Abstract
Statistics show that South Asian and Chinese ethnic enclaves had residential mobility rates of 54.5 percent and 46.5 percent respectively during 2001-2006 against the average 44.9 percent for the Toronto CMA. This paper explores the implications of higher proportion of movement of Asian population in some selected ethnic neighbourhoods in Toronto. Why ethnics move into ethnic enclaves; why they move out from ethnic enclaves; and what are the implications of such movement on municipal planning are some of the questions explored in this study. This paper also discusses some of the emerging themes such as increasing trend of concentration of Asian population, displacement of one ethnic population by other ethnic population; and a possible disconnection between the neighbourhood demography, services and the municipal planning, which may require further investigation.
Highlights
Scholars provide a number of studies that speak about ethnic enclaves and their formation, concentration of various ethnicities in different areas of Toronto CMA and other socio-economic studies related to ethnic immigrant populations in Toronto and GTA
To keep with the scope of the study and the research questions, I have divided my analysis in 4 different sections, which are discussed in the light of literature review and responses of the interviewees, as below: 4.7.1 Reasons to move to and live/stay in an ethnic neighbourhood The analysis of the interview data suggest that the major reasons for living in an ethnic neighbourhood(s), as described by interviewees include community affiliation, close relatives, friends, closeness to highway, closeness to schools, availability of larger/spacious apartments, ethnic food and groceries within walking distances, nearby subway, same language, affordable rents, living near to same ethnic population etc
5.1 Summary: Recall, the major objectives of this study were to look at the factors that attract ethnic population to come and live in an ethnic enclave; the factors that make the ethnic population to move out from an ethnic neighbourhood to another ethnic or non-ethnic neighbourhood; and the implications of higher movement of the ethnic population on planning
Summary
One of the legacies of immigrants in Toronto is the formation of distinctive neighbourhoods. One such article that depicts the recent settlement and movement trends in ethnic enclaves in Toronto comes from Qadeer, Agrawal and Lovell (2010), wherein they have, inter-alia, found that population of both Chinese and South Asian enclaves had higher rates of movement than the overall CMA average during 2001 to 2006. The reason for the selection of these neighbourhoods are higher frequency of demographic changes in these neighbourhoods (for instances, 66% mobility rate of people in Thorncliffe Park [Boston, 2009] and 60% Mobility rate in Crescent Town [Boston & Meagher, 2007] during the period 2001-2006); ethnic characteristics of these neighbourhoods, and propensity of South Asian and Chinese immigrants to live in the areas of concentration of respective populations. This paper starts with literature review on the topic, and it uses data sources such as Statistics Canada and the neighbourhood profiles from City of Toronto to analyze the demographic trends in the selected neighbourhoods. It is my hope that this paper will open new research avenues on the topic
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