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Ethnic Origins and Visible Minorities

Released: May 2018

Ethnic Origins for KFL&A population, 2016
Ethnic origin	Total	Male	Female
Total population in private households	187,910	91,215	96,705
Total North American Aboriginal ethnic origins	11,215	5,385	4,500
Aboriginal origins - First Nations (North American Indian)	8,470	3,975	4,500
Aboriginal origins - Inuk (Inuit)	120	60	65
Aboriginal origins - Métis	2,920	1,455	1,460
Total other North American ethnic origins	74,590	36,385	38,205
Other North American origins - American	2,730	1,090	1,365
Other North American origins - Canadian	72,635	35,400	37,230
Other North American origins - Canadian provinces	745	395	350
Total European ethnic origins	140,160	17,225	72,940
European origins - British Isles	110,915	52,890	58,015
European origins - French	26,240	12,380	13,860
European origins - Western European (exclues French origins)	31,805	15,175	16,630
European origins - Northern European (excludes British Isles origins)	5,400	2,585	2,815
European origins - Eastern European	12,980	6,045	6,930
European origins - Southern European	12,925	6,435	6,490
European origins - Other European	895	440	455
Total Carribbean Ethnic Origins	1,355	695	655
Total Latin, Central, and South American Ethnic origins	1,655	800	855
Total African Ethnic origins	2,395	1,180	1,215
Total Asian Ethnic Origins	10,465	5,200	5,265
Asian origins - West Central Asian and Middle Eastern	2,210	1,235	975
Asian origins - South Asian	2,940	1,570	1,370
Asian origins - East and Southeast Asian	5,465	2,510	2,955
Asian origins - Other Asian	65	10	45
Total Oceania Ethnic Origins	370	205	160

Source: 2016 Canadian Census (Statistics Canada, 2016)

Visible minority population in KFL&A area, 2016

Total population in KFL&A Area, 2016	Total	Male	Female
Total population in private households	187,915	91,210	96,700
Total - Not a visible minority	175,020	84,780	90,240
Total - Visible minority population	12,890	6,425	6,460
Visible minority population - South Asian	2,705	1,440	1,265
Visible minority population - Chinese	2,670	1,275	1,395
Visible minority population - Black	2,055	1,085	975
Visible minority population - Filipino	890	345	545
Visible minority population - Latin American	1,000	440	560
Visible minority population - Arab	1,050	570	480
Visible minority population - Southeast Asian	585	275	300
Visible minority population - West Asian	460	255	210
Visible minority population - Korean	535	265	260
Visible minority population - Japanese	210	80	130
Visible minority population - Other	95	100	95
Visible minority population - Multiple visible minorities	525	285	245

Source: 2016 Canadian Census (Statistics Canada, 2016)

Please Note: The figures shown in the tables undergo what is termed 'random rounding' - which means all estimates are randomly rounded up or down to a multiple of 5, and in some cases 10. This technique does not add significant error to the data. This means that some cells that say '0', may not actually mean zero people, but could have been rounded downwards, or have too few data to display.