Table A2.1
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2011 – Base population (estimated)

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Table A2.1
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2011 – Base population (estimated)
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 34,273 6,510 1,379 1,631 979 643 397 324 394 216 168 91 289 27,763
Newfoundland and Labrador 525 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 517
St-John's 202 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197
Rest of Newfoundland and Labrador 323 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 321
Prince Edward Island 144 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
Nova Scotia 944 49 6 5 22 2 1 1 7 1 1 0 2 894
Halifax 401 37 5 4 14 1 1 1 6 1 1 0 2 365
Rest of Nova Scotia 542 13 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 529
New Brunswick 755 18 3 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 738
Moncton 140 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 135
Saint John 129 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 124
Rest of New Brunswick 487 8 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 479
Quebec 7,993 871 85 85 250 32 119 68 170 24 7 4 27 7,122
Saguenay 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158
Québec 775 24 2 1 7 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 751
Sherbrooke 204 9 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 195
Trois-Rivières 153 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 149
Montréal 3,875 781 76 81 222 31 101 61 154 22 6 3 24 3,094
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 318 28 2 1 11 0 4 1 7 1 0 0 1 290
Rest of Quebec 2,509 24 3 1 6 1 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 2,485
Ontario 13,237 3,414 656 1,005 560 286 180 144 158 128 82 30 185 9,823
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 949 216 37 35 53 11 11 14 34 8 2 2 9 734
Kingston 164 10 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 154
Peterborough 122 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
Oshawa 366 43 4 10 15 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 323
Toronto 5,751 2,701 554 866 412 239 122 95 78 101 64 21 149 3,050
Hamilton 741 106 12 25 20 9 10 7 9 5 3 1 5 635
St. Catharines - Niagara 402 28 4 3 7 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 374
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 492 80 12 22 11 3 8 8 5 4 2 1 4 412
Brantford 139 8 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 131
Guelph 145 20 4 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 125
London 489 64 8 9 10 3 10 4 10 3 3 1 3 425
Windsor 328 56 7 10 11 4 3 4 13 2 1 0 2 272
Barrie 192 12 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 180
Greater Sudbury 165 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
Thunder Bay 125 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
Rest of Ontario 2,664 57 8 11 13 5 5 3 3 1 3 2 4 2,607
Manitoba 1,231 160 18 26 20 61 10 8 3 2 3 2 6 1,071
Winnipeg 744 146 16 24 18 59 7 7 3 2 3 2 6 598
Rest of Manitoba 487 14 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 473
Saskatchewan 1,064 66 12 13 8 17 3 5 2 2 1 1 3 997
Regina 217 23 4 5 3 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 194
Saskatoon 269 30 6 6 3 7 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 239
Rest of Saskatchewan 578 13 2 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 564
Alberta 3,778 690 140 164 78 111 44 43 37 17 16 13 26 3,088
Calgary 1,259 353 79 89 34 52 22 23 18 9 9 6 13 906
Edmonton 1,202 268 55 64 34 42 15 17 16 7 5 3 10 934
Rest of Alberta 1,317 69 7 11 9 18 7 3 3 1 2 5 3 1,248
British Columbia 4,491 1,226 455 326 35 130 37 54 15 41 56 40 39 3,266
Kelowna 183 11 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 172
Vancouver 2,367 1,069 427 262 24 116 30 46 12 39 50 29 33 1,298
Victoria 352 39 13 8 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 312
Abbotsford - Mission 174 44 2 34 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 130
Rest of British Columbia 1,415 62 11 19 5 8 3 4 1 1 2 6 3 1,353
Territories 113 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
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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