Table 2
Voting rates of recent versus established immigrants by region of birth
| Immigrants | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recent | Established | ||
| % | % point | ||
| Western/Northern Europe1 | x | 76.8 | ... |
| United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand | 68.2 | 76.3 | 8.1 |
| Southern Europe | x | 67.8 | ... |
| Southern Asia | 60.0 | 70.8 | 10.8 |
| Africa | 43.1 | 70.3 | 27.2* |
| Eastern Europe | 45.2 | 66.3 | 21.1* |
| Caribbean, Central/South America | 56.3 | 61.7 | 5.4 |
| Southeast Asia | 48.3 | 60.7 | 12.4 |
| Eastern Asia | 48.1 | 55.2 | 7.1 |
| West Central Asia and Middle East | 39.6 | 57.0 | 17.4 |
| Other | x | x | ... |
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1. Excludes the United Kingdom and Ireland. * significantly different at the 5% level x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act ... not applicable Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, May 2011. |
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