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- At just over 150,000 people, the Vietnamese community is the fifth largest non-European ethnic group in Canada.
- Over 70% of Canadians of Vietnamese origin were born outside of Canada. Of these, 75% arrived in Canada in the last twenty years.
- 96% of Canadians of Vietnamese origin live in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia or Alberta.
- 88% can carry on a conversation in at least one official language, while 12% cannot converse in either English or French.
- Almost half, 48%, are Buddhist, 27% are Christian, and 24% say they have no religious affiliation.
- 48% of adults in the Vietnamese community are married. In contrast, 5% live common-law, compared with 10% of all Canadian adults.
- Just 4% of adults in the Vietnamese community live alone, compared to 13% of all adult Canadians. For seniors, only 8% live alone, compared with 29% of all seniors in Canada.
- 15% of men and 11% of women of Vietnamese origin have a university degree.
- 9.3% of Vietnamese labour force participants are unemployed.
- The average income of Canadians of Vietnamese origin is $7,000 lower than the national average of $30,000.
- 35% of children of Vietnamese origin live in families with incomes below the low-income cut-offs.
- 83% of senior women of Vietnamese origin who live alone have incomes below the low-income cut-offs.
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