Demographics of Canada - Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Canada 2006 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group	South Asian	1,262,865	4
	Chinese	1,216,565	3.9
	Black	783,795	2.5
	Filipino	410,695	1.3
	Latin American	304,245	1
	Arab	265,550	0.9
	Southeast Asian	239,935	0.8
	West Asian	156,700	0.5
	Korean	141,890	0.5
	Japanese	81,300	0.3
	Other visible minority	71,420	0.2
	Mixed visible minority	133,120	0.4
Total visible minority population		5,068,095	16.2
Aboriginal group	First Nations	698,025	2.2
	Métis	389,780	1.2
	Inuit	50,480	0.2
Total Aboriginal population		1,172,785	3.8
White		25,000,150	80
Total population		31,241,030	100

Were the US Census definition of "white people" as "people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa" to be employed instead, then the addition of the Arab and West Asian population would yield a figure of 81.4% for the white population in Canada. This would include those of Hispanic ethnicity ("Latin American" in the Canadian nomenclature denotes non-white Hispanics).

The most common racial groups per province are as follows (only percentages 3% or higher shown; ordered by percentage of visible minorities):

British Columbia (4,074,380): Not a visible minority: 75.2%, Chinese: 10.0%, South Asian: 6.4%
Ontario (12,028,895): Not a visible minority: 77.2%, South Asian: 6.6%, Chinese: 4.8%, Black: 3.9%
Alberta (3,256,355): Not a visible minority: 78.4%, Chinese 3.7%, South Asian 3.2%
Manitoba (1,133,515): Not a visible minority: 90.4%, Filipino 3.3%
Quebec (7,435,900): Not a visible minority: 91.2%
Nova Scotia (903,090): Not a visible minority: 95.8%
Saskatchewan (953,850): Not a visible minority: 96.4%
New Brunswick (719,650): Not a visible minority: 98.1%
Prince Edward Island (134,205): Not a visible minority: 98.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador (500,605): Not a visible minority: 98.9%

Correspondingly, the picture is as follows for the nine (9) largest census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (only percentages 3% or higher shown; ordered by percentage of visible minorities):

Toronto (5,072,070): Not a visible minority: 57.1%, South Asian 13.4%, Chinese: 9.6%, Black: 6.9%, Filipino: 3.4%
Vancouver (2,097,965): Not a visible minority: 58.3%, Chinese: 18.2%, South Asian: 9.9%, Filipino: 3.8%
Calgary (1,070,295): Not a visible minority: 77.8%, Chinese 6.2%, South Asian 5.4%
Edmonton (1,024,825): Not a visible minority: 82.9%, Chinese 4.6%, South Asian 3.9%
Montreal (3,588,520): Not a visible minority: 83.5%, Black 4.7%
Ottawa-Gatineau (1,117,120): Not a visible minority: 84.0%, Black 4.0%
Winnipeg (686,040): Not a visible minority: 85.0%, Filipino: 5.4%
Hamilton (683,450): Not a visible minority: 87.7%
Quebec City (704,185): Not a visible minority: 97.7%