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Table 2
Persons in couples and in mixed unions by visible minority group, 2006

Visible minority group Persons
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.