News Bulletin May 16, 2013
National Household Survey 2011 Data Release #1:
Aboriginal Peoples, Immigration and Ethno-cultural Diversity Statistics Canada released the first set of data figures of the 2011 National Household Survey on May 8, 2013. The release included the topics of Aboriginal peoples, and immigration and ethno-cultural diversity. The following are highlights of the results for the census subdivision of Hamilton, Ontario.
Aboriginal Peoples Growth in Aboriginal population:
Aboriginal Identity Population
10, 320 people in Hamilton reported Hamilton, Ontario had an Aboriginal identity in 2011, 10,320 7,625 6,270 representing approximately 2% of the total population (Aboriginal identity 2001 2006 2011 refers to whether the person reported Source: Statistics Canada, being an Aboriginal person, and/or being a Registered or Treaty Censuses and NHS Indian and/or being member of a First Nation or Indian Band).
The Aboriginal identity population has grown almost 65% in the past ten years.
Aboriginal population growth is driven by youth:
In general, the Aboriginal population in Canada is younger than the non-Aboriginal population. In Hamilton, Aboriginal children aged 14 and under represented 28.7% of the total Aboriginal population, while non-Aboriginal children aged 14 and under accounted for 16.5% of the nonaboriginal population.
Immigration and Ethno-cultural Diversity Hamilton has a slightly less concentration of immigrants than Ontario:
Almost a quarter of Hamilton’s population was foreign born in 2011, compared to 28.5% of Ontario’s population.
Recent immigrants (those who came to Canada between 2006 and 2011) made up almost 12% of the immigrants in Hamilton.
Toronto is a magnet for immigrants, home to 35% of immigrants living in Ontario
% of Total Population
Percentage of Non-Immigrants and Immigrants Hamilton and Ontario, 2011 80 60 Hamilton
40
Ontario
20 0 Non-Immigrants
Immigrants
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 NHS