Visible minorities accounted for 42.9% or 2,174,100 of the population in Toronto (Census Metropolitan Area), according to the 2006 Census. The largest visible minority groups in Toronto were South Asian (684,100), Chinese (486,300), Black (352,200), and Filipino (172,000).
The census metropolitan area (CMA) of Toronto had the largest proportion of visible minorities among all CMAs in Canada. 94.0% of the visible minority population in Toronto (CMA) lived in one of six municipalities: the City of Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Richmond Hill, or Vaughan. The municipalities of Markham and Brampton had the highest proportion of visible minorities within the Toronto CMA.
Markham: 65.4% visible minorities
The municipality of Markham, Ontario had the highest percentage (65.4%) of visible minorities in Canada, surpassing the visible minority percentage of Richmond, British Columbia (65.1%). The two largest visible minority groups in Markham are Chinese (89,300) and South Asian (45,000).
Brampton: 57.0% visible minorities
The municipality with the second-highest proportion of visible minorities within the Toronto CMA was Brampton, Ontario, with 57.0% visible minorities. The largest visible minority groups in Brampton were South Asian (136,800) and Black (53,300).
Visible minorities made up 49.0% of Mississauga, 46.9% of the City of Toronto, and 45.7% of Richmond Hill.
Sources:
- Statistics Canada. 2007. 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007.
- Statistics Canada. 2008. Canada’s Ethnocultural Mosaic, 2006 Census. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-562-X. Ottawa. Released April 2, 2008.
Restructure! 
April 4, 2008 at 11:58 am
What do you think of the UN’s claim that the term “visible minority” is discriminatory?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/03/08/canada-minorities.html
April 4, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Heh, I already blogged about this: United Nations is racially colorblind, and thinks that Canadian term “visible minorities” is racist.
September 16, 2009 at 3:48 pm
the term ‘visible minority’ just an indication how people are so much into skin color. In a society like this where skin color plays the largest role while choosing your mate. and generalizing a group like if ur color is black n ur female then ur more masculine, if ur color is yellow then ur a nerd………, isnt multiculturism sux.
February 27, 2011 at 11:26 am
Markham: Individuals who are not part of a visible minority: 34.6.
Brampton: Individuals who are not part of a visible minority: 43.0
Obviously they are in the minority, so what, then, are they: invisible?
I think the way we talk about race needs to change as “europeans” (read whites), for the first time since Native Americans still outnumbered them, become minorities in this country.