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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 1
Selected ethnic groups in Canada, other than English, French and Canadian, 2001
  Total population Multiple responses Single responses Total Canadian population
in thousands percentage
South Asian 963.2 160.9 802.3 3.2
Caribbean 503.8 180.2 323.6 1.7
Arab 348.0 109.4 238.6 1.2
African 294.7 110.0 184.7 1.0
Latin American 244.4 94.3 150.1 0.8
West Asian 205.0 47.8 157.1 0.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.