Share Interesting stuff from StatCan: Chinese New Year… by the numbers Lunar New Year: 2010 is the Year of the Tiger! The Chinese New Year holiday—also referred to as the “Lunar New Year”—is not only a traditional festival for the Chinese, but also for the Korean, Vietnamese and many other East Asian populations in Canada. It [...]
Share StatCan release – Canada’s population grew by 0.19% in the fourth quarter of 2008, the fastest fourth-quarter growth rate since 1992. The increase in population continues to be steadier in the western part of the country, notably in Alberta. As of January 1, 2009, Canada’s population was an estimated 33,504,700, up 63,400 from October [...]
Share Census 2006 – visible minority Total – all generations 1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation Total vis. min. 3,922,700 3,273,070 551,740 97,890 Chinese 1,005,635 850,335 138,520 16,775 S. Asian 957,645 820,180 132,190 5,275 Black 562,135 403,955 115,090 43,095 Filipino 320,915 283,560 35,760 1,595 Latin American 244,330 219,440 22,870 2,015 SE Asian 184,575 159,285 23,450 [...]
Share StatCan release – In 2006, employment rates for both immigrants and Canadian born increased from those of 2001. The census also shows that BC remains to be the province with highest use of languages other than English or French at work. Employment rates for immigrants and Canadian born increased between 2001 and 2006, particularly [...]
Share StatCan release – Employment in Vancouver reached 1,104,800 in 2006, a gain of 11.0% from 2001, acording to the latest census data. This was faster than the 9.6% growth rate from 1996 to 2001. Of the three largest census metropolitan areas (CMA), i.e. Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver, Vancouver had the highest employment growth between [...]
Share StatCan release – New data from the 2006 Census reveal that British Columbia and Alberta led the way in employment growth between 2001 and 2006. Over the five-year period, the 1.7% annual average national employment growth rate was surpassed only in Alberta (2.9%), BC (2.1%) and the three territories. BC added 208,800 workers between [...]
Share CIV, StatCan – In Vancouver CMA, just over four out of 10 residents (41%) are allophones, compared with 38% in 2001. Of these allophones, 332,000, or 38%, have a Chinese language as their mother tongue. People with Chinese as their mother tongues have the highest percentage of them speaking neither English nor French, among [...]
Share Profile of Vancouver CMA StatCan release – The population of foreign-born people in the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Vancouver increased five times faster than its Canadian-born population between 2001 and 2006, according to the census. The census counted 831,300 foreign-born people in the Vancouver CMA, up about 92,700 from 2001. Between the two [...]
Share StatCan release – Canadians reported more than 200 languages in response to the census question on mother tongue. TOP LANGUAGES CENSUS 2006 1 English 18,232,200 2 French 6,970,405 3 Italian 476,905 4 Chinese – all other dialects 467,235 5 German 466,655 6 Panjabi (Punjabi) 382,585 7 Chinese – Cantonese 369,645 8 Spanish 362,120 9 [...]
Share StatCan release – New data from the 2006 Census reveal that the proportion of Canada’s population who were born outside of the country reached its highest level in 75 years. The census enumerated 6,186,950 foreign-born persons in Canada in 2006. They represented virtually one in five (19.8%) of the total population, the highest proportion [...]
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