Visible minority households make up an increasing Most visible minority households are immigrant-led share of immigrant households households Generally, the more recently an immigrant household arrived in Canada, In 2001, 87.0% of visible minority households were immigrant the more likely it was to be a visible minority. [...] Households in Canada 98.7% At 7%, a significant proportion of visible minority households chose Visible Minority Households 81.9% Non- Visible Minority Households to live as multiple-families, some six times the percentage of non- 71.7% 66.7% 69.9% 56.1% visible minority households that were comprised of multiple families 43.9% 33.3% (see Table 4). [...] Households in Canada Visible minority and non-visible minority households had similar Visible Minority Households proportions of couple family households (59.0% and 58.5%, respectively). [...] Households in Canada As with households in general, of the three household standards, visible minority groups with the highest rates of recent immigration, finding affordable housing was the most frequent challenge faced by also had the highest likelihoods of falling below the affordability visible minority households. [...] Households in Canada Visible minority households are almost twice as likely With respect to suitability, visible minority households were eight times to be in core housing need as likely to be living in crowded conditions and core housing need In 2001, 24.1% of visible minority households were in core (at 9.7%) as that of non-visible minority households (at 1.2%).