MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rosalie Abella, Visible Minority, Higher Education
6 Dec 2016
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Source countries for immigration has changed dramatically over time. Before 1967, about 96% came from europe. By 2011, only 13. 7% of new immigrants arrived from europe. Racial minorities have grown from constituting less than 1% of the population in 1971 to 19. 1% in 2011. 82% of new immigrants arriving between 2006 and 2011 were racial minorities the philippines was the leading source country for immigrants arriving between 2006 and 2011. Judge rosalie abella identified this group as constituting one of the four designated categories in the royal commission report on the. Equality in employment, along with the aboriginal peoples, women and people with disabilities. Racial minorities tend to be concentrated in a few urban centers. The increasing impact of racial diversity in canada is magnified because of concentration in certain immigrant intensive cities: toronto, vancouver, montreal. In toronto, racial minorities constituted only about 3% of the total population in 1971, but by 2011 the figure had ground to 47%
