MINORITIES IN CANADAOUR REALITIES AND OUR CHALLENGES

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VISIBLE MINORITIES IN CANADA: A BREAKDOWN

• Visible minorities, – are "persons, other than aboriginal peoples,

who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.

• The number and percentage of the top three groups in the country and some major metropolitan areas

• Canada: 6.26 million visible minorities or 19.1 per cent of the population. South Asian, Chinese, black.

VISIBLE MINORITIES IN CANADA: A BREAKDOWN

• Toronto: 2.6 million visible minorities or 47 per cent of the population. South Asian, Chinese, black.

• Montreal: 762,325 million visible minorities or 20.3 per cent of the population. black, Arab, Latin American.

• Vancouver: One million or 45.2 per cent of the population. Chinese, South Asian, Filipino.

• Ottawa-Gatineau: 234,015 or 19.2 per cent of the population. black, Arab, Chinese.

• Calgary: 337,420 or 28.1 per cent of the population. South Asian, Chinese, Filipino.

• Edmonton: 254,990 or 22.4 per cent of the population. South Asian, Chinese, Filipino.

THE MOST COMMON ETHNIC ORIGINS AS SELF DECLARED BY CANADIANS

• Canadian: 10.6 million• English: 6.5 million• French: 5.1 million• Scottish: 4.7 million• Irish: 4.5 million• German: 3.2 million• Italian: 1.5 million• Chinese: 1.5 million• First Nations: 1.4 million• Ukrainian: 1.3 million• East Indian: 1.2 million• Dutch: 1.1 million• Polish: 1 million

This information is based on the 2011 National Household survey, which replaced the mandatory census the existed previously

PREDICTING THE IMPACT GOING FORWARD

• About one-third of Canada's population — up to 14.4 million people — will be a visible minority by 2031, Statistics Canada projects.

• The country's foreign-born population is also expected to rise to as much as 28 per cent, about four times faster than the rest of the population.

• The projections suggest that whites will become the minority in Toronto and Vancouver over the course of the next three decades.

2017 is the year that it is predicted visible minorities top 50% in Toronto and Vancouver

PREDICTING THE IMPACT GOING FORWARD• South Asians, including Indians, Pakistanis and

Sri Lankans, are expected to make up the largest visible minority group, at 28 per cent, thanks in part to high fertility rates, the study projected.

• The vast majority of visible minorities — 71 per cent — are projected to live in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal

• The largest proportion by far is projected to live in Toronto, where Statistics Canada says 63 per cent of the population will be a visible minority, up from 43 per cent counted in the 2006 census.

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WHO IS COMING TO CANADA

COUNTRY# OF

IMMIGRANTS% OF

PERCENTAGEChina 29.336 11.9

India 24,549 9.9

Philippines 23, 724 9.6

United States 11,126 4.5

United Kingdom

9,243 3.7

Pakistan 8,052 3.2

South Korea 7,245 2.9

• There were a total 247, 243 immigrants who became permanent residents of Canada in 2008.

• Must spend two out of every five years here or will lose this status.

CATEGORIES OF IMMIGRANTS• Economic Immigrants

– 55% skilled workers and business people• Family Class

– 28% spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of people living in Canada

• Refugee Class– 13% people who are escaping persecution,

torture or cruel and unusual punishment• Other

– 4% people accepted as immigrants for humanitarian or compassionate reasons

ABORIGINALS IN CANADA

• The total Aboriginal population includes three Aboriginal groups (North American Indian, Métis and Inuit)– Total aboriginal population in Canada 1,172,

790, 3.8% of the total population, up from 3.3% in 2001 and 2.8% in 1996.• North American Indian 59.5%, 14.6% growth• Metis 33.2%, 33.3% growth• Inuit 4.3%, 4.3% growth• Figures based on the 2006 Census

ABORIGINALS IN CANADA

• The Aboriginal population has grown faster than the non-Aboriginal population. Between 1996 and 2006 it increased 45%, nearly six times faster than the 8% rate of increase for the non-Aboriginal population.

• Of the three Aboriginal groups, the fastest gain in population between 1996 and 2006 occurred among those who identified themselves as Métis. Their number increased 91%, this was more than three times the 29% increase in the First Nations population over the same period

ABORIGINALS IN CANADA

• Similar upward trends in population growth have also been observed in the census counts of indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

• The Aboriginal share of Canada's population ranked second, behind that of New Zealand.

• While Aboriginal people represented 4% of the population of Canada in 2006, in New Zealand, the Maori accounted for 15% of the population. Indigenous people made up just 2% of the population of Australia and of the United States.

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ABORIGINALS IN CANADA

• The Aboriginal population is becoming increasingly urban. In 2006, 54% lived in an urban centre, an increase from 50% in 1996.

• The census metropolitan area of Winnipeg had the highest number of Aboriginal people, 68,380, representing 10% of its total population. Edmonton, with 52,100, had the second largest number of Aboriginal people, accounting for 5% of its population. Vancouver had 40,310, representing 2% of the population.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYw1_d7LEDc&safe=active

SELECTED CITIES ABORIGINAL POPULATION

PERCENTAGE OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THE CITY'S POPULATION

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.Winnipeg 68,380 10Edmonton 52,100 5Vancouver 40,310 2Toronto 26,575 0.5Calgary 26,575 2Saskatoon 21,535 9Ottawa - Gatineau 20,590 2Montréal 17,865 0.5Regina 17,105 9Prince Albert 13,565 34

ABORIGINALS IN URBAN AREAS

Social Challenges: The Well-being of Aboriginal People • Aboriginal people in Canada are at greater risk both

for being victimized by violent and personal crimes, and for being negatively involved in the criminal justice system.

• Aboriginal people are significantly over-represented as offenders in the Canadian criminal justice system. Incarceration rates of Aboriginal people are five to six times higher than the national average.

• Aboriginal people account for 18% of those who are incarcerated in federal institutions. In the Prairie provinces, 50% of prisoners are Aboriginals.

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ABORIGINALS IN CANADA

• The Aboriginal population is much younger than the non-Aboriginal population. In 2006, the median age of the Aboriginal population was 27 years, compared with 40 years for non-Aboriginal people, a gap of 13 years.

• The median age is the point where exactly one-half of the population is older, and the other half is younger.

• Children and youth aged 24 and under made up almost one-half (48%) of all Aboriginal people, compared with 31% of the non-Aboriginal population.

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LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL CHILDREN

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL CHILDREN AGED 14 YEARS AND UNDER, CANADA, 2006

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF CHILDREN

ABORIGINAL POPULATION NON-ABORIGINAL POPULATION

PERCENTAGESource: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.

Total - Children aged 14 years and under 100 100

Total living with at least one parent 93 99

Living with two parents 58 82

Living with a lone mother 29 14

Living with a lone father 6 3

Living with a grandparent (no parent present) 3 0.4

Living with another relative 4 0.5

Living with non-relatives0.4 0.2

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ABORIGINAL EDUCATION

• In 2001 only 8% of the 25-34 age group of Aboriginal peoples had a completed university degree, while 28% of all Canadians did.

• In 1996, 68% of Aboriginal youth were in school compared to 83% of non-Aboriginal youth.

• only 24% of Aboriginal peoples under 25 were able to converse in an Aboriginal language

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