Yellowknife - City, Northwest Territories, Canada - Citizenship, immigrant status, minority and aboriginal population



Citizenship

Canadian citizens
Total: 17,655
This city:

95.4%
Territory:

97.4%
Male: 8,975
This city:

95.9%
Northwest Territories:

97.7%
Female: 8,685
This city:

94.9%
Territory:

97.1%
Canadian citizens under age 18
Total: 4,790
Here:

25.9%
Territory:

29.0%
Male: 2,400
This city:

25.7%
Territory:

28.8%
Female: 2,385
This city:

26.1%
Northwest Territories:

29.2%
Canadian citizens age 18 and over
Total: 12,865
This city:

69.5%
Territory:

68.4%
Male: 6,570
Here:

70.2%
Territory:

68.9%
Female: 6,295
Here:

68.8%
Northwest Territories:

67.8%
Not Canadian citizens
Total: 855
This city:

4.6%
Territory:

2.6%
Male: 375
This city:

4.0%
Northwest Territories:

2.3%
Female: 480
Here:

5.2%
Territory:

2.9%

Generation status

This city Generation Status

1st generation
Total: 2,195
This city:

15.2%
Northwest Territories:

9.3%
Male: 1,100
Here:

15.0%
Territory:

9.3%
Female: 1,090
This city:

15.3%
Territory:

9.4%
2nd generation
Total: 1,825
Here:

12.6%
Northwest Territories:

9.5%
Male: 920
This city:

12.5%
Territory:

9.5%
Female: 910
This city:

12.7%
Northwest Territories:

9.6%
3rd generation or more
Total: 10,465
This city:

72.2%
Northwest Territories:

81.1%
Male: 5,325
This city:

72.5%
Northwest Territories:

81.2%
Female: 5,135
Here:

71.9%
Territory:

81.0%

Immigration details

Total visible minority population
Total: 1,830
Here:

9.9%
Territory:

5.5%
Male: 875
This city:

9.4%
Northwest Territories:

5.1%
Female: 955
Here:

10.4%
Territory:

5.9%
Aboriginal identity population
Total: 4,105
This city:

22.2%
Territory:

50.3%
Male: 1,835
Here:

19.6%
Territory:

48.5%
Female: 2,275
This city:

24.8%
Territory:

52.1%

This city Minority Population

Chinese
Total: 250
Here:

13.7%
Northwest Territories:

13.9%
Male: 135
Here:

15.4%
Territory:

15.9%
Female: 115
Here:

12.0%
Territory:

12.6%
South Asian
Total: 135
Here:

7.4%
Territory:

9.3%
Male: 65
Here:

7.4%
Northwest Territories:

9.8%
Female: 65
Here:

6.8%
Territory:

8.8%
Black
Total: 310
Here:

16.9%
Territory:

16.6%
Male: 160
This city:

18.3%
Northwest Territories:

17.8%
Female: 155
Here:

16.2%
Northwest Territories:

15.5%
Filipino
Total: 575
This city:

31.4%
Northwest Territories:

30.7%
Male: 260
This city:

29.7%
Northwest Territories:

27.6%
Female: 315
This city:

33.0%
Territory:

33.1%
Latin American
Total: 70
Here:

3.8%
Territory:

3.8%
Male: 40
Here:

4.6%
Territory:

3.7%
Female: 35
Here:

3.7%
Territory:

3.8%
Southeast Asian
Total: 340
This city:

18.6%
Territory:

15.7%
Male: 150
This city:

17.1%
Territory:

14.5%
Female: 190
Here:

19.9%
Northwest Territories:

16.7%
Arab
Total: 45
This city:

2.5%
Northwest Territories:

3.8%
Male: 25
This city:

2.9%
Territory:

4.7%
Female: 15
This city:

1.6%
Northwest Territories:

2.9%
West Asian
Total: 35
This city:

1.9%
Territory:

1.8%
Male: 20
Here:

2.3%
Territory:

1.9%
Female: 10
Here:

1.0%
Northwest Territories:

1.3%
Korean
Total: 10
This city:

0.5%
Territory:

0.7%
Multiple visible minority
Total: 30
This city:

1.6%
Territory:

1.8%
Male: 10
This city:

1.1%
Territory:

1.9%
Female: 15
This city:

1.6%
Territory:

1.7%
Non-immigrants
Total: 16,155
Here:

87.3%
Northwest Territories:

92.5%
Male: 8,170
Here:

87.3%
Territory:

92.6%
Female: 7,985
This city:

87.2%
Northwest Territories:

92.5%
Immigrants
Total: 2,140
Here:

11.6%
Northwest Territories:

6.8%
Male: 1,060
This city:

11.3%
Territory:

6.8%
Female: 1,075
Here:

11.7%
Northwest Territories:

6.9%
Non-permanent residents
Total: 215
This city:

1.2%
Northwest Territories:

0.6%
Male: 120
This city:

1.3%
Northwest Territories:

0.6%
Female: 95
This city:

1.0%
Territory:

0.6%

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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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