Population and Ethnicity
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1901 | 2,249 | — |
| 1911 | 30,213 | +1243.4% |
| 1921 | 34,432 | +14.0% |
| 1931 | 53,209 | +54.5% |
| 1941 | 57,389 | +7.9% |
| 1951 | 71,319 | +24.3% |
| 1961 | 112,141 | +57.2% |
| 1971 | 139,469 | +24.4% |
| 1981 | 162,613 | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 179,178 | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 180,404 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 178,225 | −1.2% |
| 2006 | 179,246 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 193,100 | +7.7% |
| Canada 2006 Census | Population | % of Total Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visible minority group |
South Asian | 1,945 | 1.1 |
| Chinese | 3,330 | 1.9 | |
| Black | 2,125 | 1.2 | |
| Filipino | 1,220 | 0.7 | |
| Latin American | 960 | 0.5 | |
| Southeast Asian | 1,230 | 0.7 | |
| Other visible minority | 1,610 | 0.9 | |
| Total visible minority population | 12,420 | 7 | |
| Aboriginal group |
First Nations | 9,265 | 5.2 |
| Métis | 6,855 | 3.9 | |
| Inuit | 25 | 0 | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 16,530 | 9.3 | |
| White | 147,965 | 83.7 | |
| Total population | 176,915 | 100 | |
The Canada 2006 Census indicates Regina's ethnic configuration to be, in order of size:
|
1. German 2. English 3. Scottish |
4. Irish 5. Ukrainian 6. French |
7. Aboriginal 8. Polish 9. Norwegian |
although actually the third largest constituency was, by numbers of respondents, undifferentiated "Canadian," indicating perhaps mixed ethnic background (though other explanations of this identification present themselves) and confirming the perception that Reginans in large number, like other western Canadians, do not particularly distinguish among themselves as to ethnicity.
There are considerable difficulties with the ethnic configuration of Regina suggested by the Census. German is, apparently, by far the largest ethnic constituency but that contemplates separating persons of British Isles antecedents into English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Manx and other British Isles ancestries. The identification of undifferentiated "Canadian" is unexplained and "American" is anomalously offered as an ethnicity. The anachronistic designation "East Indian" refers to persons of Indian extraction rather than properly so-called East Indians and excludes Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankan, Nepalese and others from the Subcontinent.
In absolute numbers of Aboriginal population, Regina ranks seventh among Census Metropolitan Areas in Canada with an "Aboriginal-identity population of 15,685 (8.3% of the total city population), of which 9,200 were First Nations, 5,990 Métis, and 495 other Aboriginal."
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