Visible Minority

Visible minorities are “persons other than Aboriginal peoples who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour”. In the study area, there is a large proportion of people who are of visible minority status. While around 40% of the residents in the study area are of visible minority status, only 20% of the entire City’s population are visible minorities. Notably, 61% of residents living in Census Tract 29 have identified themselves as visible minorities, meaning that the majority of people residing in this area are of visible minority status.

Within the visible minority population living in the study area, Chinese people make up the biggest proportion, taking up 29% of all visible minority populations in the region. South Asian, black, Arab, and Southeast Asian people also represent significant populations in the four Census Tracts. Similarly, the top five visible minorities of the City of Windsor are Arab, Black, South Asian, Chinese, and Filipino. There is no majority-minority within both the study area and the City as a whole, which means that there is not a large portion of any single group that dominates by making up over 50 % of the visible minority population. The composition of the visible minorities strongly suggests that both the study area and the City are highly diverse.