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A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 10 - Visible minority groups, 2006 Percent distribution of persons living in poverty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Montreal | Toronto | Vancouver | |
| Total visible minority population living in poverty | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Chinese | 24% | 12% | 22% | 51% |
| South Asian | 20% | 13% | 28% | 13% |
| Black | 18% | 27% | 19% | 3% |
| Arab | 8% | 21% | 3% | 1% |
| Latin American | 6% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Korean | 5% | 1% | 5% | 11% |
| West Asian | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Southeast Asian | 4% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Filipino | 4% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
| Multiple visible minority | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Japanese | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
n.i.e. means 'not included elsewhere'.
Visible minority population: Refers to the visible minority group to which the respondent belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour'.
Note: Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's after-tax low income cut-offs (LICOs). The LICOs are only available for persons in private households in the ten provinces. That means the data presented above does not include residents of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, persons living on Indian reserves and residents of institutions.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2009. Special tabulation, based on 2006 Census. Calculations by the National Council of Welfare.