Bhangra Nation has also taken the time to accumulate statistics for corporate review concerning Bhangra Nation and South Asian.
South Asian Market
South Asians surpass Chinese as the largest visible minority group in 2006. The populations of both were well over 1million.
The 2006 Census enumerated an estimated 1,262,900 individuals who identified themselves as South Asian, a growth rate of 37.7% from 917,100 individuals in 2001. They represented one-quarter (24.9%) of all visible minorities, or 4.0% of the total population in Canada.
In contrast, the number of individuals who identified themselves as Chinese increased 18.2% from 1,029,400 in 2001 to 1,216,600 in 2006. Chinese accounted for 24.0% of the visible minority population and 3.9% of the total Canadian population. The number of those identifying themselves as Black, the third largest visible minority group, rose 18.4% from 662,200 individuals in 2001 to an estimated 783,800. They accounted for 15.5% of the visible minority population and 2.5% of the total population in 2006.
Other visible minority groups included Filipinos, who represented 8.1% of the visible minority population, Latin Americans (6.0%), Arabs (5.2%), Southeast Asians (4.7%), West Asians (3.1%), Koreans (2.8%) and Japanese (1.6%).
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080402/d080402a.htm
"about 73% of the new immigrants into Canada settle mostly in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal"
South Asians Statistics by District
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.
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).
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).
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Bhangra Nation Statistics
* Largest South Asian Bhangra event in the world. * Largest South Asian Bhangra organization in the world. * Exposure to over 75% of South Asians in Canada. * Advertisement and sponsored by 85% of the South Asian media across Canada . * All events sold out event(s) for 10 consecutive years. * Financial support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council. * 100% annual repeat by corporate sponsors.