Table 1
Visible minority groups, Canada, 2006
Visible minority group | Women | Men | |||||
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number | as a % of all women in Canada | as a % of all visible minority women | as a % of the visible minority population | number | as a % of all men in Canada | as a % of all visible minority men | |
Total – Visible minority | 2,604,065 | 16.4 | 100.0 | 51.4 | 2,464,025 | 16.2 | 100.0 |
Chinese | 632,310 | 4.0 | 24.3 | 52.0 | 584,255 | 3.9 | 23.7 |
South Asian | 625,675 | 3.9 | 24.0 | 49.5 | 637,190 | 4.0 | 25.9 |
Black | 408,110 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 52.1 | 375,685 | 2.5 | 15.2 |
Filipino | 235,060 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 57.2 | 175,640 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
Latin American | 156,345 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 51.4 | 147,900 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
Southeast Asian | 123,510 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 51.5 | 116,425 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
Arab | 122,970 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 46.3 | 142,580 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
West Asian | 76,000 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 48.5 | 80,700 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Korean | 73,295 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 51.7 | 68,595 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
Japanese | 45,145 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 55.5 | 36,160 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
Other visible minority | 37,580 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 52.6 | 33,840 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Multiple visible minority | 68,065 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 51.1 | 65,055 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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