Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region

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Housing: » In Vaughan, 33 per cent of recent immigrants lived in four person households, a slightly higher percentage compared to the York Region recent immigrant population as a whole (31 per cent). Percentage of Recent Immigrants Figure 48: Household Sizes of Recent Immigrants, Vaughan vs. York Region, 2006 35% Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. 105 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1.6% 1.2% 8.2% 8.3% 17.3% 19.5% 32.8% Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 31.2% 17.2% 16.2% Vaughan York Region 24.0% 22.5% 1 person 2 persons 3 persons Household Size 4 persons 5 persons 6 or more persons
» In 2006, 84 per cent of recent immigrant households living in Vaughan owned their home and 16 per cent rented. Vaughan, along with Aurora (84 per cent), had the highest percentage of recent immigrant households who were homeowners among the five local municipalities being profiled. Percentage of Recent Immigrants » In Vaughan, 61 per cent of recent immigrant tenant households spent 30 per cent or more of their gross household income on housing, while 57 per cent of recent immigrant homeowner households spent 30 per cent or more of their gross household income on housing costs. Figure 49: Housing Cost as Proportion of Gross Income of Recent Immigrants, Vaughan vs. York Region, 2005 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 60.4% 57.0% Spending 30% or More of Gross Income on Housing Owners Tenants 34.8% 30.8% Spending 50% or More of Gross Income on Housing Housing Cost Notes: The year 2005 is the reference period for housing cost reported in 2006 Census. 60.7% 58.2% Spending 30% or More of Gross Income on Housing Recent immigrants in this chart are defined as those arrived in Canada between 2000 and 2006 due to data available. Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. Vaughan York Region 43.9% 35.7% Spending 50% or More of Gross Income on Housing Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 106
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Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigra
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message from York Region’s Commun
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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
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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 and 104: » In 2006, over half of the recent
Page 105: In 2006, 44 per cent of recent immi
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
Page 120: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and
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