Ethnicity

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Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources, reference years and accessible levels of geographical and disaggregation. Each indicator has a corresponding products number (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents). This document has been updated to reflect the social inclusion indicators and associated products that are available in 2024.

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Description: Data on religion by ethnic or cultural origin, generation status, age and gender for the population in private households in Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and parts.

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Description: This article examines the socioeconomic characteristics of Black business owners in Canada and compares them with the characteristics of White Canadians and people from other racialized groups. It also explores the characteristics of businesses based on the racial profile of owners.

Description: Data on long-form data quality indicators for 2021 Census ethnic or cultural origin, population group and religion content, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions.

Description: Data on long-form data quality indicators for 2021 Census ethnic or cultural origin, population group and religion content, Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.

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This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret ethnic or cultural origin data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.

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Data for Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations are shown in this table.

This table is part of the topic 'Ethnic origin and visible minorities', which presents data on ethnic groups in Canada: their size, geographic location, and demographic characteristics. Similar information is available for Canada's visible minority population.

This table can be found in topic bundle: Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities, 2006 Census, Catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006004.

It is possible to subscribe to all the day-of-release topic bundles. Refer to Catalogue no. 97-569-XCB for more information.

This table is available free on the Internet, Catalogue no. 97-562-XWE2006012.

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Data for Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions are shown in this table.

This table is part of the topic 'Ethnic origin and visible minorities', which presents data on ethnic groups in Canada: their size, geographic location, and demographic characteristics. Similar information is available for Canada's visible minority population.

This table can be found in topic bundle: Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities, 2006 Census, Catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006004.

It is possible to subscribe to all the day-of-release topic bundles. Refer to Catalogue no. 97-569-XCB for more information.

This table is available free on the Internet, Catalogue no. 97-562-XWE2006015.

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This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people of the Haitian community in Canada. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major non-European ethnic groups.

Canadians of Haitian origin make up one of the largest non-European ethnic groups in Canada. In 2001, there were just over 82,000 people of Haitian origin living in Canada making them the 10th largest non-European community in the country, after Chinese, East Indian, Filipino, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Korean, Iranian and Japanese.

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This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people of the Jamaican community in Canada. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major non-European ethnic groups.

Canadians of Jamaican origin make up one of the largest non-European ethnic groups in Canada. In 2001, the Jamaican community was the 4th largest non-European ethnic group in Canada after the Chinese, East Indian, and Filipino communities. That year, there were just over 210,000 people of Jamaican origin living in Canada. Together, they represented almost 1% of the total Canadian population.

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This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people of the Japanese community in Canada. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major non-European ethnic groups.

Canadians of Japanese origin make up the 9th largest non-European ethnic group in the country, after Chinese, East Indian, Filipino, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Korean, and Iranian. In 2001, just over 85,000 people of Japanese origin lived in Canada, representing 0.3% of the Canadian population.

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This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of the Korean community in Canada. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major ethnic communities.

Canadians of Korean origin make up one of the largest non-European ethnic groups in Canada. In fact, the Korean community is the 7th largest non-European ethnic group in the country, after the Chinese, East Indian, Filipino, Jamaican, Vietnamese, and Lebanese populations. In 2001, just over 100,000 people of Korean origin lived in Canada. That year, they made up 0.3% of the total Canadian population.

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This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people of the Lebanese community in Canada. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major non-European ethnic groups.

The Lebanese population in Canada is also growing considerably faster than the overall population. Between 1996 and 2001, for example, the number of people who said they had Lebanese origins rose by 9%, while the overall population grew by only 4%.

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Canadian society is becoming increasingly diverse. The series profiles a number of growing ethnic communities in Canada. The reports document the demographic distribution, family status, educational attainment levels, labour force participation, and income characteristics of each ethnic grouping.

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Canadians of Caribbean origin makes up one of the largest non-European ethnic origin groupings in Canada. In 2001, over a half a million people of Caribbean origin lived in Canada. That year, they represented almost 2% of the total population of Canada.

This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people in Canada who have an ethnic or cultural origin that originates in the Caribbean. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major non-European ethnic groups.

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There were almost a quarter of a million Canadians with Latin American origin living in Canada in 2001. The Latin American community is also one of the fastest growing cultural groups in Canada; indeed, the number of people reporting Latin American origins rose by 32% between 1996 and 2001, while the overall population grew by only 4% in the same period.

