Visible minorities: The 2001 Census provides information on the characteristics of people in Canada who are members of a visible minority, as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour". Under this definition, regulations specify the following groups as visible minorities: Chinese, South Asians, Blacks, Arabs, West Asians, Filipinos, Southeast Asians, Latin Americans, Japanese, Koreans and other visible minority groups, such as Pacific Islanders.
Visible minority not included elsewhere: Includes respondents who reported a single write-in response indicating a Pacific Islander group (e.g., Fijian or Polynesian) or another single write-in response likely to be a visible minority group (e.g., Guyanese, West Indian).
Multiple visible minority: Includes respondents who reported more than one visible minority group.
Census metropolitan area: Area consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities situated around a major urban core. To form a census metropolitan area, the urban core must have a population of at least 100,000.
View definitions for 2001 Census Metropolitan Areas: St.
John's , Halifax
, Saint
John , Saguenay
, Québec
, Sherbrooke
, Trois-Rivières
, Montréal
, Ottawa–Gatineau
Ontario–Quebec , Ottawa–Gatineau
(Quebec part) , Ottawa–Gatineau
(Ontario part) , Kingston
, Oshawa
, Toronto
, Hamilton
, St.
Catharines–Niagara , Kitchener
, London
, Windsor
, Sudbury,
Thunder
Bay , Winnipeg
, Regina
, Saskatoon
, Calgary
, Edmonton
, Abbotsford
, Vancouver
, Victoria
