Social inclusion indicators for Canada's ethnocultural groups: Discrimination and victimization
Welcome to the Data visualization tool — Social inclusion indicators for Canada's ethnocultural groups: Discrimination and victimization. The customizable graphs present social inclusion indicators that can be disaggregated by various racialized groups (visible minorities) and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households.
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Data
The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following listed data tables:
- Table 43-10-0059-01 Perceptions of police performance and personal safety satisfaction, by visible minority and selected characteristics
- Table 43-10-0061-01 Experience(s) of discrimination, reason(s) and context(s) of discrimination 5 years before and since the beginning of COVID‑19 pandemic, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
- Table 43-10-0066-01 Vote in the last federal, provincial and municipal elections, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
Additional information
The Data visualization tool — Social Inclusion indicators for Canada's ethnocultural groups: Discrimination and victimization is part of a conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool that is accessible on the page Data visualization tools — Social Inclusion indicators for Canada's ethnocultural groups.
These themes are participation in the labour market, representation in decision-making positions, civic engagement and political participation, basic needs and housing, health and well-being, education and skills development, income and wealth, social connections and personal networks, local community, public services and institutions, and discrimination and victimization.
The framework, the indicators and the visualization tools are products released by the Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics that aim to support Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy by providing evidence. Over 120 indicators can be used to examine various socioeconomic facets of visible minorities which are being referred to as "racialized population" in analytical and communication products at Statistics Canada.
Definitions, concepts and geography
In 2021 Census analytical and communications products, the term "visible minority" has been replaced by the terms "racialized population" or "racialized groups," reflecting the increased use of these terms in the public sphere. For technical reasons the term "visible minority" is used in this data visualization tool. The data displayed in this visualization tool are measured from the standard census variable of visible minority.
Visible minority refers to whether a person is a visible minority or not, as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour." The visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese.
For data quality reasons or to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act, the category of "West Asian," "Korean," "Japanese," "Visible minority not included elsewhere," and "Not specified" are included in "Total — Visible minority" and "Total visible minority population," but not available as an option of selection in the drop-down menu for the data from the 2020 Social General Survey on Identity of this data visualization tool.
Gender
The results from the 2020 General Social Survey — Social Identity, included the individuals in the category "Non-binary person," as well as non-responses are included in the "Total, 15 years and over," but not displayed for data quality reasons or to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act. For more information on the "Gender" variable, please consult the Age, Sex at Birth and Gender Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.
Geography
In this data visualization tool, the social inclusion indicators can be disaggregated at the Canada level.
Definitions
- Police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity and motivated by religion
- These two indicators measure the number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity and religion, depending on the indicators during the reference period.
- Experience(s) of discrimination, 5 years before and since the beginning of COVID‑19 pandemic
- These two indicators present the percentage of respondents who reported that they experienced discrimination for any reason. Discrimination is defined as treating people differently, negatively or adversely because of their race, culture, age, gender, religion, or other characteristics. The World Health Organization declared the COVID‑19 outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The percentages of the indicators are calculated including non-response categories ("Refusal," "Don't know," and "Not stated") in the denominator.
- Reason(s) of discrimination, 5 years before COVID‑19 pandemic and since the beginning of COVID‑19 pandemic
- These two series of five indicators present the percentage of respondents who reported that they experienced discrimination for each of the following reasons: ethnicity or culture, race or colour, religion and language. The World Health Organization declared the COVID‑19 outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The percentages of the indicators are calculated including non-response categories ("Refusal," "Don't know," and "Not stated") in the denominator.
- Context(s) of discrimination, 5 years before COVID‑19 pandemic and since the beginning of COVID‑19 pandemic
- These two series of four indicators present the percentage of respondents who reported that they experienced discrimination for each of the following contexts: at work or when applying for a job or a promotion; when dealing with the police; in a store, bank or restaurant and when attending school or classes. The World Health Organization declared the COVID‑19 outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The percentages of the indicators are calculated including non-response categories ("Refusal," "Don't know," and "Not stated") in the denominator.
- Satisfied with personal safety from crime
- This includes persons who indicated being "Very satisfied" or "Satisfied" with their personal safety from crime. The other possible answers were: "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied," "Dissatisfied," "Very dissatisfied" and "No opinion." "Don't know" and "Refusal" responses were not allowed.
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Reference guide on social inclusion indicators for Canada's ethnocultural groups
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