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Proportion belonging to a visible minority group, Canada

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  2006 2001 1996
percentage of visible minorities
Police officers 6 4 3
Private security 20 15 10
Security guards 21 16 11
Private investigators 12 11 6
All occupations1 15 12 10
Canada population 15 years and over2 15 13 11
Notes: Counts for police officers, private investigators and security guards are estimates from the Census of Population and represent persons aged 15 years and over who were employed in the week prior to Census Day. Census data for persons in a visible minority does not include Aboriginal persons.
1. Includes those employed as police officers, private investigators, security guards and all other occupations in Canada.
2. Includes all persons aged 15 years and over regardless of their employment status.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.