VISIBLE ETHNICITY IN TORONTO
The following table compares percentage, total, and 2001-2006 growth rate of visible ethnicities in the City and Census Metropolitan Area of Toronto. Although the figures are calculated from Statistics Canada census data, they have been modified slightly to group Arabs and West Asians as well as to group Chinese, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Korean, and Japanese respondents under the category of "East Asian". (click column headers to sort data)
| Ethnicity | % City | T City | R City | % CMA | T CMA | R CMA |
| White |
56.8 |
1394300 |
|
62.7 |
2915110 |
|
| East Asian |
17.2 |
0421390 |
|
14.1 |
0656815 |
|
| South Asian |
10.3 |
0253920 |
|
10.2 |
0473810 |
|
| Black |
08.3 |
0204075 |
|
06.7 |
0310500 |
|
| Arab/West Asian |
02.4 |
0059560 |
|
02.1 |
0095810 |
|
| Latin American |
02.2 |
0054350 |
|
01.6 |
0075915 |
|
| Aboriginal |
00.5 |
0011370 |
|
00.4 |
0020300 |
|
| Other |
01.5 |
0037985 |
|
01.4 |
0066455 |
|
| Multiple |
00.8 |
0019855 |
|
00.7 |
0033240 |
|
VISIBLE ETHNICITY BY DIVISION
The following table compares percentages of visible ethnicities in the City of Toronto by division - calculated from Statistics Canada 2001 census data.
| Ethnicity | Toronto | North York | Scarborough | Etobicoke | York | East York |
| White |
69.3 |
53.0 |
39.6 |
64.9 |
60.3 |
63.7 |
| East Asian |
15.4 |
19.5 |
25.0 |
07.3 |
10.8 |
11.9 |
| South Asian |
04.7 |
09.0 |
17.9 |
11.7 |
04.7 |
14.9 |
| Black |
05.3 |
08.7 |
10.2 |
09.2 |
14.4 |
03.9 |
| Arab/West Asian |
01.3 |
04.2 |
02.5 |
02.2 |
01.0 |
02.0 |
| Latin American |
01.9 |
03.2 |
01.0 |
02.2 |
05.8 |
00.9 |
| Aboriginal |
00.7 |
00.2 |
00.4 |
00.4 |
00.7 |
00.8 |
| Other |
00.8 |
01.6 |
02.4 |
01.5 |
01.7 |
01.2 |
| Multiple |
00.7 |
00.8 |
01.1 |
00.6 |
00.7 |
00.7 |
CANADIAN COMPARISON: CMAs OF 1,000,000+
The following table compares percentages of visible ethnicities in Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas of one million inhabitants or more - calculated from Statistics Canada 2001 census data.
| Ethnicity | Toronto | Montreal | Vancouver | Ottawa | Calgary | Edmonton |
| White |
62.7 |
86.1 |
61.2 |
84.6 |
80.2 |
80.9 |
| East Asian |
14.1 |
03.4 |
24.4 |
04.4 |
09.4 |
07.5 |
| South Asian |
10.2 |
01.7 |
08.4 |
02.1 |
03.9 |
03.1 |
| Black |
06.7 |
04.1 |
00.9 |
03.6 |
01.4 |
01.5 |
| Arab/West Asian |
02.1 |
02.3 |
01.4 |
02.7 |
01.2 |
01.2 |
| Latin American |
01.6 |
01.6 |
01.0 |
00.7 |
00.9 |
00.8 |
| Aboriginal |
00.4 |
00.3 |
01.9 |
01.3 |
02.3 |
04.4 |
| Other |
01.4 |
00.2 |
00.2 |
00.3 |
00.2 |
00.2 |
| Multiple |
00.7 |
00.2 |
00.6 |
00.3 |
00.4 |
00.3 |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON: SELECTED CITIES
The following table compares percentages of visible ethnicities in the City of Toronto to selected primary and similarly sized cities in Toronto's cultural spectrum - calculated from Statistics Canada, US Census Bureau, UK National Statistics, and Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 census data.
| Ethnicity | Toronto | New York | London | Chicago | Sydney | Houston |
| White |
56.8 |
44.7 |
71.2 |
42.0 |
0 |
49.3 |
| East Asian |
17.2 |
07.7 |
02.7 |
03.5 |
0 |
04.3 |
| South Asian |
10.3 |
02.1 |
10.2 |
00.9 |
0 |
01.0 |
| Black |
08.3 |
26.6 |
10.9 |
36.8 |
0 |
25.3 |
| Arab/West Asian |
02.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Latin American* |
02.2 |
27.0 |
0 |
26.0 |
0 |
37.4 |
| Aboriginal |
00.5 |
00.5 |
0 |
00.4 |
01.1 |
00.4 |
| Other |
01.5 |
13.5 |
03.5 |
13.6 |
0 |
17.1 |
| Multiple |
00.8 |
04.9 |
03.2 |
02.9 |
0 |
03.1 |
*the U.S. Census Bureau catalogs Hispanics of any race (Mexican, Dominican, Spanish, etc), and therefore "Latin American" figures may overlap with other ethnicities.