Why Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world.

[dennilfloss]

Figures from a Canadian forum:

Big 5 GTA Cities:

Brampton - total pop: 431,575, visible minority 57.0% (SA 136,750; Black 53,340; Filipino 11,980; Latin Am 8,545; SE Asian 6,130)

Markham - total pop: 260,760; visible minority 65.3% (Chinese 89,300; SA 44,995; Black 8,005; Filipino 7,370; West Asian 4,975)

Mississauga - total pop: 665,655, visible minority 49.0% (SA 134,750; Chinese 46,120; Black 41,365; Filipino 30,705; Arab 16,785)

Toronto: Total pop: 2,476,565 visible minority 46.9% (SA 298,370; Chinese 283,075; Black 208,555; Filipino 102,555; W Asian 42,755)

Vaughan Total pop: 238,005 visible minority 26.5% (SA 20,370; Chinese 10,115; Black 6,110; Filipino 5,360; Latin Am 4,810)

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/d...loss/PopMinorities.jpg

And Desis now outnumber Chinese in Canada.

http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Census/article/409103

"L'unité dans la diversité" has been one of Canada's mottos the last 40 years or so.

 

[EKKC]

OK. why isn't this post going to wikipedia instead?

 

[dennilfloss]

So we can get testimonies and impressions from the ATOT Tranna contingent...

 

[CanOWorms]

Toronto is not the most multicultural city in the world.

I live in San Jose, CA which is 31.8% White, 3.1% African American, 30.3% Asian, 31.5% Hispanic, and 3.3% (much more than GTA's 43% minorities) and it probably isn't the most multicultural city in the world.

 

[glenn1]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Why Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world.

Congratulations, I guess. Other than having your fellow travellers in the church of your fetish god say "hallelujia and hosanna to multiculturalism in the highest, " I'm not sure why this is relevant.

 

[EKKC]

unrelated: OP whys ur title PAST LIFER

it's the first i've seen. do you not spend much time here anymore?

 

[sandorski]

It's just sad that Toronto sucks though!!

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: EKKC
unrelated: OP whys ur title PAST LIFER

it's the first i've seen. do you not spend much time here anymore?

It's a long story....

 

[dennilfloss]

It's because I was banned as an elite member and never got the Lifer title.

 

[IronWing]

I grew up in the most multicultural city on earth. 50% Catholic, 35% Lutheran, 10% Methodist, and 10% assorted freaks; 90% white, 5% even whiter, and 5% exchange students.

 

[silverpig]

Metro Vancouver just passed the 51% visible minority mark in population.

 

[Scouzer]

One thing that is really incredible about Toronto is that it's one of the few multicultural success stories in the world. I can't think of anywhere else with such a diverse mix of people that actually get along.

Crime is incredibly low for such demographics.

Toronto still sucks though.

 

[eldorado99]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Metro Vancouver just passed the 51% visible minority mark in population.

Seconded, I live in the outer districts of Vancouver and when I go into Vancouver there are a ton of visible minorities, the thing is, way out in the country where I live, there is still a ton of visible minorities.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
One thing that is really incredible about Toronto is that it's one of the few multicultural success stories in the world. I can't think of anywhere else with such a diverse mix of people that actually get along.

True. All my life I don't think I've ever seen a racially motivated incident.

If you have a cat, and you bring another cat home, it's going to get ugly. If you have a pound full of cats, everyone gets along. The way I see it, the city is so saturated with different folk, if you decide to hate them, there's going to be a LOT of people to hate, and that's just not worth it.

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Crime is incredibly low for such demographics.

Also true.

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Toronto still sucks though.

3 out of 3, you're on a roll. I can safely say I would NOT miss this place was there a need to move.

If you're thinking of visiting Toronto, don't bother, there's nothing here. If you must, and you're planning on bringing a bike, plan on leaving without it. It's the only city in the world where it's physically possible to own a negative number of bikes, that's the only thing of interest.

 

[Random Variable]

No city is multicultural unless at least 5% of the population is alien.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: eldorado99

Originally posted by: silverpig
Metro Vancouver just passed the 51% visible minority mark in population.

Seconded, I live in the outer districts of Vancouver and when I go into Vancouver there are a ton of visible minorities, the thing is, way out in the country where I live, there is still a ton of visible minorities.

3rd'ded'd or whatever. Gota love living here.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: EKKC
unrelated: OP whys ur title PAST LIFER

it's the first i've seen. do you not spend much time here anymore?

Rule #37: You do not ask about the past lifer.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: eldorado99

Originally posted by: silverpig
Metro Vancouver just passed the 51% visible minority mark in population.

Seconded, I live in the outer districts of Vancouver and when I go into Vancouver there are a ton of visible minorities, the thing is, way out in the country where I live, there is still a ton of visible minorities.

You really have to go far from Vancouver before running into towns that are almost all White. In fact, now that I think of it I'm not sure if I've ever seen such a place. Things certainly have changed a lot since the '70's, but even then in the Southern regions of BC there were Japanese families everywhere(unfortunately due to WW2 Internment and many staying in the area afterwards). Other Minorities have been slow to move to smaller communities away from Vancouver, but they're trickling out there.

Living in Coquitlam now and I love the fact that within 5 minutes of leaving my apartment I've seen pretty much people of every race and probably from over a dozen different countries. I haven't a clue how many foreign languages I can hear spoken, but my Bank machine offers service in 6. It's like having the whole World outside my doors.