Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region

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education: » In 2006, 51 per cent of Vaughan’s recent immigrant population aged 25 to 64 had a bachelor’s degree or above; while eight per cent did not have any certificates, diplomas or degrees. Percentage of Recent Immigrants Figure 47: Highest Level of Educational Attainment of Recent Immigrant Population, Aged 25 to 64, Vaughan vs. York Region, 2006 Language: » In 2006, 10 per cent of Vaughan’s recent immigrant population had no knowledge of either official language, compared to 14 per cent of recent immigrants in all of York Region. » Vaughan had the third highest percentage of recent immigrants with no knowledge of either official language among the five local municipalities being profiled, after Markham at 19 per cent and Richmond Hill at 13 per cent. 103 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 8.1% 9.5% No certificate, diploma or degree 15.4% 16.3% High school certificate or equivalent Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. 4.3% 4.3% Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma Level of Educational Attainment Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 11.7% 10.4% 9.3% 9.2% College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma Table 33: Knowledge of Official Languages of Recent Immigrants, Vaughan, 2001 vs. 2006 Recent Immigrants 2001 Vaughan York Region University certificate or diploma below bachelor level Recent Immigrants 2006 51.2% 50.2% University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor’s level or above Change # % # % # % English only 6,790 85.4% 9,525 85.7% 2,735 40.3% French only 10 0.1% 10 0.1% 0 0% English and French Neither 370 4.7% 440 4.0% 70 18.9% English nor French 780 9.8% 1,145 10.3% 365 46.8% Total 7,950 100.0% 11,120 100.1% — — Note: Numbers do not add to 100% due to random rounding procedures. Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations.
In 2006, 44 per cent of recent immigrants aged 55 to 64 and more than half (57 per cent) of recent immigrant seniors (aged 65 years and over) living in Vaughan had no knowledge of english or French Table 34: Recent Immigrant Population with No Official Language Ability by Age Group, Vaughan, 2006 Age Group Total Number of Recent Immigrants No Official Language Ability # # % Under 15 years 1,985 80 4.0% 15 to 24 years 1,685 60 3.6% 25 to 44 years 4,850 155 3.2% 45 to 54 years 1,185 120 10.1% 55 to 64 years 590 260 44.1% 65 years and over 820 470 57.3% All Ages 11,115 1,145 10.3% Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. » In 2006, 26 per cent of recent immigrants in Vaughan reported English as the language most often spoken at home. Russian continues to be the top non-official language spoken by recent immigrants living in Vaughan Table 35: Top Five Non-Official Languages Spoken at Home by Recent Immigrants, Vaughan, 2001 vs. 2006 Rank 2001 Census 2006 Census Order Language # % Language # % 1 Russian 1,450 43.7% Russian 2,410 31.1% 2 Chinese 250 7.5% Urdu 525 6.8% 3 Korean 175 5.3% Spanish 505 6.5% 4 Urdu 145 4.4% Hebrew 505 6.5% 5 Spanish 105 3.2% Korean 490 6.3% Note: Chinese includes Cantonese, Mandarin and other Chinese languages. Sources: Statistics Canada, 2001 and 2006 Censuses, Custom Tabulations. Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 104
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TOC Table of Contents Highlights ..
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The Diversity of York Region’s Re
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Introduction The Annual Report to P
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What demographic changes have been
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Map 2: Geographic Distribution of R
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Why do recent immigrants move to Yo
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Who are the recent immigrants livin
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DID YOU KNOW? The largest number of
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» As of 2006, visible minorities r
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» In 2006, 82 per cent of recent i
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN: In general, re
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Map 5: Household Sizes for Recent I
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» In 2006, 56 per cent of recent i
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» For immigrants who had lived in
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» In 2006, recent immigrants aged
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» On average, established immigran
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» In 2005, York Region had the sec
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Recent immigrants were most affecte
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Recent immigrants bring the skills,
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Recommendations The goal of this so
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Appendix 1: List of Maps, Tables an
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Table 34: Recent Immigrant Populati
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Figure 42: Housing Cost as Proporti
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Appendix 2: Local Municipal Profile
Page 53 and 54: Town of Aurora Demographics: » In
Page 55 and 56: » In 2006, almost 57 per cent of t
Page 57 and 58: A quarter or more of recent immigra
Page 59 and 60: » In 2006, 84 per cent of recent i
Page 63 and 64: In Summary: In 2006, 47,035 people
Page 65 and 66: Town of markham Demographics: » In
Page 67 and 68: » In 2006, the percentage of recen
Page 69 and 70: more than half of all recent immigr
Page 77 and 78: Town of Newmarket Demographics: »
Page 79 and 80: » In 2006, there was a slightly lo
Page 81 and 82: One third of recent immigrants aged
Page 89 and 90: Town of Richmond Hill Demographics:
Page 91 and 92: » In 2006, 53 per cent of the rece
Page 93 and 94: In 2006, 46 per cent of recent immi
Page 101 and 102: City of Vaughan Demographics: » In
Page 103: » In 2006, over half of the recent
Page 113: Appendix 3: Methodology Changing La
Page 116 and 117: Non-immigrants: Persons who are Can
Page 118 and 119: who were in Canada on temporary vis
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