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Toronto Area: Statistics Canada and Census Tract

toronto area: Twenty-nine per cent of Ontarians and 22 per cent of Canadians overall reported being visible minorities, versus a thin majority in the City of Toronto, according to Metro News. The numbers also varied in the Big Smoke. The data shows a marked difference in diversity between the multicultural heartland of the Greater Toronto Area and the rest of the country. The higher proportions of diversity more than 50 per cent were clumped in the inner suburbs of Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke. People who identify as Aboriginal are not counted as a visible minority by Statistics Canada. What does your community look like Search by address or zoom in on your census tract, a geographic area defined by Statistics Canada that typically makes up between 2,500 and 8,000 people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.