Table A2.5
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative geographic distribution of immigrants upon arrival scenario (2005/2006 to 2009/2010)

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Table A2.5
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative geographic distribution of immigrants upon arrival scenario (2005/2006 to 2009/2010)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by visible minority group. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Total, Visible minority groups, Rest of the population, Total - Visible minorities, Chinese, South Asian, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Korean, Japanese and Other visible minorities, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Total Visible minority groups Rest of the population
Total - Visible minorities Chinese South Asian Black FilipinoNote 1 Latin American Southeast Asian Arab West Asian Korean Japanese Other visible minorities
thousands
Canada 43,787 15,028 2,483 3,782 2,353 1,926 873 526 1,320 616 341 143 665 28,759
Newfoundland and Labrador 440 18 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 422
St-John's 204 14 3 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 190
Rest of Newfoundland and Labrador 236 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232
Prince Edward Island 163 22 11 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 141
Nova Scotia 919 100 11 11 34 9 4 2 17 4 3 1 4 820
Halifax 443 80 9 10 24 7 3 2 15 3 2 1 4 363
Rest of Nova Scotia 476 20 2 1 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 456
New Brunswick 678 46 9 6 9 5 2 4 5 2 4 0 2 632
Moncton 137 12 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 125
Saint John 119 12 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 107
Rest of New Brunswick 421 22 4 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 400
Quebec 9,642 2,301 231 164 715 70 270 89 589 70 16 10 77 7,341
Saguenay 128 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 124
Québec 797 58 3 2 19 1 12 2 14 1 0 0 2 739
Sherbrooke 219 21 1 1 8 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 197
Trois-Rivières 143 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 134
Montréal 5,456 2,043 210 155 619 66 225 81 532 64 14 8 68 3,413
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 433 96 8 2 41 2 11 2 23 3 1 1 3 337
Rest of Quebec 2,467 69 7 2 23 1 14 2 13 2 1 0 4 2,398
Ontario 17,297 7,389 1,142 2,316 1,129 775 367 235 495 365 143 47 373 9,908
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 1,240 483 61 78 135 34 21 23 86 19 4 3 20 757
Kingston 182 19 3 6 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 163
Peterborough 129 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
Oshawa 506 125 11 31 42 10 4 3 9 5 2 1 7 380
Toronto 8,646 5,722 960 1,967 763 627 255 154 278 291 108 33 287 2,924
Hamilton 907 252 20 57 48 30 19 14 26 14 6 2 15 655
St. Catharines - Niagara 407 61 6 8 16 9 6 3 4 3 2 1 4 346
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 637 213 24 63 31 14 16 11 23 14 5 2 11 424
Brantford 152 14 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 139
Guelph 184 50 7 16 5 6 2 5 3 2 1 0 2 134
London 555 131 13 19 16 10 22 7 22 7 7 1 7 425
Windsor 384 134 12 30 30 11 5 6 27 6 1 1 6 250
Barrie 307 43 4 9 10 6 4 2 4 1 1 1 3 265
Greater Sudbury 141 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 134
Thunder Bay 111 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 103
Rest of Ontario 2,809 121 18 22 25 14 10 6 9 3 4 2 9 2,688
Manitoba 1,603 495 44 98 70 195 22 15 17 5 8 3 17 1,107
Winnipeg 1,027 440 35 89 61 184 15 14 13 4 7 3 16 587
Rest of Manitoba 576 56 9 9 9 11 8 1 4 0 1 0 2 520
Saskatchewan 1,248 224 21 55 26 77 9 11 8 4 4 1 7 1,024
Regina 274 79 7 27 9 23 3 5 1 0 2 0 2 195
Saskatoon 348 96 11 24 10 27 4 4 6 4 1 0 4 252
Rest of Saskatchewan 626 49 3 4 7 27 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 577
Alberta 5,829 1,948 251 492 280 411 103 82 128 54 43 23 83 3,880
Calgary 2,165 998 153 269 117 189 53 47 61 30 24 11 42 1,167
Edmonton 1,890 740 85 185 129 150 34 29 57 20 14 6 30 1,149
Rest of Alberta 1,774 210 12 37 34 71 15 7 10 4 4 5 11 1,564
British Columbia 5,824 2,471 757 633 82 375 94 86 58 110 119 57 99 3,354
Kelowna 251 32 5 9 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 219
Vancouver 3,401 2,138 715 508 56 330 76 72 45 102 105 43 83 1,263
Victoria 414 79 18 15 6 15 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 335
Abbotsford - Mission 222 96 4 70 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 125
Rest of British Columbia 1,537 125 16 30 13 21 8 7 7 2 6 7 7 1,411
Territories 143 14 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 129
Note 1.

Please note that the Filipino population may have been overestimated in the 2011 NHS (see Statistics Canada 2013d).

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Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey (adjusted) and Demosim 2017.
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