Ontario Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Visible minorities and Indigenous peoples === {{prose|date=July 2023}} {{Main|Demographics of Ontario#Visible minorities and Aboriginals}} In 2021, 34.3% of the population consisted of [[visible minorities]] and 2.9% of the population was [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]], mostly of [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] and [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] descent. There was also a small number of [[Inuit]] in the province. The number of Indigenous people and visible minorities has been increasing at a faster rate than the general population of Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang%3DE%26Geo1%3DPR%26Code1%3D35%26Data%3DCount%26SearchText%3DOntario%26SearchType%3DBegins%26SearchPR%3D01%26A1%3DAll%26B1%3DAll%26GeoLevel%3DPR%26GeoCode%3D35 |title=NHS Profile, Ontario, 2011 |access-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703072838/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Ontario&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=35 |archive-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Indigenous population (Canada 2021 Census)<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00051209034&SearchText=halifax |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610051651/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00051209034&SearchText=halifax |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" | Population group!! Population !! % |- | colspan="2" | ''[[European Canadian|European]]''{{notetag|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}} || ''8,807,805'' || ''62.8%'' |- | rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group|| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] || 1,515,295 || 10.8% |- | [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] || 820,245 || 5.8% |- | [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 768,740 || 5.5% |- | [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 363,650 || 2.6% |- | [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 284,215 || 2.0% |- | [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] || 249,190 || 1.8% |- | [[Southeast Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]] || 167,845 || 1.2% |- | [[West Asian Canadians|West Asian]] || 212,185 || 1.5% |- | [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 99,425 || 0.7% |- | [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 31,420 || 0.2% |- | Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}} || 124,120 || 0.9% |- | [[Multiracial people|Multiple visible minorities]] || 181,025 || 1.3% |- | colspan="2" | ''Total visible minority population'' || ''4,817,360'' || ''34.3%'' |- | rowspan="5" | [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]] group||[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations (North American Indian)]]|| 251,030 || 1.8% |- |[[Métis]]|| 134,615 || 1.0% |- |[[Inuit|Inuk (Inuit)]]|| 4,310 || 0.0% |- | Multiple Indigenous responses || 7,115 || 0.1% |- | Indigenous responses {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}} || 9,515 || 0.1% |- | colspan="2" |''Total Indigenous population''||''406,585''||''2.9%'' |- | colspan="2" |'Total population'||'14,031,750'||'100.0%' |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page