TITLE

Urban Clusters

PUB. DATE
May 2004
SOURCE
Canada & the World Backgrounder;May2004, Vol. 69 Issue 6, p24
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the effect of immigration on cities in Canada. Percentage of population in the Greater Toronto Area which was foreign-born; Information on why immigrants can be restricted to poor neighbourhoods with affordable housing; Increase in unemployment in Toronto, Ontario where less than one-tenth of the population is Chinese. INSET: FIRST CHOICE.
ACCESSION #
13499864

Tags: EMIGRATION & immigration;  POPULATION;  IMMIGRANTS;  UNEMPLOYMENT;  CHINESE

 

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