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%
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