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63.6% Burnaby’s residents
self-identified as visible minorities.
Source: 2016 Census
8.7% of Burnaby's recent immigrants
are refugees.
Source: 2016 Census
54% of Burnaby's labour force
are immigrants.
Source: 2016 Census
66.6% of Burnaby's recent immigrants
spoke non-official languages most often at home in 2016, notably more than 62.1% of Metro Vancouver’s recent immigrants.
Source: 2016 Census
Burnaby was home to the fourth-largest
immigrant population (115,145) in the Metro Vancouver Region, representing 11.6% of Metro Vancouver’s immigrant population.
Source: 2016 Census
10% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
were unemployed in 2015, significantly higher than their Canadian born counterparts (6.5%).
Source: 2016 Census
62.4% of Burnaby's 16,065 recent immigrants
arrived under the economic class, similar to Metro Vancouver’s regional levels (63%).
Source: 2016 Census
26.2% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
worked in the retail trade, and the accommodation and food services sectors in 2015.
Source: 2016 Census
66.0% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
were between the ages of 15 and 44 when arriving Canada.
Source: 2016 Census
In 2016 56.4% of recent immigrants
aged 25 to 64 had a bachelor's degree or higher, up from 54.9% in 2011.
Source: 2016 Census
In 2015 35.6% of the recent
immigration population age 15 and over were in the low income bracket, down from 41.8% in 2010.
Source: 2016 Census
39.8% of Burnaby’s total population
spoke English only as their mother tongue, notably lower (14%) than Metro Vancouver’s regional level of 54.0%.
Source: 2016 Census
In 2016 Immigrants represented
50% of Burnaby's total population - that's 115,145 people.
Source: 2016 Census
232,080 residents
lived in Burnaby in 2015.
Source: 2016 Census
44.4% Of Burnaby's recent
immigration population came from China and the Philippines.
Source: 2016 Census
15.7% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
spoke non-official languages at work.
Source: 2016 Census
30.5% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
spoke Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese n.o.s. combined) most often at home.
Source: 2016 Census
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