"... the Arabs and Latin Americans are visible minorities who recorded the fastest growth in Quebec. The Census of 2006 counted 109.000 Arabs, an increase of 48.6% over 2001, and 89.500 American, an increase of 50.4%. Arabs make up 16.7% of the visible minority population of Quebec, the second most important, and Latin Americans, representing 13.7% of the population of visible minorities, ranked third in that matter. "
" Latin Americans in Quebec ... mostly born abroad, mostly come from South America and Central America. About a third (32.5%) of foreign-born Latin Americans have immigrated to Canada between 2001 and 2006. Colombia, El Salvador, Peru and Mexico are the main source countries of Latin Americans. "
(My translation)
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My comment: beyond what is interesting about these data, the obvious question for many Latin American immigrants is "we are a visible minority?". In many individual cases, this can considered as well. But in general we can speak of the Colombians, Peruvians or Mexicans as a visible minority population?
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