latin American | 244,300 | 130,300 | 53.3 | 40,000 | 30.7 |
Filipino | 320,900 | 179,200 | 55.9 | 35,600 | 19.8 |
Arab/West Asian | 321,800 | 185,000 | 57.5 | 26,500 | 14.3 |
Japanese | 66,400 | 37,200 | 56.0 | 22,200 | 59.7 |
Southeast Asian | 184,600 | 98,200 | 53.2 | 18,100 | 18.4 |
Korean | 114,600 | 62,800 | 54.8 | 6,800 | 10.8 |
Multiple groups or n.i.e.1 | 144,700 | 71,400 | 49.3 | 29,400 | 41.3 |
1. Belonging to multiple visible minority groups means that respondents reported more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in circles, e.g., Black and South Asian. Less common visible minority groups are reported in the visible minority N.I.E. (not included elsewhere) category. This category includes respondents who reported a write-in response such as Guyanese, West Indian, Kurd, Tibetan, Polynesian and Pacific Islander. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |