Issue 12 | 2018
Community Reflections Immigration, visible minorities, and language in the CMA an s i o h W t"? n a r g i "Imm ?'Immigrant' refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group.?* * Source: 2016 Census Dictionary, "Immigrant", Statistics Canada, 2016. * Source: 2016 Census Profiles, Saint John Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Statistics Canada, 2016
Top 5 Cou n t r ies of Or igin : Living in the City of Saint John
Living in Rothesay
Living in Quispamsis
Living in Hampton
Living in Grand Bay-Westfield
Un it ed Kin gdom (1340)
42.5%
15.3%
20.5%
4.1%
6.0%
Un it ed St at es (875)
46.9%
10.3%
18.9%
5.7%
6.3%
Ch in a (680)
78.7%
8.1%
13.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Sou t h Kor ea (450)
40.0%
23.3%
34.4%
2.2%
0.0%
Syr ia (345)
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Cou n t r y (Popu lat ion in t h e CM A)
* Source: 2016 Census Profiles, Saint John Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Statistics Canada, 2016
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Visible M in or it y Popu lat ion (%) According to Statistics Canada and the Employment Equity Act 'visible minority' includes "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour." * Source: 2016 Census Dictionary, "Visible Minority", Statistics Canada, 2016.
Visible minority
Canada
NB
Saint John (CMA)
Saint John (City)
Quispamsis
Rothesay
Hampton
Grand Bay - Westfield
22.3%
3.4%
4.8%
7.0%
3.5%
3.8%
1.4%
1.3%
Source: 2016 Census Profiles, Saint John Census Metropolitan Area, Statistics Canada, 2016
Lan gu ages in t h e CM A The Saint John CMA is located in the only officially bilingual province in Canada. While 15.1% of the population in the CMA are bilingual the vast majority only speak English. In the Saint John CMA 96.1% of the population indicated that English is the language most often spoken at home.
* Source: 2016 Census Profiles, Saint John Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Statistics Canada, 2016
Lan gu age m ost of t en spoken at h om e
Community Reflections is a publication of the Saint John Human Development Council in Saint John, New Brunswick.
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