Ethnic Diversity by CensusMapper
Based on Canada Census 2021
This map shows the probability that two random people belong to different ethnic groups. People of indigenous identity are treated as non-visible minority in this data, also consider the modified version of this map that breaks out Indigenous identity as a separate group.
A diversity index of 0 means that all people in the area belong to the same ethnic group. The highest possible index of 0.92 corresponds to a perfect mix of ethnic groups, with equal the proportion of each ethnic group in the region. We greyed out areas where we detected large amounts of statistical or privacy-preserving rounding. Compare this to the corresponding map based on 2016 data and based on 2011 data.
As always, our maps are Canada-wide. Use the search bar, zoom and pan around to explore different regions of Canada.
Ethnic Groups
The Canadian Census distinguishes between the following visible minorities that were used to make the map. For the purpose of the map we treated each one of the as their own separate ethnic group.
- Not a visible minority
- South Asian
- Chinese
- Black
- Philippino
- Latin American
- Arab
- Southeast Asian
- West Asian
- Korean
- Japanese
- Visible minority, n.i.e.
- Multiple visible minorities
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- Visible Minority Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Ethnic Diversity (Canada Census 2021)
- Immigrant Generation (Canada Census 2021)
- Movers 5 (Canada Census 2021)
- Composition of Movers (Canada Census 2021)
- Religion (Canada Census 2021)
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- 👻Haunted Houses👻 (Canada Census 2021)
- Trick-or-Treat Onslaught (Canada Census 2021)
- Trick-or-Treat Density (Canada Census 2021)
- Age of Household Maintainer (Canada Census 2021)
- Unacceptable housing (Canada Census 2021)
- Core Housing Need (Canada Census 2021)
- Unsuitable Housing (Canada Census 2021)
- Rent poor (Canada Census 2021)
- House poor (Canada Census 2021)
- High Shelter Cost (Canada Census 2021)
- Mother tongue linguistic diversity index (Canada Census 2021)
- Low Income Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Top vs bottom adjusted income decile (Canada Census 2021)
- P90/P10 ratio on adjusted after-tax household income (Canada Census 2021)
- Gini coefficients (Canada Census 2021)
- Median Income Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Change in "unoccupied" dwellings 2016-2021 (Canada Census 2021)
- Dwelling types (Canada Census 2021)
- Household size (Canada Census 2021)
- Low Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Population Change 2011 - 2016 (Canada Census 2016)
- Components of Population Change (Canada Census 2021)
- Population Density (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied Dwellings (by "usual residents") (Canada Census 2016)
- Housing Types, occupied (Single & Duplex, Mid and Highrise, Other) (Canada Census 2016)
- Median Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Average Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Renter Households (Canada Census 2016)
- Single Detached Dwellings (Canada Census 2016)
- Active Transportation to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Transit to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Trick-or-Treat Onslaught (Canada Census 2016)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 2016)
- Households Qualifying to Buy Median Dwelling (Canada Census 2011)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 2011)
- Net Migration by Age Groups (Canada Census 2011, Canada Census 2016)
- Toddler Density (Canada Census 2016)
- Non-Primary Residence Surprise (2011/2016 Canada Census)
- Absolute Population Change 2011 - 2016 (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied Dwellings (by "usual residents") (Canada Census 2011)
- Child Poverty (Canada Census 2011)
- Local Affordability (Canada Census 2011)
- Income Tax (Canada Census 2011)
- Unsuitable Housing (Canada Census 2011)
- Hidden Mortgage (Canada Census 2011)
- Shelter Cost Higher than Income (Canada Census 2011)
- Unoccupied Dwellings (by "usual residents") (Canada Census 2021)
- Bedroom diversity index (Canada Census 2021)
- Adjusted Family Income Brackets (Canada Census 2021)
- Empty Bedrooms (Canada Census 2021)
- Canadian (Canada Census 2021)
- Secondary suite density (Canada Census 2021)
- Main mode of transport to work (Canada Census 2021)
- Household type (Canada Census 2021)
- Population density (Canada Census 2001)
- Tenure main mode (Canada Census 2021)
- Time leaving for work (Canada Census 2021)
- Time leaving for work (Canada Census 2021)
