We're All Visible Minorities Now

The Census just released a whole bunch o’ stats.  Thought I’d share them:
VISIBLE MINORITY POPULATION
·           In 2011, Canada had a foreign-born population of about 6,775,800 people. They represented 20.6% of the total population, the highest proportion among the G8 countries.
·           Between 2006 and 2011, around 1,162,900 foreign-born people immigrated to Canada. These recent immigrants made up 17.2% of the foreign-born population and 3.5% of the total population in Canada.
·           As was the case with the immigrant population, the vast majority lived in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta. Seven out of 10 lived in the three largest census metropolitan areas: Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver.
·           The NHS results showed that the Philippines was the leading country of birth among people who immigrated to Canada between 2006 and 2011.  In 2011, around 152,300 newcomers were born in the Philippines, 13.1% of all newcomers.
·           It was followed by China, from which roughly 122,100 newcomers or 10.5% arrived, and India, from which about 121,400 or 10.4% originated.
Way more below the fold.

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?
·           The two provinces with the largest shares of people born outside the country were Ontario, where around 3,611,400 immigrants or 53.3% lived, and British Columbia, where about 1,191,900 immigrants or 17.6% lived. Overall, their share of immigrant population was higher than their share of Canadian population.
·           Overall, Canada’s three largest CMAs – Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal – accounted for 63.4% of the country’s immigrant population and 62.5% of recent arrivals. In contrast, the three CMAs accounted for slightly over one-third (35.2%) of the total population.
·           By far, the CMA of Toronto had the largest share of foreign-born of these urban centres, 37.4% of all foreign-born in Canada. About 2,537,400 immigrants lived in Toronto in 2011; they accounted for 46.0% of Toronto’s total population, up slightly from 45.7% in 2006. Of all immigrants in Ontario, 7 out of 10 lived in Toronto.
·           Vancouver was home to 913,300 immigrants, 13.5% of the total immigrant population. They accounted for 40.0% of Vancouver’s total population, about the same proportion as in 2006 (39.6%).
·           The ethnic origin most often reported in the NHS was Canadian. Just over 10,563,800 people reported Canadian as their ethnic origin, either alone or with other origins.
·           A total of 1,567,400 individuals identified themselves as South Asian, the largest group. They accounted for one-quarter (25.0%) of the total visible minority population and 4.8% of Canada’s total population. South Asians were also the largest visible minority group recorded in the 2006 Census. Two-thirds of South Asians reported East Indian ethnic ancestry, 9.3% reported Pakistani, 8.5% reported Sri Lankan and 4.7% reported Punjabi origins. These origins were reported by South Asians either alone or with other origins.
·           The second largest visible minority group was Chinese, who numbered just over 1,324,700. They made up 21.1% of the visible minority population and 4.0% of the total population. A majority (96.8%) of the Chinese visible minorities reported Chinese ethnic ancestry, either alone or in combination of other ancestries. A small proportion of Chinese visible minorities reported multiple ethnic origins (8.6%).
·           The vast majority (85.1%) of the Toronto CMA’s 2.6 million visible minorities lived in four municipalities: the city of Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and Markham. In comparison, these municipalities were home to 74.4% of Toronto’s total population. Among these municipalities, Markham had the highest proportion of visible minorities, they accounted for 72.3% of its population. Visible minorities made up 66.4% of Brampton’s population, 53.7% of Mississauga’s and 49.1% of the population of the city of Toronto.
·           The Vancouver CMA was home to 1.0 million visible minorities, or 16.4% of all visible minorities in Canada. They accounted for 45.2% of the population in Vancouver. Within the Vancouver CMA, the municipalities of Richmond (70.4%), Greater Vancouver A (62.2%), Burnaby (59.5%), Surrey (52.6%) and the city of Vancouver (51.8%) had higher proportions of visible minorities than the average for the whole Vancouver metropolitan area.
This table displays the results of visible minority population and top three visible minority groups total population and visible minority population, calculated using number, percentage and top 3 visible minority groups units of measure (appearing as column headers).               
