>Minorities to rise significantly by 2031 >About one-third

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>Minorities to rise significantly by 2031

>About one-third of Canada's population — up to 14.4 million people — will be a non-white by 2031, Statistics Canada projects.

>The country's foreign-born population is also expected to rise to as much as 28 per cent, about four times faster than the rest of the population, the Statistics Canada study projects.

>The projections suggest that whites will become the minority in Toronto and Vancouver over the course of the next three decades.

>South Asians, including Indians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankans, are expected to make up the largest visible minority group, at 28 per cent, thanks in part to high fertility rates, the study projected.

>The proportion of Chinese-Canadians, who have one of the lowest fertility rates in Canada, is expected to decrease from 24 to 21 per cent.

>The vast majority of visible minorities — 71 per cent — are projected to live in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal, building on a trend that has seen immigrants move to urban centres in large numbers.