SOC101Y1 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Chapter 7: immigration and race in the city. 29. 5% of residents in the 11 largest canadian cities are foreign born. History of immigration: b/w 1900-1929 more than 1 million immigrants came to canada each decade. 1990"s more than 2million immigrants arrived, largest number in any decade since 19th century: early years of the last century, form the 1920-40s, most immigrants came form the british isles and northwestern european countries. Southern and eastern european immigrants grew during the period before and after wwii (large numbers from italy and greece: number of asian immigrants rapidly increased. Where immigrants settle: at the beginning of the last century most immigrants did not settle in cities, recent immigrants have not settled evenly throughout canadian cities. Immigrant pop. of toronto and vancouver are highest: cities in eastern canada and in saskatchewan have a smaller share of immigrants.
