Mailing Address:
HUSITA8
c/o Polestar Meeting Group Inc.
284 Withrow Avenue,
Toronto, ON, Canada M4J 1B7
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a world within a city
one of the most
diverse in the world!
Toronto, with a population of 2.48
million people ( 5 million in the GTA - Greater Toronto Area ) is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities
in the world and is ranked as the safest large metropolitan area in North America by Places Rated Almanac. Over 100
languages and dialects are spoken here, and over one third of Toronto residents speak a language other than English
at home.
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43 per cent of Toronto's
population (1,051,125 people) reported themselves as being part of a visible minority, up from 37 per cent
(882,330) in 1996.
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 the top four visible
minority groups in Toronto were:
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Chinese at 259,710 or 10.6 per
cent of our population
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South Asian at 253,920 or 10.3
per cent
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Black at 204,075 or 8.3 per
cent
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Filipino at 86,460 or 3.5 per
cent
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49 per cent of Toronto's
population was born outside of Canada, up from 48 per cent in 1996
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new immigrants to Toronto
since 1991 number 516,635, representing 21 per cent of our population.
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fully one in five Toronto
residents arrived in this country during the 1990s
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one in four children between 5
and 16 in the City of Toronto are new immigrants having arrived between 1991 and 2001
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while the City of Toronto had
48.7 per cent of the GTA's population in 2001, we were home to:
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57.8 per cent of all GTA
immigrants (1,214,625)
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64.4 per cent of all new
immigrants that arrived in the GTA during the 1990s (516,635)
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60.4 per cent of all GTA
residents identified as belonging to a visible minority (1,051,125)
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Toronto has 79 ethnic
publications
Aboriginal Peoples
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Toronto's reported
Aboriginal population is 11,370, up from the 9,895 reported in 1996.
Visible Minorities:
Across Canada there has been a three-fold increase since 1981 in people who identify themselves as visible
minorities - up from 1.1 million in 1981 to almost 4 million in 2001. "Visible minority" is defined by
Statistics Canada as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in
colour". in 2001 three-quarters of immigrants who came to Canada during the 1990s were members of visible
minority groups.
Ethnic Origin
Regardless of where people were born, or when they came to Canada, everyone reports on their ethnic background or
heritage. Respondents are permitted to report more than one ethnic origin if appropriate and this is happening more
frequently. People more likely to report multiple origins include those from European backgrounds whose ancestors
have lived in Canada for several generations. In general, groups with a more recent history in Canada were more
likely to report single responses. Looking only at single ethnic origins, the most prevalent backgrounds in the City
of Toronto other than the British Isles are:
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Chinese at 242,920 - a 16 per
cent increase over 1996
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Italian at 138,715 - a decline
of 13 per cent
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East Indian at 133,670 - a 25
per cent increase
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Filipino at 76,405 - a 31 per
cent increase
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Portuguese at 75,800 - a 5 per
cent decline
Source: www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_facts/index.htm
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Summer 2007 in Toronto, Canada
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