INTERESTING TORONTO MULTICULTURAL FACTS...
- According to the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), GTA population:
- Aboriginal identity population: 36,995 (0.7%)
- non-Aboriginal identity population: 5,484,240 (99.3%)
- Canadian-born (non-immigrants): 2,891,990 (52.4%)
- foreign-born (immigrants): 2,537,405 (46.0%)
- non-permanent residents: 91,840 (1.7%)
- City of Toronto was home to 8% of Canada's population, 30 per cent of all recent immigrants and 20% of all immigrants
- Of the immigrants living in Toronto in 2011, 381,745 came to Canada between 2006 and 2011. These recent immigrants made up 15% of the immigrants in Toronto.
- Half of all immigrants to the City of Toronto have lived in Canada for less than 15 years
- The City of Toronto had 45% of the GTA's population and was home to:
- 52.4 per cent of all GTA immigrants
- 36 per cent of all immigrants living in Ontario
- 20 per cent of all immigrants living in Canada
- More than half of all immigrants living in the City were age 25 and over; 7% were 5 and under; 16% were 6 to 14; and 22% were 15 to 24
- Total immigrants in GTA: 2,537,405. Top three nationalities:
- India: 268,915
- China: 224,915
- Philippines: 173,495