Abstract
This study had three objectives: (1) to determine whether the degree of residential segregation between Arab/West Asians and Jews in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) was higher than the residential segregation between Jews and other visible minority groups; (2) to determine the spatial distribution of Arab/West Asians and Jews by census tracts; and (3) to determine the differences in the socioeconomic quality of the neighbourhoods where the two groups reside. Data from Statistics Canada's 1996 Profile Series were used. An index of dissimilarity was used to measure segregation and a composite socioeconomic index was constructed to assess inequality in the socio-economic characteristics of neighbourhoods where the two groups reside.The results revealed that Arab/West Asians and Jews were highly segregated but less segregated than Jews and most other visible minority groups. This would lead us to believe that the historical and political tensions that exist between the two groups in the Midle East ...
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