SOC205H1 Chapter 7: Chapter 7, 9, 11
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Chapter 7: immigration and race in the city. Where immigrants settle y most immigrants at the beginning of the last century did not settle in cities y mostly resided in rural areas y as canada experienced urbanization, immigration settlement patterns changed. Settlement pattern began to shift towards cities in the middle of the twentieth century y however, recent immigrants have not settled evenly throughout canadian cities. Majority chooses to settle in large cities. They are attracted by the jobs there as well as the possibility of ethnic networks. A large proportion of recent immigrants have settled in the five largest canadian cities: toronto, For example, saskatchewan y the uneven distribution of recent immigrants in the major cities suggest that some cities face issues related to immigrant adaption for than others do. Especially true in cities where intermarriage occurs y the ethnic representations in different cities vary.
