| Visible minority group | Canadian-born | Before 1961 | 1961 to 1970 | 1971 to 1980 | 1981 to 1990 | 1991 to 2000 | 2001 to 2006 | Non-permanent residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage | ||||||||
| Not a visible minority | 89 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Japanese | 55 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Black | 43 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2.8 |
| Southeast Asian | 29 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 2.3 |
| Arab | 29 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 3.5 |
| South Asian | 29 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 1.6 |
| Chinese | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 2.7 |
| Filipino | 22 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 18 | 5.9 |
| Latin American | 21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 6.1 |
| West Asian | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 29 | 2.4 |
| Korean | 14 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 15.7 |
| Total Visible minority | 28.8 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 13.2 | 25.0 | 16.8 | 3.5 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. | ||||||||