Chart 5 Percentage of visible minority women in total female immigrant and recent female immigrant populations, Canada, 1981 to 2006
Year
Total female immigrants
Recent female immigrants
percentage
1981
22.0
55.5
1986
26.4
61.9
1991
37.2
70.8
1996
43.8
74.1
2001
49.5
73.2
2006
54.7
75.6
Sources:
Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981 to 2006.