GEOG 2OC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Deindustrialization, Visible Minority
13 Sep 2020
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Hamilton, canada"s steel city , is a medium sized cma located southwest of. The beasley neighbourhood is the poorest neighbourhood in hamilton, with a population of roughly 5000 people, an unemployment rate of 45% and a household income that is half of hamilton"s average. The rate of social assistance is 23 time the provincial average making it one of the poorest neighbourhoods in canada. These groups tend to experience higher levels of poverty. These groups include: visible minorities and recent immigrants, indigenous peoples, youth, seniors and single mothers. When thinking about the similar characteristics of these diverse populations, we notice that these groups are less likely to work in high paying jobs, being confined to low paying service sector jobs. Canada is one of the middle economies powers in the world. We have the smallest economy of the g8 countries. Australia, which is a similar country in terms of its level of development, we see that.
