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The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 1,425,715 persons or 29.0 percent of the total population of British Columbia. [ 4 ] Immigrants in British Columbia by country of birth
Hence, the term visible minority is used here in contrast to the overall Canadian population which remains predominantly of European descent. In Metro Vancouver, at the 2021 census, 54.5% of the population were members of non-European ethnic groups, 43.1% were members of European ethnic groups, and 2.4% of the population identified as Indigenous.
Highest % immigrants: Richmond, British Columbia, 60.3% [10] Lowest % immigrants: Bay Roberts, ... Immigrant population, with less than high school education:
Pamphlet advertising for immigration to Western Canada, c. 1910. Population growth in the Northwest Territories, and then the Western provinces, picked up when the Canadian government passed the Dominion Lands Act in 1872 to encourage the settlement of the Canadian Prairies, and to help prevent the area from being claimed by the United States. [10]
[48] [49] As of 1908 there were about 5,179 persons of Indian origin in Canada, primarily Punjabi settlers all concentrated in British Columbia forming 1.6 percent of the provincial population at the time, [50] [46] [47] of which many of whom would ultimately migrate south to the United States, [51] with some heading back to British India or ...
Immigrant population: 474,530: United States: 2,410 Central and South America: ... A majority of the Indo-Fijian immigrants have settled in British Columbia and ...
The main driver of population growth is immigration, [8] [9] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [10] or about 2.5 million people. [11] Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew by 1.7 million people, with immigrants accounting for two-thirds of the increase.
Australian immigrant population, by place of residence and period of immigration Period of immigration Province/territory of residence Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2016 Total Australian immigrant population Alberta: 870 320 425 275 425 1,065 3,360: British Columbia: 3,180 675 1,060 730 1,055 1,925 ...