Cities with the largest percentage of visible ethnic groups
editAll of this information is from the 2011 National Household Survey
The only cities accounted for are those with over 100,000 people.
Aboriginal
editAboriginal Canadians are those of Inuit, Metis or First Nations descent, and of course a mix of them as well.
City | Province | % | Pop. over 500,000 |
---|---|---|---|
Winnipeg | Manitoba | 11.7% | Yes |
Regina | Saskatchewan | 9.9% | No |
Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 9.8% | No |
Thunder Bay | Ontario | 9.5% | No |
Greater Sudbury | Ontario | 8.2% | No |
First Nations
editFirst Nations people are a group of the indigenous peoples of Canada
City | Province | % | Pop. over 500,000 |
---|---|---|---|
Thunder Bay | Ontario | 7.3% | No |
Winnipeg | Manitoba | 5.9% | Yes |
Regina | Saskatchewan | 5.8% | No |
Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 4.9% | No |
Greater Sudbury | Ontario | 4.0% | No |
Metis
editMetis people are group of Aboriginal Canadians who are of mixed Native and European heritage.
City | Province | % | Pop. over 500,000 |
---|---|---|---|
Winnipeg | Manitoba | 6.3% | Yes |
Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 4.6% | No |
Great Sudbury | Ontario | 4.0% | No |
Regina | Saskatchewan | 3.9% | No |
Edmonton | Alberta | 2.7% | Yes |
Arab
editArab Canadians are those who have ancestors from the Arab World
City | Province | % | Pop. over 500,000 |
---|---|---|---|
Montreal | Quebec | 6.4% | Yes |
Windsor | Ontario | 5.5% | No |
Laval | Quebec | 3.8% | No |
Ottawa | Ontario | 3.7% | Yes |
Mississauga | Ontario | 2.5% | Yes |
Black
editBlack Canadians are those who are racially black, their ancestors would have came from Sub-Saharan Africa, but people from places like Jamaica are also considered black, as their ancestors come from Africa as well.
City | Province | % | Pop. over 500,000 |
---|---|---|---|
Ajax | Ontario | 16.0% | No |
Brampton | Ontario | 12.4% | No |
Montreal | Quebec | 9.1% | Yes |
Toronto | Ontario | 8.5% | Yes |
Mississauga | Ontario | 6.2% | Yes |
Whitby | Ontario | 6.2% | No |