Wed, March 23, 2005
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Minorities change the face of Toronto
STATSCAN SEES VERY DIFFERENT CITY BY 2017
[/size]By SARAH GREEN, TORONTO SUN
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2005/03/23/23tor2.jpgAsians, like this group on Spadina Ave., make up the fastest growing group of Toronto's population, according to population projections released yesterday by Statistics Canada. By 2017, more than half of the city's people are expected to be members of visible minorities. - Fred Thornhill, SUN
MORE THAN half of Toronto's faces will be those of visible minorities by 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary. According to Statistics Canada projections released yesterday, there will be 2.8 million to nearly 3.9 million visible minorities living in the country's largest city 12 years from now. Overall, Toronto will have 6.3 million to 7.1 million residents by then.
South Asians -- the fastest growing minority group in the 2001 census -- will see their numbers rise to more than 1 million in Toronto, followed by the Chinese at 735,000.
In the 2001 census -- the most recent numbers available -- 36.8% of Toronto's residents were visible minorities, up from 25.8% in 1991.
All told, one in five people living in Canada -- about 6.3 million to 8.5 million or 20% -- will be a member of a visible minority in 2017.
IMMIGRATION IS KEY
-- those from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- will catch up to the Chinese in 2017 with each group numbering around 1.8 million.
More than half of Canada's South Asians and 40% of the Chinese will be living in Toronto.
The black population will be the third largest visible minority, reaching 1 million.
LOOK OF THE CITY IN 2017
TORONTO population by visible minority group according to one of several Statistics Canada scenarios, ranked by projected size.
1. SOUTH ASIAN
- 2001: 488,000
- 2017: 1,267,700
2. CHINESE
- 2001: 420,700 - 2017: 898,600
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Minorities change the face of Toronto
STATSCAN SEES VERY DIFFERENT CITY BY 2017
[/size]By SARAH GREEN, TORONTO SUN
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2005/03/23/23tor2.jpgAsians, like this group on Spadina Ave., make up the fastest growing group of Toronto's population, according to population projections released yesterday by Statistics Canada. By 2017, more than half of the city's people are expected to be members of visible minorities. - Fred Thornhill, SUN
MORE THAN half of Toronto's faces will be those of visible minorities by 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary. According to Statistics Canada projections released yesterday, there will be 2.8 million to nearly 3.9 million visible minorities living in the country's largest city 12 years from now. Overall, Toronto will have 6.3 million to 7.1 million residents by then.
South Asians -- the fastest growing minority group in the 2001 census -- will see their numbers rise to more than 1 million in Toronto, followed by the Chinese at 735,000.
In the 2001 census -- the most recent numbers available -- 36.8% of Toronto's residents were visible minorities, up from 25.8% in 1991.
All told, one in five people living in Canada -- about 6.3 million to 8.5 million or 20% -- will be a member of a visible minority in 2017.
IMMIGRATION IS KEY
-- those from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- will catch up to the Chinese in 2017 with each group numbering around 1.8 million.
More than half of Canada's South Asians and 40% of the Chinese will be living in Toronto.
The black population will be the third largest visible minority, reaching 1 million.
LOOK OF THE CITY IN 2017
TORONTO population by visible minority group according to one of several Statistics Canada scenarios, ranked by projected size.
1. SOUTH ASIAN
- 2001: 488,000
- 2017: 1,267,700
2. CHINESE
- 2001: 420,700 - 2017: 898,600