Total population               Visible minority population          Top 3 Visible minority groups                     
number                                number                percentage        
Canada                 32,852,325                           6,264,755             19.1                        South Asian, Chinese, Black
Toronto                5,521,235                             2,596,420             47.0                        South Asian, Chinese, Black
Montréal             3,752,475                             762,325                 20.3                        Black, Arab, Latin American
Vancouver          2,280,695                             1,030,335             45.2                        Chinese, South Asian, Filipino
Ottawa                 1,215,735                             234,015                 19.2                        Black, Arab, Chinese
Calgary                 1,199,125                             337,420                 28.1                        South Asian, Chinese, Filipino
Edmonton           1,139,585                             254,990                 22.4                        South Asian, Chinese, Filipino
Winnipeg             714,635                                 140,770                 19.7                        Filipino, South Asian, Black
Hamilton              708,175                                 101,600                 14.3                        South Asian, Black, Chinese
Source: Statistics Canada, National Household Survey, 2011.
RELIGION
·           According to the 2011 NHS, the largest religion in Canada was Christianity. Of the roughly 32,852,300 people represented in the NHS, about 22,102,700, or just over two-thirds (67.3%), reported that they were affiliated with a Christian religion.
·           Slightly over 1 million individuals identified themselves as Muslim, representing 3.2% of the nation’s total population. Hindus represented 1.5%, Sikhs 1.4%, Buddhists 1.1% and Jewish 1.0%.
·           People who reported Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist had a smaller presence in Canada. Among these groups, Muslim was the largest. In 2011, just over 1 million individuals identified themselves as Muslim on the NHS. They represented 3.2% of the nation’s total population, up from 2.0% recorded in the 2001 Census.
·           Just under 498,000 people identified themselves as Hindu, representing 1.5% of the population. About 455,000 people reported they were affiliated with the Sikh religion, 1.4% of the population, while there were around 366,800 Buddhists, 1.1% of the population.
RELIGION BY PROVINCE
·           Ontario was also home to 73.6% of the Hindu population in 2011, as well as 55.2% of the Muslim population and 44.6% of the Buddhist population.
·           Two-thirds of Canada’s 1 million Muslim population lived in the three largest census metropolitan areas (CMAs) combined?Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver. Toronto had the largest population of Muslims, at just over 424,900. Montréal had just over 221,000 and Vancouver about 73,200.
·           Among the 455,000 Sikhs in Canada, 44.2% lived in British Columbia and 39.5% lived in Ontario. Sikhs represented 4.7% of British Columbia’s population and 1.4% of Ontario’s population.
·           Slightly over three-quarters (77.5%) of British Columbia’s Sikh population, just over 155,900, lived in the CMA of Vancouver, while another about 28,200 lived in Abbotsford – Mission.
Canadian Born Visible Minorities
·           Among Canada’s two largest visible minority groups, 30.7% of South Asians and 26.7% of Chinese were born in Canada. Although both groups have a long history in Canada, immigration in recent decades has kept the proportion of foreign-born relatively high.
·           In 2011, 20.6% of immigrants who identified as South Asian came to Canada between 2006 and 2011. The top three source countries were India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A small proportion, 1.5%, of South Asians was Canadian-born with both parents born in Canada.
·           As well, 15.3% of foreign-born people who reported that they were Chinese arrived during the past five years. The majority (85.0%) were immigrants born in China, 6.3% were immigrants born in Taiwan and 3.0% were immigrants born in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. A small proportion (2.8%) of Chinese were third generation or more.
LANGUAGE
·           Chinese languages were most common mother tongues. A total of about 852,700 individuals reported these languages. The largest share, 38.2%, simply said their mother tongue was Chinese. Another 34.4% reported Cantonese and 24.6% reported Mandarin. The remaining 2.8% reported other Chinese languages. In total, Chinese languages were reported by 13.0% of the foreign-born population with single mother tongue.
·           The Chinese languages were followed by Tagalog, a language of the Philippines, reported by almost 320,100 people; Spanish, reported by 306,700; and Punjabi, by 305,400.