This report describes the basic social and economic characteristics of people in Canada who have an ethnic or cultural origin that originates in Latin America. It is part of a series of profiles of the country's major ethnic groups.

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This presentation on Ethnocultural Diversity and Inclusion in Canada shows an overview of the evolution of ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and its measurement in Canada, with a focus on one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas: Vancouver. It also outlines the inherent challenges and opportunities embedded in the measurement of diversity and highlights some of the very real socio-economic disparities observed on the road to inclusiveness and integration.

Description: This presentation on Ethnocultural Diversity and Inclusion in Canada shows an overview of the evolution of ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and its measurement in Canada, with a focus on one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas: Montréal.

It also outlines the inherent challenges and opportunities embedded in the measurement of diversity and highlights some of the very real socio-economic disparities observed on the road to inclusiveness and integration.

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The Black population in Canada is widely diverse and has a long and rich history. This publication outlines the demographic and diversity of this population. It contains a mix of tables, charts and maps, as well as short descriptive analysis of census data on some key topics related to the Black population, including gender, age structure, place of birth/generation status, immigration, ethnic origins, languages and geographical highlights.

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This infographic presents results from the Census pertaining to the Black population in Canada. It aims to highlight their growth, diversity and history.

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This Census in Brief article examines the ethnic and cultural origins of the Canadian population and provides an overview of its composition by generation status. It also covers the reporting of multiple ethnic origins.

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This study assesses immigrants’ acculturation profiles as measured by their sense of belonging to Canada and their source country. It first examines the relative distribution of immigrants who have a strong sense of belonging to both Canada and their source country; a strong sense of belonging to Canada only; a strong sense of belonging to their source country only; and a weak sense of belonging to Canada and their source country. It further examines four sets of determinants of these acculturation profiles, including source-country socioeconomic and cultural characteristics, immigration entry status, post-migration experience, and demographic characteristics.

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This article analyzes the impact of immigration on the size and ethnocultural composition of future cohorts of seniors in Canada, using data from the Population Estimates Program, the Population Projections Program and other sources of demographic data.

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This analytical document presents first findings from the National Household Survey in 2011. It provides information on Canada's ethnocultural mosaic, as indicated by its immigrant population, the ethnic backgrounds of its people, its visible minority population, and its linguistic and religious diversity.

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This analytical product present projections of the diversity of the Canadian population. The purpose of these projections is to paint a potential portrait of the composition of Canada’s population according to different ethnocultural and language characteristics, if certain population growth scenarios were to become reality in the future. Produced using Demosim, a microsimulation model, these projections cover characteristics such as place of birth, generation status, visible minority group, religion and mother tongue.

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This article uses Statistics Canada's most recent population projections for visible minority groups to draw a picture of the possible ethnocultural composition of the country when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2017. It focuses on a number of issues: How many Canadians might belong to a visible minority group in the near future? How many landed immigrants might there be? What are the predominant visible minority groups likely to be? Is diversity likely to remain concentrated in Canada's major urban centres?

Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources, reference years and accessible levels of geographical and disaggregation. Each indicator has a corresponding products number (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents). This document has been updated to reflect the social inclusion indicators and associated products that are available in 2024.

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This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret ethnic or cultural origin data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.

Description: This video is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of ethnic or cultural origin, population group, visible minority and religion concepts. It defines each of these concepts and explains the importance of this data in painting a picture of Canada's multicultural communities.

Description: The 2019 Census Test included three different versions of a question on ethnic or cultural origins. This paper summarizes the results of the 2019 Census Test and, using these results, provides the rationale for modifying the question on ethnic or cultural origins.

Description: This guide focuses on the following topic: ethnic origin. This reference guide provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2016 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, classifications, data quality and comparability to other sources. Additional information is included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the Census.

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This reference guide provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, classifications, data quality and comparability to other sources. Additional information is included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the NHS.

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This guide focuses on the following demographic variable: Ethnic origin. Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2006 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts, data quality and historical comparability. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

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This guide focuses on the following demographic variable: Ethnic origin.

Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2006 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

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This guide provides general information on the ethnic origin concept in the census and how the question of ethnicity has changed over time. In addition, the guide discusses the historical comparability of the ethnic origin data.

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This paper presents the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) coding structure for the variables on country of birth, mother tongue and ethnic background.