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Visible minorities hit 5 million
Big 5 GTA Cities:
Brampton - total pop: 431,575, visible minority 57.0% (SA 136,750; Black 53,340; Filipino 11,980; Latin Am 8,545; SE Asian 6,130)
Markham - total pop: 260,760; visible minority 65.3% (Chinese 89,300; SA 44,995; Black 8,005; Filipino 7,370; West Asian 4,975)
Mississauga - total pop: 665,655, visible minority 49.0% (SA 134,750; Chinese 46,120; Black 41,365; Filipino 30,705; Arab 16,785)
Toronto: Total pop: 2,476,565 visible minority 46.9% (SA 298,370; Chinese 283,075; Black 208,555; Filipino 102,555; W Asian 42,755)
Vaughan Total pop: 238,005 visible minority 26.5% (SA 20,370; Chinese 10,115; Black 6,110; Filipino 5,360; Latin Am 4,810)
Ajax - 35.6%
Aurora - 13.1%
Burlington - 10.0%
Caledon - 7.2%
Clarington - 4.7%
Georgina - 3.9%
Halton Hills - 4.1%
Milton - 17.1%
Newmarket - 15.2%
Oakville - 18.4%
Oshawa - 8.1%
Pickering - 30.5%
Richmond Hill - 45.7%
Uxbridge - 2.3%
Whitby - 16.9%
Durham Region - 16.7%
Halton Region - 13.2%
Peel Region - 50.0%
York Region - 37.1%
Hamilton - 13.6%
Visible minorities hit 5 million
South Asians outnumber Chinese, census finds
Apr 02, 2008 08:40 AM
Tobi Cohen
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – For the first time in Canada's history, visible minorities have surpassed the five million mark as a new wave of immigrants from Asia is changing the face of Canada at a staggering rate, according to new census data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
Visible minorities now comprise more than 16 per cent of the total population as their number skyrocketed by 27 per cent between 2001 and 2006, more than five times the previous increase of 5.4 per cent.
The sharp growth in the visible minority population was largely due to the fact that three-quarters of new immigrants to Canada since 2001 were visible minorities, analysts said.
South Asians, those who hail from such countries as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tamil, now slightly outnumber the Chinese, who were identified as the top visible minority group in 2001, the last time the census was taken.
Nearly 1.3 million people identified themselves as South Asian in the 2006 census – a 38 per cent jump over 2001.
South Asians now account for a quarter of all visible minorities in Canada, or four per cent of the total population. Those with roots in China comprise about another quarter of the country's visible minority population, with some 1.2 million identifying themselves as Chinese.
That marks an 18 per cent increase over 2001 and accounts for 24 per cent of the visible minority population and 3.9 per cent of the total population.
Blacks, Filipinos, Latin Americans, Arabs, Southeast Asians, West Asians, Koreans and Japanese round out the Top 10 visible minority groups – a list that's relatively unchanged since 2001.
Should current immigration trends continue, Statistics Canada predicts one in five Canadians will be a visible minority by 2017, when the country turns 150 years old.
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Big 5 GTA Cities:
Brampton - total pop: 431,575, visible minority 57.0% (SA 136,750; Black 53,340; Filipino 11,980; Latin Am 8,545; SE Asian 6,130)
Markham - total pop: 260,760; visible minority 65.3% (Chinese 89,300; SA 44,995; Black 8,005; Filipino 7,370; West Asian 4,975)
Mississauga - total pop: 665,655, visible minority 49.0% (SA 134,750; Chinese 46,120; Black 41,365; Filipino 30,705; Arab 16,785)
Toronto: Total pop: 2,476,565 visible minority 46.9% (SA 298,370; Chinese 283,075; Black 208,555; Filipino 102,555; W Asian 42,755)
Vaughan Total pop: 238,005 visible minority 26.5% (SA 20,370; Chinese 10,115; Black 6,110; Filipino 5,360; Latin Am 4,810)
Ajax - 35.6%
Aurora - 13.1%
Burlington - 10.0%
Caledon - 7.2%
Clarington - 4.7%
Georgina - 3.9%
Halton Hills - 4.1%
Milton - 17.1%
Newmarket - 15.2%
Oakville - 18.4%
Oshawa - 8.1%
Pickering - 30.5%
Richmond Hill - 45.7%
Uxbridge - 2.3%
Whitby - 16.9%
Durham Region - 16.7%
Halton Region - 13.2%
Peel Region - 50.0%
York Region - 37.1%
Hamilton - 13.6%