2016 CENSUS HIGHLIGHTS Ministry of Finance Fact Sheet 9

Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities

This factsheet looks at data on ethnic origin and visible minorities released by Statistics as part of the 2016 Census. In the Census, visible minorities Top 10 Ethnic Origins, are defined as persons who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour and who do not report being Aboriginal. 3,110 Canadian 2,946 English 2,809 Ontario’s Population is Highly Diverse 2,926 Scottish 2,107 . Ethnic origin refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the 2,081 Irish 2,095 respondent’s ancestors. About 250 ethnic origins were 2,069 French 1,349 reported by Ontarians in the 2016 Census. 1,362 German 1,190 . The ethnic origin most often reported in Ontario was 1,155 932 Canadian, either alone or in combination with others. Italian 884 849 . Canadian (3,109,770) was followed by English Chinese 713 2016 774 (2,808,810), Scottish (2,107,290), Irish (2,095,465), East Indian 678 2011 528 French (1,349,255), German (1,189,670), Italian Dutch 509

(931,805), Chinese (849,340), East Indian (774,495) and 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 Dutch (527,750). Thousands Note: Total responses is greater than total population since some reported more than one ethnic origin. . Among the top 10 ethnic origins, only English and French Source: saw numerical declines between 2011 and 2016.

Share of Visible Minority in the Population Almost Three in Ten Ontarians Identify as Visible Minorities Per Cent 30.3 . In 2016, 3,885,585 Ontarians identified as members of 30 29.3 27.3 2011 25.9 the visible minority population. 2016 25 23.5 . These individuals comprised 29.3% of Ontario’s total 22.3

19.1 population and represented more than half of Canada’s 20 18.4 17.5 total visible minorities (7.7 million). 15 . The bulk of the visible minority population live in Census 13.1 13.0 11.0 10.8 9.6 Metropolitan Areas, including 3.0 million in . 10 8.5 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.5 . Between 2011 and 2016, Ontario’s visible minority 5.2 4.8 5 3.1 3.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 population increased by 18.5%, while the population not 1.6 1.4 belonging to a visible declined by 0.2%. 0 Ontario’s 374,395 people who self-identified as Aboriginal CAN BC Ont Alta Man Que Sask NWT NS PEI NB Nvt Nfld are not counted as part of the visible minority population. Source: Statistics Canada . Of the 3.9 million Ontarians who identified as visible minority, more than one-third (36.5%) were born in Visible Minorities in Ontario, 2016

Canada, while 63.5% were born outside Canada. Multiple Visible Minority 3.3% Visible Minority n.i.e.* South Asian Was the Largest Visible Minority 2.5% Filipino West Asian 8.0% . Combined, the four largest visible minority groups in 2016 4.0% –South Asian, Chinese, Black and Filipino– accounted for South Asian Arab 29.6% almost three-quarters (73.2%) of visible minorities. 5.4% . South Asian was the single largest visible minority group, Latin American 5.0% accounting for 29.6% of visible minorities and 8.7% of Southeast Asian 3.4% Ontario’s total population. Chinese was second (19.4%), Chinese Japanese Black 19.4% followed by Black (16.2%), Filipino (8.0%), Arab (5.4%) 0.8% 16.2% Latin American (5.0%) and West Asian (4.0%). Korean 2.3% . Between 2011 and 2016, the fastest-growing groups were Arab (+39%), Multiple Visible Minority (+33%), and * Not identified elsewhere. Source: Statistics Canada West Asian (+26%). The groups to add the most people were South Asian (+184,420) and Chinese (+125,410). November 2017 Office of Economic Policy Labour Economics Branch 2016 CENSUS HIGHLIGHTS Ministry of Finance Fact Sheet 9 Page 2

Visible Minorities in Ontario’s CMAs Proportion of Visible Minorities, Ontario CMAs, 2016 . In 2016, nearly all (98.3%) of Ontario’s visible minorities ONTARIO 29.3 lived in Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). They ALL CMAs 35.3 comprised 35.3% of the province’s total CMA population. Toronto 51.4 - 25.0 . The Toronto CMA was home to 3,011,905 people Windsor 20.5 Kitchener 19.3 identifying as visible minorities or 51.4% of its population, Hamilton 17.7 17.2 the first census above the 50% mark. This represented Guelph 17.0 77.5% of Ontario’s total visible minority population. London 16.1 St. Cat.-Niagara 9.3 . Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario part) had the second highest 9.0 Kingston 7.9 proportion (25.0%) of visible minorities among all the 16 7.8 CMAs of the province. Peterborough 4.8 Belleville 4.1 . Windsor ranked third (20.5%), followed by Kitchener- 4.0 Cambridge-Waterloo (19.3%) and Hamilton (17.7%). Greater Sudbury 3.7 . Greater Sudbury (3.7%), Thunder Bay (4.0%) and 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Per Cent Belleville (4.1%) were the Ontario CMAs with the lowest Note: Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario part). Kitchener = Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo. proportions of visible minority population. Source: Statistics Canada

South Asians: Toronto CMA’s Largest Visible Minority Visible Minorities in the Toronto CMA, 2016 . South Asians represented 32.3% of all visible minorities Visible Minority Total Population West in the Toronto CMA. They accounted for 84.6% of all Visible Asian Multiple Minority South Asians in Ontario. 4.1% Visible n.i.e.* Minority 2.6% . The Chinese made up 21.0% of Toronto’s visible Arab 3.2% Latin 3.5% minorities and 10.8% of its total population; Black people South American Asian made up 14.7% of the CMA’s visible minorities and 7.5% 4.4% South Asian 16.6% of its population; while Filipinos made up 8.4% of the 32.3% Chinese Black Not a Visible 10.8% CMA’s visible minorities and 4.3% of it’s total population. 14.7% Minority 48.6% Black 7.5% Markham and Have the Highest Proportions Filipino Chinese Other 8.4% 21.0% Visible Minorities Filipino of Visible Minorities Among Ontario Municipalities Southeast 12.1% 4.3% Asian . Town of Markham had the highest proportion of visible 2.8% Japanese Korean 0.7% minorities in Canada. Visible minorities accounted for 2.3% * Not identified elsewhere. Source: Statistics Canada over three quarters (77.9%) of its population, up from 72.3% in 2011. About 45.1% of Markham’s population Highest Proportions of Visible Minorities, was of Chinese origin and 17.8% South Asian. Ontario Municipalities (5,000+), 2016 . In Brampton, visible minorities represented 73.3% of the population, the second highest in Ontario. South Asians ONTARIO 29.3 Markham 77.9 comprised 44.3% of Brampton’s population. Brampton 73.3 Richmond Hill 60.0 . In Richmond Hill, visible minorities represented 60.0% of 57.2 the population, the third highest in Ontario. People of Ajax 56.7 Toronto (City) 51.5 Chinese origin comprised 29.4% of Richmond Hill’s Pickering 42.9 Milton 42.8 population. Whitchurch-Stouffville 36.9 . In Mississauga, visible minorities represented 57.2% of 35.4 Oakville 30.8 the population, the fourth highest in Ontario. South Windsor 26.9 Aurora 26.9 Asians comprised 23.2% of Mississauga’s population. Waterloo 26.4 . In Ajax, visible minorities represented 56.7% of the Ottawa (City) 26.3 population, the fifth highest in Ontario. South Asians, the 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 Per Cent largest visible minority, comprised 20.9% of Ajax’s Source: Statistics Canada population. Contact Alex Munger (416) 325-0102 Office of Economic Policy Labour Economics Branch