SOCD15H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Toronto Life, Petun, Rotunda Museum
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Scarborough was incorporated as a township in 1850 with a population of more than. 600,000 of toronto"s 2. 7 million residents (basu & fiedler 2016). Simcoe, who thought that lake ontario was similar to scarborough, england"s cliffs (myrvold. Located in the far east of toronto, scarborough includes a network of ravines, lush park, the rouge river valley and the famous toronto zoo. It continues to remain the youngest multiculturalism suburb in the toronto; about 54 per cent of its residents are foreign-born, compared to the canadian average of 19 per cent (gillmor 2007). Scarborough became the home for many migrants from around the world, and an undiscovered" land by european settlers, it was a source of life to various indigenous communities. Scarborough is built on indigenous land and for over 400 years, non-indigenous people, namely the french, english, and then canadians have colonized it.
