Chinese Canadians - According to Stats Canada Over one million and growing 1,029,395 – the number of Chinese living in Canada in 2001, up from 626,435 just ten years earlier and 17,312 a century ago. They also accounted for 3.5% of the total population in 2001, up from 2.3% a decade earlier. Chinese represented just over one-quarter of the visible minority population in 2001. Source: Canadian Social Trends, Spring 2005, (11-008-XIE), “Chinese Canadians: Enriching the cultural mosaic”. Future population 1.8 million – the projected population of Chinese in Canada by 2017. Toronto’s population could be home to over 735,000 Chinese, about 40% of all Chinese in Canada. Vancouver’s could reach 591,000, about 33% of Chinese in Canada. Source: The Daily, March 22, 2005, “Study: Canada’s visible minority population in 2017”. Provincial and territorial breakdown 481,505 –the number of Chinese living in Ontario in 2001, highest among the provinces and territories and second only to the South Asian community among visible minority groups in Ontario. British Columbia had the second highest number of Chinese residents with 365,490. Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba also had large Chinese communities in 2001. 9.4% – the percentage of the population of British Columbia who were of Chinese descent in 2001, the highest proportion among the provinces and territories. Ontario followed B.C. with 4.3%. Sources: 2001 Census: Data, Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada. See also 2001 Census: Analysis series, Ethnocultural portrait, Visible minority population, “Chinese largest visible minority group”. Most live in big cities 409,530 – the number of Chinese living in Toronto in 2001. Vancouver had the next largest Chinese community with 342,665, followed by Montréal at 52,110, Calgary with 51,850 and Edmonton at 41,290. Eight in 10 Chinese in Canada called either Toronto, Vancouver or Montréal home in 2001. 40% – the percentage of the Chinese population in Canada who live in Toronto. One-third, or about 33% of all Chinese living in Canada call Vancouver home. A further 14% live in either Montréal, Calgary or Edmonton. 17% – the percentage of the total population of Vancouver who were of Chinese descent in 2001, up from 9% a decade earlier. In Toronto, Chinese represented 9% of the population, up from 6% a decade earlier. Although immigration is the main source of population growth, Chinese have settled in Canada for over 150 years. In fact, 25% of Chinese are born in Canada. Sources: 2001 Censusata, Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada; Canadian Social Trends, Spring 2005, (11-008-XIE), “Chinese Canadians: Enriching the cultural mosaic”. Chinese better educated than the general population 31% – nearly one-third of Chinese, whether foreign-born or Canadian-born, had a university education in 2001, almost double the rate of 18% among the general population. About 16% of prime working age Chinese, that is, those aged 25 to 54, worked in natural and applied sciences occupations in 2001, which was more than twice the share for the general population. Source: Canadian Social Trends, Spring 2005, (11-008-XIE), “Chinese Canadians: Enriching the cultural mosaic”. Frequent trips to and from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan 115,000 – the number of overnight trips from Hong Kong to Canada in 2004, up from 87,000 the year before, when a series of SARS outbreaks curtailed travel. Hong Kong was the eighth most important overseas market for travel to Canada in 2004, followed by Taiwan in 10th place and China at 11th. Combined, visitors from all three countries took 316,000 overnight trips in Canada in 2004. The number of overnight trips from China more than tripled in the last dozen years. 162,000 – the number of overnight visits Canadian residents made to China in 2004, making it the 10th most popular travel destination for Canadians. Hong Kong ranked 12th. Sources: The Daily, May 27, 2005, “Characteristics of international travellers”; The Daily, May 28, 2003, “Characteristics of international travellers”. China an increasingly important trading partner $6.6 billion – the amount of dollars worth of merchandise that Canada exported to China in 2004, up 38.8% from a year earlier. Organic chemicals, metals and minerals accounted for nearly one-third of all Canadian goods exported to China in 2004. Canada’s energy exports to China doubled, entirely the result of an increase in coal shipments. $24.1 billion – the amount in dollars that Canada imported from China in 2004, up 29.7% from 2003. China is now Canada’s second largest trading partner after the United States. Goods from China represented almost 6% of Canada’s imports in 2003, compared with only 2% in 1995. Sources: The Daily, August 16, 2005, “Study: Canada-Chinese merchandise trade reconciliation”; The Daily, June 16, 2005, “Study: Canada’s trade and investment with China”. For information on this page or help finding more data, contact Media Relations.
gah, i should note this isnt actually about 'CBC's its about chinese canadians in general, dunno what i was writing
^If ONLY Canada had food that was even half as good as what you get in HK, I'd be happy. And as it stands, I don't see where people even get that idea, that Canada is almost like HK. Also, what's up with all the Stephy love? It's like everyone has her pic in their avatar or sig. And I thought I was the only one who diggs her.-bigclap