- Rural vs Urban (Canada Census 2021)
- Instruction in minority official language (Canada Census 2021)
- Work and Live in Same Municipality (Canada Census 2021)
- Mode share (Canada Census 2021)
- Active Transportation to Work (Canada Census 2021)
- Bike to Work (Canada Census 2021)
- Public Transit to Work (Canada Census 2021)
- Walk or Bike to Work (Canada Census 2021)
- Occupation groups (Canada Census 2021)
- Work from home (Canada Census 2021)
- Population Change 2016-2021 (Canada Census 2021)
- Visible Minority Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Ethnic Diversity (Canada Census 2021)
- Ethnic Diversity (including Indigenous) (Canada Census 2021)
- Immigrant Generation (Canada Census 2021)
- Immigrants (Canada Census 2021)
- Non-permanent residents (Canada Census 2021)
- Movers 5 (Canada Census 2021)
- Composition of Movers (Canada Census 2021)
- Religion (Canada Census 2021)
- No religion (Canada Census 2021)
- Visible Minority (Canada Census 2021)
- 👻Haunted Houses👻 (Canada Census 2021)
- Trick-or-Treat Onslaught (Canada Census 2021)
- Trick-or-Treat Density (Canada Census 2016)
- 👻Haunted Houses👻 (Canada Census 2016)
- Trick-or-Treat Density (Canada Census 2021)
- Local affordability (Canada Census 2021)
- Mortgage free owner households (Canada Census 2021)
- Condominium (Canada Census 2021)
- Comfortable owners (Canada Census 2021)
- The comfortably housed (Canada Census 2021)
- Running Shelter Cost to Income (Canada Census 2021)
- Local Affordability (Canada Census 2016)
- Multigenerational households (Canada Census 2021)
- Number of household maintainers (Canada Census 2021)
- Age of Household Maintainer (Canada Census 2021)
- Bedroom density (Canada Census 2021)
- High-income households (Canada Census 2021)
- Rent (and utilities) (Canada Census 2021)
- Tenants in subsidized housing (Canada Census 2021)
- Subsidized housing (Canada Census 2021)
- More than one person per room (Canada Census 2021)
- Empty Bedrooms (Canada Census 2016)
- Unacceptable housing (Canada Census 2021)
- Core Housing Need (Canada Census 2021)
- Dwellings in Need of Major Repairs (Canada Census 2021)
- Unsuitable Housing (Canada Census 2021)
- Unsuitable Housing (Canada Census 2016)
- Rent poor (Canada Census 2021)
- House poor (Canada Census 2021)
- High Shelter Cost (Canada Census 2021)
- Owner Households in Core Housing Need (Canada Census 2021)
- Renter Households in Core Housing Need (Canada Census 2021)
- Renter Households (Canada Census 2021)
- Seniors (Canada Census 2021)
- Mother tongue linguistic diversity index (Canada Census 2021)
- Neither English nor French (Canada Census 2021)
- Low Income Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Population change explorer (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Population density explorer (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Toddler density (Canada Census 2021)
- Stork arrived? (Canada Census 2021)
- Top vs bottom adjusted income decile (Canada Census 2021)
- P90/P10 ratio on adjusted after-tax household income (Canada Census 2021)
- Gini coefficients (Canada Census 2021)
- Median Income Explorer (Canada Census 2021)
- Change in "unoccupied" dwellings 2016-2021 (Canada Census 2021)
- Movers and new construction (Canada Census 2016)
- Dwelling types (Canada Census 2021)
- Naive household size (Canada Census 2021)
- Household size (Canada Census 2021)
- Low Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Household Maintainer Rates (Canada Census 2016)
- Population Change 2011 - 2016 (Canada Census 2016)
- Components of Population (in private households) Change (Canada Census 2011, Canada Census 2016)
- Components of Population Change (Canada Census 2021)
- Absolute Population Change 2016-2021 (Canada Census 2021)
- Change in dwellings (Canada Census 2021)
- Change in (naive) household size (Canada Census 2021)
- Change in Households 2016-2021 (Canada Census 2021)
- Population Density (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied dwellings (by type) (Canada Census 2016, StatCan Census 2016 xtab via CMHC)
- 🇨🇦 Canadian Citizens 🇨🇦 (Canada Census 2016)
- Children under 15 timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Population change 1971 - 2016 (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Boomers vs Milennials (Canada Census 2016)
- Bike to Work (Canada Census 1996)
- Bike to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Population Density (Canada Census 1996)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 1996)
- Unoccupied Dwellings (by "usual residents") (Canada Census 2016)
- Subsidized Housing (Canada Census 2016)
