Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region

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9 background In 2006, York Region published Community Snapshots: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region. The Community Snapshots report provided a socio-economic profile of York Region’s recent immigrants, based on data from 2001 Census. Community Snapshots also examined the issues, opportunities and challenges created by the increasing diversity in York Region’s communities. Updating the Community Snapshots report was identified as a priority by the Region and the Community Reference Group for the Community Social Data Strategy. This report provides the updated information. This report provides research and information to the overall community and assisted in the development of the York Region Immigration Settlement Strategy In 2009, the Region was appointed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to lead York Region’s Local Immigration Partnership initiative. Through this initiative, the Region established a Community Partnership Council (CPC) made up of representatives from across the Region who are considered vital in the successful integration and settlement of recent immigrants. The Region, in collaboration with the CPC developed a “made-in- York Region” Immigration Settlement Strategy. The objectives of the Strategy are to improve access and coordination of programs and services that support recent immigrants, improve labour market outcomes for recent immigrants, and strengthen regional awareness and capacity to successfully integrate immigrants. In support of the Local Immigration Partnership initiative, Citizenship and Immigration Canada provided the Region with funding to conduct research to help further understand the needs of immigrants living in the Region. The statistical research provided the basis for this report. Changing Landscapes highlights the results of the research and assisted in the development of the York Region Immigration Settlement Strategy. Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region Results from the Long Form Census are used in the development and support of a wide range of York Region programs Changing Landscapes uses Statistics Canada Census data, in part, from the 2006 mandatory Long Form Census. Census data provides important demographic and economic information for York Region and other public and private agencies. The Long Form Census has provided a consistent and reliable source of data on housing, diversity, employment, income and education. The data from the Long Form Census has been used in planning a wide range of services, programs and policies including community and health services, immigrant settlement support, child care, affordable housing, population and employment forecasting, and economic development programs. The mandatory Long Form Census was replaced by a voluntary National Household Survey in 2011. The use of a voluntary survey will likely result in a smaller sample size, less accurate and biased data, loss of continuity with historical Census data and loss of data at smaller levels of geography. This may ultimately affect the Region’s ability to effectively deliver and plan for programs and services to our communities, in an efficient way. Changing Landscapes is particularly valuable because it is unclear whether we will be able to prepare the same type of report using the 2011 Census data.
What demographic changes have been happening in York Region? The majority of York Region’s population growth is a result of immigrants moving to the Region, whether they are direct landings or secondary migrants. Other growth factors include natural increase (births minus deaths), international and interprovincial migration and out migration. » In 2006, York Region’s population was over 890,000 persons, and immigrants accounted for 43 per cent of the total population or 380,530 residents. » In 2006, York Region had the highest growth rate of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and the third largest proportion of immigrants (43 per cent) in the GTA after Peel (49 per cent) and Toronto (50 per cent). » The Region had a recent immigrant population of approximately 46,000 people in 2006, which was seven per cent more than the recent immigrant population in 2001 and the sixth greatest number of recent immigrants in Canada. DID YOU KNOW? Historically, immigrants landed and settled first in Toronto. However, in recent years more immigrants have been landing directly in the surrounding 905 Regions. Since 2006, approximately 10,000 to 12,000 recent immigrants landed directly in York Region each year. Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Landing Data, 2006 to 2008. Table 1: Total Number of Recent Immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area Municipalities, 2001 vs. 2006 York Toronto Peel Halton Durham 2001 43,410 280,650 81,265 8,610 6,510 2006 46,465 267,855 118,220 13,110 9,885 Sources: Statistics Canada, 2001 and 2006 Censuses, Custom Tabulations. » In 2010, Canada received over 270,000 immigrants, approximately half of whom came to Ontario. The vast majority settled in the Greater Toronto Area. » In 2001 and 2006, 98 per cent of York Region’s recent immigrants lived in the local municipalities of Aurora, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan. » While Markham and Richmond Hill continued to have the largest number of recent immigrants in 2006, the number living there decreased from 2001. On the other hand, Vaughan, Newmarket, and Aurora saw increases between 2001 and 2006. Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 10
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» In 2005, 23 per cent of recent i
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In Summary: In 2006, 47,035 people
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Town of markham Demographics: » In
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» In 2006, the percentage of recen
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more than half of all recent immigr
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Town of Newmarket Demographics: »
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» In 2006, there was a slightly lo
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Town of Richmond Hill Demographics:
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» In 2006, 53 per cent of the rece
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City of Vaughan Demographics: » In
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Appendix 3: Methodology Changing La
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Non-immigrants: Persons who are Can
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who were in Canada on temporary vis
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Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and
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