The latest census numbers show that as of 2021, about 15% of 麻豆社国产identify as a visible minority, while immigrants make up 20% of the town's population.
On Oct. 26, Statistics Canada released its latest dataset from its 2021 surveys, this time revealing ethnic, immigrant and language information about the town's population.
While the federal government has multiple different methods of defining the census area of the town, the results being discussed here are those that fall within the formal municipal boundaries of the District of Squamish.
The findings show that while the town has grown in population, the proportional number of people identifying as visible minorities is similar.
Back in 2016, that number was about 2,800, which was about 14% — roughly one percentage point below what was recorded in 2021.
This number, however, does not include the town's Indigenous population, as the census does not classify people with that ancestry as visible minorities.
The number of people identifying themselves as Indigenous has slightly dropped; 920 people identified themselves as Indigenous in the latest census, while there were 950 back in 2016.
Immigration data shows that most immigrants in 麻豆社国产were born in Europe. Folks from Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Africa are, in that order, the next most likely to arrive in town.
People were also asked to identify their ethnic or cultural origins, and the most common answers, from ascending to descending order, were English, Scottish, Irish, Canadian and German.
In terms of the most common languages spoken in town, English is by far the most known tongue. About 23,000 people in 麻豆社国产say they can speak the language conversationally.
French is next at about 3,100, then Punjabi at about 1,300, followed by Spanish at 1,000 and German at 565.
