Diversity in Toronto: A Community Profile

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Occupations Sales and service, and business jobs employ the largest proportion of people Across all four population groups looked at in Table 5, sales and service, and business, finance and administration jobs are the top-two ranked occupations in Toronto – employing at least 43% of the people. Please refer to Table 5. More than one-quarter of recent immigrants work in sales and service jobs Amongst newcomers to Toronto, more than one-quarter (28.3%) work in sales and service jobs. This is the highest proportion among all groups, and is considerably higher than the population as a whole (22.8%). Please refer to Table 5. A smaller proportion of immigrants, newcomers and people in racialized groups worked in management occupations when compared to Torontonians overall. While management was the third most prevalent occupation amongst the overall population, it ranked sixth for immigrants, newcomers and members of the racialized community. Please refer to Table 5. Table 5 – Top Ranked Major Occupations by Population Groups – Toronto Occupation Immigrants Recent Immigrants (2001-2006) Members of Racialized Groups Total Population 6 Sales and service 1 24.4% 1 28.3% 1 26.2% 1 22.8% Business, finance and administration Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations Processing, manufacturing and utilities Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 2 19.4% 2 16.9% 2 20.7% 2 20.7% 3 12.1% 5 10.8% 4 10.0% 4 10.2% 4 11.2% 3 13.7% 3 12.2% 7 7.1% 5 9.0% 4 11.1% 5 8.6% 6 8.1% Management 6 8.5% 6 6.0% 6 7.4% 3 10.6% Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006 6 For the total population, the fifth ranked occupation is social science, education, government service and religion (9.6%). Ontario Trillium Foundation – Diversity in Toronto: A Community Profile 28
Labour Force Labour force information in this section uses responses that refer to the period of time preceding the Census in May 2006. Since that time there have been significant changes in the state of the economy in Ontario including increased unemployment rates, loss of fulltime jobs, and a downturn in the automotive and related manufacturing sectors. Work Activity Recent immigrants far more likely to have only part-time work Overall at the time of the Census, more than half of workers had full-time jobs 7 (50.8%) and about 42% worked part-time 8 . The proportions are similar for immigrants overall but do not hold true for recent immigrants. Among newcomers, a much smaller proportion – about one-third (35.8%) – worked full-time while the majority (55.2%) held part-time jobs. Please refer to Chart 15. Employed people among racialized groups were nearly as likely to work part-time in 2006 as they were to work full-time: fewer than half (46.5%) worked full-time, while a similar share (46.1%) held part-time jobs or worked part of the time. Please refer to Chart 15. Chart 15 – Population Groups with Employment Income by Work Activity – Toronto 60.0 49.4 42.8 55.2 46.5 46.1 50.8 42.4 40.0 35.8 Percentage 20.0 0.0 Immigrants Recent immigrants (2001-2006) Members of Racialized Groups Total Population Worked full year, full time Worked part year or part time Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006 7 Earned employment income and worked 49 to 52 weeks in 2005, mostly full-time. 8 Earned employment income rand worked less than 49 weeks or worked mostly part time in 2005. Ontario Trillium Foundation – Diversity in Toronto: A Community Profile 29
Page 1 and 2: Diversity in Toronto: A Community P
Page 3 and 4: List of Charts Chart 1 - Population
Page 5 and 6: What OTF means by “diversity” a
Page 7 and 8: Highlights of Diversity in Toronto
Page 9 and 10: COSTI Immigrant Services operates a
Page 11 and 12: Half of Toronto’s residents are i
Page 13 and 14: The following two age pyramids (one
Page 15 and 16: Youth 13 to 24 years old This secti
Page 17 and 18: A quarter of people from racialized
Page 19 and 20: One-quarter of immigrants from raci
Page 21 and 22: Language Mother Tongue Few immigran
Page 23 and 24: Other Languages Chinese languages a
Page 25 and 26: Education Level of Education More r
Page 27: Industry Manufacturing is the top r
Page 31 and 32: Unemployment In Toronto in 2006, 7.
Page 33 and 34: Income Overview The income section
Page 35 and 36: acialized groups received less than
Page 37 and 38: Chart 21 - Average and Median Emplo
Page 39 and 40: Chart 23 - Population 16 Living bel
Page 41 and 42: Seniors Overall in Toronto, one in
Page 43 and 44: Concepts and Definitions Additional
Page 45 and 46: Labour force participation / Partic

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