Chart 4
Arab, Black, and Southeast Asian Canadians continue to have among the highest unemployment rates in August

Not a visible minority or Indigenous Filipino Chinese Latin American South Asian Southeast Asian Black Arab 0 5 10 15 20 %
Note(s):
Estimates are for the population aged 15 to 69 and are not seasonally adjusted. Due to the sample size of the Labour Force Survey Supplement, high quality data are only available for the seven largest population groups designated as visible minorities. The difference between some estimates may not be statistically significant. The estimate for the Latin American population has a coefficient of variation greater than 16.5% and should be used with caution.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey Supplement, August 2020.

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Arab, Black, and Southeast Asian Canadians continue to have among the highest unemployment rates in August
  %
Not a visible minority or Indigenous 9.4
Filipino 12.7
Chinese 13.2
Latin American 13.9
South Asian 14.9
Southeast Asian 16.6
Black 17.6
Arab 17.9
Note(s):
Estimates are for the population aged 15 to 69 and are not seasonally adjusted. Due to the sample size of the Labour Force Survey Supplement, high quality data are only available for the seven largest population groups designated as visible minorities. The difference between some estimates may not be statistically significant. The estimate for the Latin American population has a coefficient of variation greater than 16.5% and should be used with caution.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey Supplement, August 2020.
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