Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region

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education: » In 2006, 69 per cent of Aurora’s recent immigrant population aged 25 to 64 had a bachelor’s degree or higher; while only two per cent did not have any certificates, diplomas or degrees. Aurora had the highest percentage of recent immigrants with a bachelor’s degree or higher among the five local municipalities being profiled. Percentage of Recent Immigrants Figure 19: Highest Level of Educational Attainment of Recent Immigrant Population, Aged 25 to 64, Aurora vs. York Region, 2006 Language: » There was a slight increase in the percentage of recent immigrants in Aurora with no knowledge of either English or French between 2001 and 2006, from two per cent to three per cent. There was also a corresponding decrease in the percentage of recent immigrants who spoke English only from almost 90 per cent in 2001 to almost 87 per cent in 2006. 55 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2.0% 9.5% No certificate, diploma or degree 9.3% 16.3% High school certificate or equivalent Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. 3.3% 4.3% Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigrants Living in York Region 11.9% 10.4% 9.2% 4.6% College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma Level of Educational Attainment Table 9: Knowledge of Official Languages of Recent Immigrants, Aurora, 2001 vs. 2006 Recent Immigrants 2001 Aurora York Region 68.9% University certificate or diploma below bachelor level Recent Immigrants 2006 50.2% University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor’s level or above Change # % # % # % English only 820 89.6% 1,115 86.8% 295 36.0% French only 10 1.1% 10 0.8% 0 0.0% English and French Neither 65 7.1% 120 9.3% 55 84.6% English nor French 20 2.2% 40 3.1% 20 100.0% Total 915 100.0% 1,285 100.0% — — Sources: Statistics Canada, 2001 and 2006 Censuses, Custom Tabulations.
A quarter or more of recent immigrants aged 55 and over living in Aurora had no official language ability Table 10: Recent Immigrant Population with No Official Language Ability by Age Group, Aurora, 2006 Age Group Total Number of Recent Immigrants No Official Language Ability # # % Under 15 years 285 0 0% 15 to 24 years 185 0 0% 25 to 44 years 585 10 1.7% 45 to 54 years 135 0 0% 55 to 64 years 40 10 25.0% 65 years and over 55 20 36.4% All Ages 1,285 40 3.1% Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census, Custom Tabulations. » In 2006, 38 per cent of recent immigrants in Aurora reported English as the language spoken most often at home. Amongst the five local municipalities being profiled, Aurora had the largest percentage of recent immigrants who spoke English most often at home. In 2006, the most common non-official language spoken at home by recent immigrants in Aurora was Russian (21 per cent) Table 11: Top Five Non-Official Languages Spoken at Home by Recent Immigrants, Aurora, 2001 vs. 2006 Rank 2001 Census 2006 Census Order Language # % Language # % 1 Korean 70 35.9% Russian 155 20.8% 2 Russian 60 30.8% Korean 120 16.1% 3 Spanish 25 12.8% Chinese 70 9.4% 4 Urdu 10 5.1% Persian 65 8.7% 5 Ukrainian 10 5.1% Spanish 60 8.1% 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 56
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Changing Landscapes: Recent Immigra
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message from York Region’s Commun
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Page 7 and 8: The Diversity of York Region’s Re
Page 9 and 10: Introduction The Annual Report to P
Page 11 and 12: What demographic changes have been
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Page 15 and 16: Why do recent immigrants move to Yo
Page 17 and 18: Who are the recent immigrants livin
Page 19 and 20: DID YOU KNOW? The largest number of
Page 21 and 22: » As of 2006, visible minorities r
Page 23 and 24: » In 2006, 82 per cent of recent i
Page 25 and 26: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN: In general, re
Page 27 and 28: Map 5: Household Sizes for Recent I
Page 31 and 32: » For immigrants who had lived in
Page 33 and 34: » In 2006, recent immigrants aged
Page 35 and 36: » On average, established immigran
Page 37 and 38: » In 2005, York Region had the sec
Page 39 and 40: Recent immigrants were most affecte
Page 41 and 42: Recent immigrants bring the skills,
Page 43 and 44: Recommendations The goal of this so
Page 45 and 46: Appendix 1: List of Maps, Tables an
Page 47 and 48: Table 34: Recent Immigrant Populati
Page 49 and 50: Figure 42: Housing Cost as Proporti
Page 51 and 52: Appendix 2: Local Municipal Profile
Page 53 and 54: Town of Aurora Demographics: » In
Page 55: » In 2006, almost 57 per cent of t
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 and 106: In 2006, 44 per cent of recent immi
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» In 2006, 84 per cent of recent i
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» In 2005, 29 per cent of recent i
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In Summary: In 2006, 238,005 people
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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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