Variable: Visible Minority Groups (15E)

Visible Minority Groups (15E)

Definition 1:

Population Group
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to the population group to which the respondent belongs.

Stubset:

1.    Total labour force by visible minority groups*¹
    2.    Total visible minority population
        3.    Black
        4.    South Asian
        5.    Chinese
        6.    Korean
        7.    Japanese
        8.    Southeast Asian
        9.    Filipino
        10.  Arab
        11.  Latin American
        12.  Visible minority, n.i.e.*²
        13.  Multiple visible minorities*³
        14.  West Asian
    15.  All others*⁴ 

*¹:
Footnote 1:
Population Group
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to the population group to which the respondent belongs.

Footnote 2:
The 1991 visible minority data were derived from other 1991 Census questions such as Ethnic Origin, Religion, Place of Birth and Language questions. In 1996 and 2001, a direct question was asked, called the Population Group question, from which counts of visible minorities were derived.

*² Includes respondents who reported a write-in response classified as a visible minority such as "Polynesian", "Guyanese", "Mauritian", etc.

*³ Includes respondents who reported more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in circles, e.g. "Black" and "South Asian".

*⁴ Includes respondents who reported "Yes" to Question 18 (Aboriginal self-reporting) as well as respondents who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.