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 The population reporting Aboriginal identity reached nearly 1 million in 2001.
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| One third of the Aboriginal population is under age 15, compared with 19% of the non-Aboriginal population. |
| More than one in five Aboriginal people moved in the year before the 2001 Census. |
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| The proportion of foreign-born was the highest in 70 years, at 18% of the total population in 2001. |
| The People's Republic of China was the leading country of birth among immigrants of the 1990s. |
| Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal attracted almost three-quarters of 1990's immigrants. |
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| The visible minority population reached 4 million in 2001, a three-fold increase over 1981. |
| The Chinese were the largest visible minority group, its numbers surpassing 1 million. |
| Over 200 ethnic groups were reported in 2001. |
