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Table A.2.2
Proportion of visible minorities among the school-age population (ages 5 to 24),
1 Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 20062

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  1996 2001 2006
percentage
Canada 13 16 19
CMA 19 23 27
Non-CMA 2 2 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1 1
St. John's 2 1 2
Non-CMA <1 <1 1
Prince Edward Island 2 1 2
Nova Scotia 5 5 6
Halifax 9 10 10
Non-CMA 2 2 3
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Moncton 1 2 3
Saint John 3 4 5
Non-CMA 1 1 2
Quebec 8 9 11
Montréal 16 17 21
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 4 5 7
Québec 2 2 4
Saguenay 1 1 2
Sherbrooke 3 3 6
Trois-Rivières 1 1 2
Non-CMA 1 1 1
Ontario 18 22 27
Barrie 3 5 7
Brantford 5 5 7
Greater Sudbury 2 3 3
Guelph 9 13 15
Hamilton 10 13 16
Kingston 6 6 7
Kitchener 11 14 17
London 10 12 15
Oshawa 7 8 13
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 18 21 24
Peterborough 3 4 4
St. Catharines - Niagara 5 6 9
Thunder Bay 3 3 3
Toronto 37 42 49
Windsor 13 17 20
Non-CMA 2 2 2
Manitoba 8 9 11
Winnipeg 14 16 19
Non-CMA 1 1 1
Saskatchewan 3 3 4
Regina 6 6 8
Saskatoon 6 6 7
Non-CMA 1 1 1
Alberta 11 12 15
Calgary 18 19 24
Edmonton 15 17 19
Non-CMA 3 3 4
British Columbia 21 26 29
Abbotsford 15 21 26
Kelowna 5 5 8
Vancouver 37 44 49
Victoria 10 12 14
Non-CMA 5 5 5
Yukon 4 3 5
Northwest Territories3 3 4 5
Nunavut3 <1 <1 1
1. The total population includes non-permanent residents.
2. 2006 Census geography boundaries have been applied to 2006, as well as to 2001 and 1996 Census data presented in this table. This has resulted in changes to the list of CMAs and some changes from the data presented in PCEIP 2007.
3. Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. To assist historical comparisons, 2006 Census boundaries for Nunavut and Northwest Territories have been applied to 2006, as well as to 2001 and 1996 Census data presented in this table.
Data source: 1996, 2001 and 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.