Bilingual Visible Minorities: Residence
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Ontario, Alberta and British Colombia are home to 83% of the visible minority population aged 20 to 49 (see Appendix 5) but have some of the lowest bilingualism rates (7%, 5% and 4% respectively).
Quebec, however, has only 12% of the visible minority population but has the highest bilingualism rate for any province (over 50%).
The bilingual visible minority population aged 20 to 49 is primarily located in Quebec, Ontario and British Colombia (see Appendix 5).
Proportionally, Quebec has more than half (55% or 125,000) of the total bilingual visible minority population, while Ontario has 31% (70,000) and British Columbia 7% (16,000). Alberta has a moderate-sized population (4% or 8,200), while each of the other provinces has fewer than 2,500 bilingual visible minorities.
Some 84% of the bilingual visible minority population between the ages of 20 and 49 lives in four cities: Montréal (115,000), Toronto (44,000), Ottawa (16,000) and Vancouver (14,000).
