SOC205H1 Chapter Notes -Flemingdon Park
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Where immigrants settle: most immigrants at the beginning of the last century didn"t settle in cities but due to urbanization, immigrant settlement patterns reflected the general population distribution at the time (cid:224) shift towards cities, majority of immigrants chosen to settle in large cities, why? (cid:224) availability of jobs, possibility of ethnic networks, five largest canadian cities with a large proportion of immigrants, toronto (46%, vancouver (40%, montreal, ottawa gatineau, calgary, not all cities have high proportions of immigrants, ex. Economic attainments of immigrants: economic integration: refers to economic performance of immigrants as compared to native born, economic opportunities not only affect their integration process, but also have possible economic residents consequences for the city economy (ex. increasing supply of labour and affecting the quality of the labour force, dominant perspective was the assimilation perspective (cid:224) largely based on the experience of european immigrants at the beginning of the last century.
