Douglas Todd: “Visible minority” now meaningless term in Metro Vancouver, Toronto
New Canadian census data reveals the term “visible minority” has become virtually meaningless across Metro Vancouver.
The region’s five largest municipalities now have fewer whites than people of colour, which means Caucasians are a “visible minority” in Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam and the city of Vancouver.
The 2016 Canadian census data on ethnicity and immigration, released Wednesday, also shows the foreign-born population of Metro Vancouver has risen to
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