Based on these numbers from StatsCan, you might want to consider publishing JOBcasts in a language other than English.
… few countries have a larger proportion of foreign-born than Canada.
… thus, from 1986 to 2006, the immigrant population went from 3.9 million to 6.2 million, accounting for respectively 15.6% and 19.8% of the Canadian population.
… the proportion of immigrants in Canada could reach slightly over 22% by 2017.
… between 1981 and 2001, the number of persons belonging to a visible minority group almost quadrupled, from 1.1 million to approximately 4.0 million.
… in 2017, the visible minority population would reach 7.1 million, representing approximately one Canadian in five.
… in the 2001 Census, the Chinese population numbered more than 1 million, making this visible minority
group the largest in Canada. South Asians and the black population ranked respectively second and third
with 941,000 and 671,000 individuals.… nevertheless, the visible minority groups that might increase the most rapidly between now and 2017 are
West Asians, Koreans and Arabs, with their populations increasing by 150%, 120% and 118% respectively.
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StatsCan Canadian Demographics at a Glance
StatsCan Ethnic Diversity and Immigration
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