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| People of Chinese origin | Total Canadian population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| Total population (in thousands) | 529.4 |
565.3 |
1,094.7 |
14,564.3 |
15,074.8 |
29,639.0 |
| Percentage change between 1996 and 2001 | 18.0 |
19.5 |
18.8 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
| Percentage immigrant | 70.3 |
73.6 |
72.0 |
18.0 |
18.7 |
18.4 |
| Percentage with Canadian citizenship | 80.4 |
80.1 |
80.2 |
94.9 |
94.5 |
94.7 |
| Language | ||||||
| Percentage able to speak English or French | 87.9 |
83.0 |
85.4 |
98.8 |
98.2 |
98.4 |
| Percentage speaking only non-official language at home | 62.9 |
64.0 |
63.4 |
9.6 |
9.9 |
9.7 |
| Age distribution | ||||||
| Percentage aged less than 15 | 20.3 |
18.9 |
19.6 |
20.2 |
18.6 |
19.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 44 | 32.4 |
34.4 |
33.4 |
30.4 |
30.6 |
30.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 and over | 9.0 |
10.0 |
9.5 |
10.9 |
13.4 |
12.2 |
| Family status | ||||||
| Percentage lone parents1 | 1.6 |
6.8 |
4.3 |
2.1 |
8.7 |
5.5 |
| Percentage living alone1 | 5.3 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
11.3 |
13.7 |
12.5 |
| Percentage seniors living alone | 5.7 |
14.3 |
10.4 |
16.8 |
38.3 |
28.9 |
| Education, employment and income | ||||||
| Percentage with university degree1 | 30.5 |
23.9 |
27.1 |
16.0 |
14.9 |
15.4 |
| Percentage employed1 | 59.9 |
51.5 |
55.5 |
67.2 |
56.1 |
61.5 |
| Unemployment rate | 8.2 |
8.6 |
8.4 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
| Percentage with low income | 25.8 |
26.1 |
25.9 |
14.7 |
17.7 |
16.2 |
| 1. Includes people aged 15 and over. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. | ||||||