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What is the population of Toronto?
What is the population of Toronto?
- 7 million
- 3 million
- 1 million
- 5 million (correct)
What is the composition of Toronto's population and how does it affect the city's identity?
What is the composition of Toronto's population and how does it affect the city's identity?
Toronto's population is diverse, with nearly half of its residents born outside of Canada. There are 200 distinct ethnic origins speaking 152 languages and dialects. While this diversity is considered emblematic of Toronto's modernity, concerns are growing about the preponderance of ethnic communities and its impact on national identity.
What is the rank of Toronto's ethnic diversity among the world's largest cities?
What is the rank of Toronto's ethnic diversity among the world's largest cities?
- First
- Fourth
- Second (correct)
- Third
What are some of the concerns surrounding Toronto's large, concentrated ethnic communities?
What are some of the concerns surrounding Toronto's large, concentrated ethnic communities?
Nearly half of Toronto's residents are born outside of ______.
Nearly half of Toronto's residents are born outside of ______.
What are the challenges faced by new immigrants settling in Toronto?
What are the challenges faced by new immigrants settling in Toronto?
Which areas of Toronto do South Asian immigrants tend to settle in?
Which areas of Toronto do South Asian immigrants tend to settle in?
How does Toronto's ethnic diversity rank among the world's largest cities?
How does Toronto's ethnic diversity rank among the world's largest cities?
Which ethnic groups have settled in self-contained suburban cultural communities in Toronto?
Which ethnic groups have settled in self-contained suburban cultural communities in Toronto?
Concentrated ethnic communities may slow productive integration and make it difficult for newcomers to overcome ______ and social barriers.
Concentrated ethnic communities may slow productive integration and make it difficult for newcomers to overcome ______ and social barriers.
Gaps in income, education, and poverty levels between new immigrants and native-born residents are ______.
Gaps in income, education, and poverty levels between new immigrants and native-born residents are ______.
What is the concern about concentrated ethnic communities in Toronto?
What is the concern about concentrated ethnic communities in Toronto?
What concerns have been raised about Toronto's large, concentrated ethnic communities?
What concerns have been raised about Toronto's large, concentrated ethnic communities?
What is the future of multiculturalism in Toronto?
What is the future of multiculturalism in Toronto?
What are some of the values that are at the heart of a distinctive Canadian identity, according to the text?
What are some of the values that are at the heart of a distinctive Canadian identity, according to the text?
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Study Notes
- Lake Ontario is the smallest of North America's five Great Lakes.
- Toronto is a modern metropolis on the shores of Lake Ontario.
- Toronto began as a British colonial settlement called York in 1793.
- Toronto has a diverse population, with over half of its residents born outside of Canada.
- Toronto's ethnic diversity ranks second only to Miami among the world's largest cities.
- South Asian immigrants tend to settle in Mississauga and Brampton, while Chinese immigrants have taken over the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Scarborough and Markham.
- Toronto's large, concentrated ethnic communities may be slowing productive integration and making it difficult for newcomers to overcome linguistic and social barriers.
- There are concerns that Toronto's preponderance of ethnic communities has divorced the city from the rest of Canada and widened the gulf between urban and rural communities.
- There is a continuing debate on the future of multiculturalism as a practical concept or model.
- Toronto's diversity, racial tolerance, and social inclusiveness are values that are at the very heart of a distinctive Canadian identity.
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