- Composition of Movers (Canada Census 2016)
- Composition of movers (Canada Census 2001)
- Housing Types (Single & Duplex, Mid and Highrise, Other) (Canada Census 2016, StatCan Census 2016 xtab via CMHC)
- Housing Types, occupied (Single & Duplex, Mid and Highrise, Other) (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied dwellings (Canada Census 2011, StatCan Census 2011 xtab via CMHC)
- Unoccupied dwellings (Canada Census 2016, StatCan Census 2016 xtab via CMHC)
- Unoccupied dwellings (Canada Census 2006, StatCan Census 2006 xtab via CMHC)
- Unoccupied dwellings (Canada Census 2001, StatCan Census 2001 xtab via CMHC)
- Generations (Canada Census 2016)
- 25 to 44 year olds timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Seniors timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Bike to work timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Driver to work timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Transit to work timeline (Census 1971-2016 custom tab DOI: 10.5683/SP2/QNO5JG)
- Time leaving for work (Canada Census 2016)
- Born In Province of Residence (Canada Census 2011)
- 25 to 39 Year Olds Living With Parents (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied (by usual residents) 2001 (Canada Census 2001)
- Bike to Work (Canada Census 2001)
- Non-Immigrants Born Outside Province of Residence (Canada Census 2011)
- Median Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Average Income Explorer (Canada Census 2016)
- Stork arrived? (Canada Census 2016)
- Change in household size (Canada Census 2016, Canada Census 2011)
- Walk to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Bike or Walk to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- 20 to 29 Year Olds Living With Parents (Canada Census 2016)
- Bike or Walk to Work (Canada Census 2006)
- Croatian origin 🇭🇷 (Canada Census 2016)
- ☘Irish Ancestry☘ (Canada Census 2016)
- Movers 5 (Canada Census 2016)
- Rent Poor (Canada Census 2011)
- Rent Poor (Canada Census 2006)
- Rent Poor (Canada Census 2016)
- House Poor (Canada Census 2016)
- Renter Households (Canada Census 2016)
- Families and Unattached Individuals vs Households (Canada Census 2016)
- Single Detached Dwellings (Canada Census 2016)
- Active Transportation to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Transit to Work (Canada Census 2016)
- Commute Duration (Canada Census 2016)
- Work and Live in Same Municipality (Canada Census 2016)
- After Tax Household Income Gini Coefficient (Canada Census 2016)
- Income Brackets (Canada Census 2016)
- Visible Minority (Canada Census 2016)
- Ethnic Diversity (Canada Census 2016)
- Trick-or-Treat Onslaught (Canada Census 2016)
- Age of Household Maintainer (Canada Census 2016)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 2016)
- Dwellings in Need of Major Repairs (Canada Census 2016)
- Commute Cost vs Shelter Cost Tradeoffs (Canada Census 2011)
- Empty bedrooms (Canada Census 2011)
- Components of Population Change (Canada Census 2011, Canada Census 2016)
- Chinese as Mother Tongue (Canada Census 2016)
- Single Detached and Duplex (Canada Census 2016)
- People per Household (Canada Census 2016)
- Households Qualifying to Buy Median Dwelling (Canada Census 2011)
- Composition of Movers (Canada Census 2011)
- Composition of Migrants (Canada Census 2011)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 2011)
- Net Migration by Age Groups (Canada Census 2011, Canada Census 2016)
- Toddler Density (Canada Census 2016)
- Non-Primary Residence Surprise (2011/2016 Canada Census)
- Population Density (Canada Census 2011)
- Married vs Common Law (Canada Census 2011)
- Absolute Population Change 2011 - 2016 (Canada Census 2016)
- Unoccupied Dwellings (by "usual residents") (Canada Census 2011)
- Child Poverty (Canada Census 2011)
- Local Affordability (Canada Census 2011)
- Income Tax (Canada Census 2011)
- Unsuitable Housing (Canada Census 2011)
- Hidden Mortgage (Canada Census 2011)
- Immigrants (Canada Census 2011)
- Poor People (Canada Census 2011)
- Renter Households (Canada Census 2011)
- 🇨🇦 Canadian Citizens 🇨🇦 (Canada Census 2011)
- Poor People (Canada Census 2006)
- House Poor (Canada Census 2011)
- Shelter Cost Higher than Income (Canada Census 2011)
- Aboriginal Identity (Canada Census 2011)
- Components of Origin (Canada Census 2011)
- Median Commute Duration (Canada Census 2011)
- Shelter Cost Higher than Income (Canada Census 2006)
- Local Affordability (Canada Census 2006)
- Active Transportation (Canada Census 2006)
- Transit (Canada Census 2006)
- High Shelter Costs (Canada Census 2006)
- House Poor (Canada Census 2006)