Cent Chinese: Newcomer Groups and Immigrant Population

cent chinese: Despite the neighbourhood's apparent homogeneity, its makeup has changed dramatically as newcomer groups have moved in and older ones have moved on a phenomenon playing out in many communities across Canada, where the immigrant population has reached its highest level in nearly a century, according to Metro News. Only, in this particular patch of Canada, the dominant group has remained the same if you're judging by the censusdemographic categories Chinese. But this statistic obscures a demographic shift that has been quietly unfolding since the last census, in 2006, when the area was already 80 per cent Chinese. The difference is that many newcomers are now blue-collar immigrants from mainland China, whereas the area's old-timers tend to be middle- or upper-class families with roots in Hong Kong. I do hear some friction, but I try to mitigate the issues, said Councillor Chin Lee, whose Ward 41 touches on the area. This has introduced occasional culture clashes that could be exacerbated by language barriers mainland Chinese immigrants tend to speak Mandarin, whereas the language of Hong Kong is Cantonese. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.