Top ridings by group
For those interested in groups that form a significant portion of the population in ridings, these comparative tables for visible minorities, ethnic ancestry, language most often spoken at home, Indigenous peoples and religious minorities may be of interest. All data is from the 2016 census, save for religious minorities which dates from the 2011 National Household Survey.
In general, a threshold of 10 percent of the population or more has been chosen, with lower or higher percentages where appropriate.
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Visible minorities
VM Ridings Arab 5 percent (20 ridings)
VM Ridings Black 10 percent (21 ridings)
VM Ridings Chinese 10 percent (37 ridings)
VM Ridings Filipino 10 percent (9 ridings)
There are no ridings where Japanese form more than three percent
VM Ridings Korean 5 Percent (3 ridings)
VM Ridings Latin American 5 percent (7 ridings)
VM Ridings SE Asian 5 percent (4 ridings)
VM Ridings South Asian 10 percent (47 ridings)
VM Ridings West Asian 5 percent (8 ridings)
VM Ridings VisMin 20 percent (134 ridings)
Ethnic ancestry, largest European, non-founding (excludes Indigenous peoples, British Isles, French, Canadian and Canadian provinces), single and multiple
EO Ridings Dutch 5 percent (75 ridings)
EO Ridings Dutch 10 percent (10 ridings)
EO Ridings German 20 percent (41 ridings)
EO Ridings Italian 10 percent (26 ridings)
EO Ridings Norwegian 5 percent (18 ridings)
EO Ridings Polish 5 percent (60 ridings)
EO Ridings Portuguese 5 percent (8 ridings)
EO Ridings Russian 5 percent (17 ridings)
EO Ridings Spanish 3 percent (6 ridings)
EO Ridings Swedish 4 percent (5 ridings)
EO Ridings Ukrainian 10 percent (35 ridings)
Language most often spoken at home (single), indicator of those more likely to follow ethnic media (5 percent or more)
Language most often spoken at home: Mandarin
Language most often spoken at home: Cantonese
Language most often spoken at home: Punjabi
Language most often spoken at home: Arabic
Language most often spokenat home: German
Language most often spoken at home: Persian
Language most often spoken at home: Tamil
12 other languages are spoken at home between five to ten percent of the population : Italian, Spanish, Cree, Tagalog, Inuktitut, Portuguese, Russian, Bengali, Korean, Polish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
The following table lists the languages and ridings (less than five ridings for each language:
Other languages most often spoken at home – less than 5 ridings – None more than 10%
Indigenous
Religious minorities (2011 NHS)
RM Ridings Aboriginal 1 percent (23 ridings, only 1 greater than 5 percent)
RM Ridings Buddhist 5 percent (12 ridings)
RM Ridings Hindu 5 percent (23 ridings)
RM Ridings Jewish 5 percent (14 ridings)
RM Ridings Muslim 5 percent (69 ridings)
RM Ridings Muslim 10 percent (24 ridings)
RM Ridings Sikh 5 percent (20 ridings)
Multicultural Meanderings 