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Figure 28
Number and proportion of visible minority population in Canada, 1981 to 2017

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Figure 28 Number and proportion of visible minority population in Canada, 1981 to 2017

Data sources: Statistics Canada, 2003, Canada's ethnocultural portrait : The changing mosaic, 2001 Census Analysis series, Statistics Canada Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001008; and Bélanger, A. and É. Caron Malenfant, 2005, Population projections of visible minority groups, Canada, provinces and regions, 2001-2017, Statistics Canada Catalogue number 91-541-XIE, reference scenario.
Figure source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Canadian Demographics at a Glance, Catalogue number 91-003-XWE.