Population Change in Six Canadian Cities

Since the first moment that humans arrived in Canada, Canada has undergone many changes and will continue to do so as time goes on. One of the most remarkable aspects is the growth and development of large cities throughout the country. Although Canada is the second largest country in the world, Canada's population remains centralised around those regions where opportunities are available. Because of the amount of opportunities and other social factors, people from across the world move to large diverse Canadian cities, such as Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Montreal, Oshawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.

Between 1991 and 1996, Canadian cities have changed significantly. Using the mentioned cities as studies to show Canada's growth, figures show that Winnipeg and Oshawa follow somewhat the same trends as well as Toronto and Vancouver. Chicoutimi-Jonquiere and Montreal on the other hand follow their own patterns. The latter two are much more different from the others because they are French dominated cities. However, most trends occurring in all six citie

Toronto and Vancouver, unlike the other four cities are very diverse in cultural minorities; they are home to large amounts of immigrants and carry wide ranges of languages amongst their populations. The other four cities either fall into English spoken or French spoken inhabitants. Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, being home to many Natives and French are dominated by non-English mother tongue people, with very few immigrants and few visible minorities; meanwhile, Oshawa and Winnipeg have populations dominated by those who primarily speak English, are non immigrants and are not of visible minority. Again, the social aspects of these cities have very much to do with the cities' history and employment set up.

The most socially diverse cities are Toronto and Vancouver. Toronto has a very explicit history and story, from the time it first became urban till the present. The table shows that 61.6% of Toronto's citizens are English speaking mother tongues and 41.6% are immigrants, and that 31.4% are of visible minority. Therefore it is most likely that the remaining percentile of people who do not primarily speak English are of minority who are immigrants. Toronto's formation is caused by the employment opportunities available to the immigrants and because of the already established communities of the minorities, which makes immigrants more comfortable to move to. Vancouver's story is different because it has to do with the short distance between Vancouver's shoreline and that of Southeast Asia. Many immigrants travelled the short distance in history and settled in Vancouver thus making ethnic communities existent for those who want to migrate now. Vancouver is also one of the largest business depots of western Canada, where much importing and exporting occurs, and thus is very attractive to immigrants of all cultures, although mainly Southeast Asian. The ports create a very good business district for international trade firms and warehouses, therefore creating employment opportunity.

Education in the six cities is somewhat the same. All the cities, except Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, have higher amounts of university graduates than those who have only completed grade nine. Toronto and Vancouver's university graduate percentile actually more than doubles their percentage of grade nine students. These figures show the importance of post-secondary education in all of these cities. In some regions education is of higher need to succeed, which is a reflection in the average household income to average house value ratio. In some cities housing is a larger intake of the household income. This is due to the regions available land space and the amount of population density. Toronto is very limited in housing and is thus very dense and expensive, although, housing is available to those who are willing to travel a bit. Vancouver's housing takes up a

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