ethnocultural diversity
statistics
Bringing together data, tools and reports to provide you with the latest information on immigration and ethnocultural diversity in Canada.
Features
Key indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
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21.9
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17.7
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22.3
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1,212,075
Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB): Interactive app
Use the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) interactive app to explore data on immigrant income, by sex, pre-landing experience, immigrant admission category, years since landing and landing year.
Mother tongue, 2016 Census
This interactive bubble chart (Proportion of mother tongue responses for various regions in Canada, 2016 Census) shows the proportions of persons reporting various languages as their mother tongue. The initial view shows the proportion of population reporting English, French, an Aboriginal or an immigrant language. The Aboriginal and immigrant language bubbles can be clicked to display the relative proportions of each individual language reported in that group.
Immigration and ethnocultural standards
Statistics Canada uses many immigration and ethnocultural variables. Information on key standardized variables, including definitions, usage and classifications, can be found in the links below.
Immigration variables
- Citizenship of person
- Generation status of person
- Immigrant status of person
- Place of birth of person
- Place of birth of parent of person
Ethnocultural variables
2016 Census data visualization
These interactive charts on immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category and period of immigration show the distribution of the immigrant population by selected places of birth and by various geographic regions in Canada. Two charts are presented: one is for places of birth and the second, geographic areas.
Sustainable Development Goals
Browse Canada's statistics for the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
Gender, diversity and inclusion
Visit Statistics Canada's Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics.
Relevant data sources
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