igration ▁has ▁been ▁similarly ▁st agn ant ▁( 3 . 6 % ▁and ▁ 3 . 3 % ▁of ▁total ▁imm igr ant ▁population , ▁respectively ). ▁The ▁black ▁population ▁of ▁V ancouver ▁is ▁rather ▁sc ant ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁other ▁Canadian ▁major ▁cities , ▁making ▁up ▁ 0 . 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁Hog an ' s ▁Al ley , ▁a ▁small ▁area ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Ch in at own , ▁just ▁off ▁Main ▁Street ▁at ▁Prior , ▁was ▁once ▁home ▁to ▁a ▁significant ▁black ▁community . ▁The ▁neighbourhood ▁of ▁Str ath con a ▁was ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁Jewish ▁community . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁less ▁than ▁ 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁belonged ▁to ▁a ▁visible ▁minor ity ▁group . ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁this ▁proportion ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁ 5 2 %. ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁di as por a ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁the ▁largest ▁non - B rit ish ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁Irish ▁and ▁German , ▁followed ▁by ▁Sc and in av ian , ▁Italian , ▁Ukrain ian ▁and ▁Chinese . ▁From ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 s ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁many ▁Portuguese ▁imm igr ants ▁came ▁to ▁V ancouver ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁had ▁the ▁third - larg est ▁Portuguese ▁population ▁in ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Eastern ▁Europe ans , ▁including ▁Rus si ans