Asian Heritage Month 2025... By the numbers: Geography

• More than half (50.9%) of the population who reported an Asian origin lived in Ontario while 21.3% lived in British Columbia and 12.2% in Alberta.

• Vancouver was the Census metropolitan area (CMA) with the highest share (48.6%) of its population who reported an Asian origin. It was followed by Toronto (43.6%) and Calgary (29.2%).
• Some Census metropolitan areas distinguish themselves by having a relatively large share of their population reporting a specific Asian origin. For example, Vancouver and Toronto were the CMAs with the highest shares of their population with Chinese origins at 18.2% and 10.9% respectively. Abbotsford-Mission (14.3%) was the CMA with the highest share of its population with Indian origins, followed by Toronto (9.4%) and Vancouver (8.2%). Winnipeg (9.9%) and Red Deer (7.6%) had a large share of their population with Filipino origins.

Note to readers

This publication is part of our Asian Heritage Month 2025 series, examining the data on various topics relating to Asian populations across Canada. If you missed any of the previous articles, you can easily find them by searching for “Asian Heritage Month 2025” in the app. 
 

Reference

• Census of Population, 2021
• Ethnic or cultural origin by generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts