Table A2.8
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the low-growth scenario

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Table A2.8
Population by visible minority group, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the low-growth scenario
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by visible minority group. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Total, Visible minority groups, Rest of the population, Total - Visible minorities, Chinese, South Asian, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Korean, Japanese and Other visible minorities, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Total Visible minority groups Rest of the population
Total - Visible minorities Chinese South Asian Black FilipinoNote 1 Latin American Southeast Asian Arab West Asian Korean Japanese Other visible minorities
thousands
Canada 39,778 12,379 2,040 3,101 1,968 1,606 719 462 1,031 471 282 124 575 27,400
Newfoundland and Labrador 427 16 3 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 411
St-John's 198 12 3 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 186
Rest of Newfoundland and Labrador 229 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
Prince Edward Island 155 18 9 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 137
Nova Scotia 876 83 9 9 31 7 3 2 14 3 2 1 4 793
Halifax 417 66 8 8 21 5 3 2 12 2 2 0 3 351
Rest of Nova Scotia 459 17 2 1 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 442
New Brunswick 655 39 7 5 8 4 2 3 4 1 3 0 1 616
Moncton 133 10 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 123
Saint John 115 10 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 105
Rest of New Brunswick 407 19 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 389
Quebec 8,856 1,848 180 137 573 58 218 81 458 55 14 8 66 7,008
Saguenay 123 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 120
Québec 757 44 3 2 14 0 9 2 11 1 0 0 2 713
Sherbrooke 206 15 1 1 6 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 191
Trois-Rivières 136 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 130
Montréal 4,849 1,646 164 130 498 55 183 74 414 50 12 7 58 3,203
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 401 76 7 2 31 1 9 2 18 2 1 0 3 324
Rest of Quebec 2,383 56 5 2 19 1 11 2 10 1 1 0 3 2,326
Ontario 15,249 5,906 926 1,831 936 596 296 199 372 272 120 41 318 9,344
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 1,099 382 50 63 105 26 16 19 66 14 3 2 17 717
Kingston 171 16 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 155
Peterborough 123 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
Oshawa 474 109 10 27 38 9 3 3 7 4 2 1 7 364
Toronto 7,237 4,560 775 1,547 638 478 207 130 206 216 91 28 244 2,677
Hamilton 819 201 17 46 40 23 15 12 19 10 5 2 13 617
St. Catharines - Niagara 379 48 5 7 12 7 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 330
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 569 168 19 50 24 11 13 9 16 10 4 1 9 400
Brantford 145 12 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 133
Guelph 169 41 6 13 4 5 2 4 2 2 1 0 2 128
London 508 103 11 15 14 8 17 6 16 5 5 1 6 404
Windsor 345 108 10 24 23 9 4 5 21 4 1 1 5 237
Barrie 289 36 3 7 8 5 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 253
Greater Sudbury 135 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 130
Thunder Bay 106 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Rest of Ontario 2,684 103 16 18 23 11 8 5 7 2 4 2 8 2,581
Manitoba 1,499 433 38 84 61 171 20 14 15 4 7 3 16 1,066
Winnipeg 954 386 31 76 53 162 13 13 11 4 6 3 14 568
Rest of Manitoba 545 47 7 8 8 9 6 1 4 0 1 0 2 498
Saskatchewan 1,246 246 23 61 27 90 9 11 8 4 4 1 8 1,000
Regina 279 88 7 30 10 27 3 6 1 0 2 0 2 190
Saskatoon 351 103 12 26 10 31 5 4 6 4 1 0 4 247
Rest of Saskatchewan 617 55 3 5 7 32 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 562
Alberta 5,581 1,817 237 460 259 387 95 77 116 49 39 21 77 3,764
Calgary 2,065 933 145 252 108 179 50 44 55 28 22 11 39 1,131
Edmonton 1,806 689 80 173 119 142 31 27 52 18 13 5 28 1,117
Rest of Alberta 1,710 195 12 34 31 67 14 6 8 3 4 5 10 1,515
British Columbia 5,096 1,959 606 508 67 285 74 71 43 81 92 48 83 3,137
Kelowna 233 27 4 8 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 207
Vancouver 2,848 1,689 572 407 45 250 60 60 33 75 81 36 70 1,159
Victoria 380 64 14 13 4 11 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 317
Abbotsford - Mission 195 77 3 55 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 118
Rest of British Columbia 1,439 103 13 25 11 17 7 6 6 2 4 6 6 1,337
Territories 138 14 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 125
Note 1.

Please note that the Filipino population may have been overestimated in the 2011 NHS (see Statistics Canada 2013d).

Return to note 1

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey (adjusted) and Demosim 2017.
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