Variable: Derived Visible Minority/Ethnic Origin (43)

DVisMin OE (43) Derived Visible Minority/Ethnic Origin (43)

Definition 2:

This variable provides a distribution of the total population based on a top-down approach using the 2001 Census population group question (Q.19) as the primary data source.
The categories of this derived variable were specified by representatives of the Centres of Excellence
on the Metropolis Project National Data Committee, in consultation with Statistics Canada.
The derived variable lists the visible minority groups first (see the note on the population group question for further information).
Responses that are not classified as visible minority groups are shown next, disaggregated according to responses to the Aboriginal identity (Q.18) and Ethnic Origin (Q.17) questions in the 2001 Census.
There is no double counting of respondents in this derived variable. Respondents who provided more than one ethnic origin in the 2001 Census are counted only once.
It should be noted that respondents who provided a multiple ethnic origin response including Canadian and another ethnic origin are aggregated with single responses of the other ethnic origin. For example in this table the category "German" includes single responses of "German" as well as multiple responses of "Canadian and German". (see the accompanying footnotes for more information).
Because of the how this variable is constructed, therefore, users should be aware that the counts of the specific ethnic groups and categories shown (for example German or Northern European origins) will not be comparable with published counts in standard 2001 Census products.


Stubset:

1.        Total population
    2.        Total visible minority population
        3.        Black
            4.        Black with Caribbean ethnic origins*¹
        5.        South Asian
        6.        Chinese
        7.        Korean
        8.        Japanese
        9.        Southeast Asian
            10.      Southeast Asian with Vietnamese ethnic origin*²
        11.      Filipino
        12.      Arab/West Asian
        13.      Latin American
        14.      Visible minority, nie*³
            15.      Visible minority, nie with Caribbean ethnic origin*⁴
        16.      Multiple visible minority
    17.      All others - persons not in visible minority population
        18.      Aboriginal identity & Aboriginal ethnic origin*⁵
        19.      All others - excluding the Aboriginal population
            20.      Arab or West Asian origins*⁶
            21.      Latin, Central and South American origins*⁷
            22.      African origins*⁸
            23.      Caribbean origins*⁹
            24.      East Asian, South Asian & Southeast Asian origins*¹⁰
            25.      British Isles origins*¹¹
            26.      French origins*¹²
            27.      Canadian single origins
            28.      British Isles and French*¹³
            29.      British Isles and/or French and other origins*¹⁴
            30.      European origins*¹⁵
                31.      German
                32.      Dutch
                33.      Other Western European origins
                34.      Northern European origins*¹⁶
                35.      Ukrainian
                36.      Polish
                37.      Other Eastern European origins
                38.      Italian
                39.      Portuguese
                40.      Other Southern European origins
                41.      Jewish
                42.      Other European single & multiple origins
            43.      Other single & multiple origin(s)

*¹ Includes persons who belong to the Black visible minority group (Q.19) and who reported a single or multiple Caribbean ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17).

*² Includes persons who belong to the Southeast Asian visible minority group (Q. 19) and who reported Vietnamese single ethnic origin, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17).

*³ Includes persons who reported a single write-in response indicating a Pacific Islander group (for example, Fijian or Polynesian) or another single write-in response likely to be a visible minority group (for example, Guyanese, Mauritian, South American or West Indian).

*⁴ Includes persons who belong to the "Visible minority, n.i.e." visible minority group (Q. 19) and who reported a single or multiple Caribbean ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17).

*⁵ Includes persons who reported "Yes" to Aboriginal Identity (Q.18), as well as persons who reported "No" to Q. 18 but who provided a single or multiple Aboriginal ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17).

*⁶ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple Arab or West Asian ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17). This includes persons who may have reported White and Arab/West Asian population group or White only population group (Q.19).

*⁷ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple Latin, Central or South American ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17). This includes persons who may have reported White and Latin American population group (Q.19) or White only population group.

*⁸ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple African ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17). This includes persons who may have reported White population group (Q.19).

*⁹ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple Caribbean ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17). This includes persons who may have reported White population group (Q.19).

*¹⁰ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple East Asian or Southeast Asian ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17) as well as persons who reported a single or multiple
South Asian ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian (Q.17). This includes persons who may have reported White population group (Q.19).

*¹¹ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple British Isles ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian ethnic origin (Q.17).

*¹² Includes persons who reported a single responses of French or Acadian or a multiple response of French and Acadian, with or without Canadian.

*¹³ Includes persons who reported multiple responses in the ethnic categories: "British Isles and French", and "British Isles, French and Canadian".

*¹⁴ Includes persons who reported multiple responses in the ethnic categories: "British Isles and Other"; "French and Other"; "British Isles, French and Other"; "British Isles, Canadian and Other"; "French, Canadian and Other"; and "British Isles, French, Canadian and Other".

*¹⁵ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple European ethnic origin only, with or without Canadian (Q.17).

*¹⁶ Includes persons who reported a single or multiple Northern European origin only, with or without Canadian (Q.17). Northern European origins include Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic and Scandinavian, n.i.e.