Visible Minorities in Canada in 2001
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The visible minority population of Canada is 3.98 million, some 13% of the total population of 29.6 million.
Age
Approximately 1.95 million people, or about half the visible minority population, are between the ages of 20 and 49 which accounts for about 15% of the total population in this age group in Canada (see Appendix 2).
Place of residence
About 95% of Canada’s visible minority population resides in four provinces (Ontario, British Colombia, Quebec and Alberta), along with about 85% of the total Canadian population (see Appendices 1 and 2).
Most of the visible minority population resides in Ontario (54% or 2.15 million) and British Columbia (21% or 836,000) (see Appendix 2). These two provinces are home to three-quarters of the visible minority population of Canada and 51% of the total population (see Appendices 1 and 2). Significant visible minority populations also reside in Quebec (12% or 498,000) and Alberta (8% or 330,000) (see Appendix 2).
