‘Visible minorities’ to rise rapidly in Canada
March 10, 2010 08:30 am
“Between now and 2031, the foreign-born population of
As well, the number of Canadian-born children and grandchildren of immigrants is expected to “increase rapidly,” it said.
Sustained immigration, combined with “slightly higher fertility and a younger age structure” could nearly double the proportion of visible minorities reported by a 2006 census to up to 32 percent of the population.
Up to 28 percent of Canadians could be foreign-born -- the highest level ever, the government agency said.
By 2031, nearly one-half (46 percent) of Canadians aged 15 and over would be foreign-born, or would have at least one foreign-born parent.
The changing face of the nation would be most striking in its largest cities
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The number of Chinese Canadians is projected to grow also, to around 3.0
million. But as Chinese women have one of the lowest fertility rates in
Black and Filipino populations, which were the third and fourth largest visible minority groups in 2006, meanwhile, could also double in size.
And Arab and West Asian groups could more than triple.