Cultural Mosaics: How OTs Fit!
Relevant Statistics on Immigrants
Canada
- It has been predicted that the number of immigrants in Canada by 2050 will be approximately 230 million (Tiwari & Wang, 2008).
- The number of Asian immigrants now constitutes 59% of all immigrants in Canada, with members mostly from East Asia (ie. Hong Kong and mainland China), and South Africa (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) (Tiwari & Wang, 2008).
Edmonton (from Statistics Canada)
- 165,615 immigrants are currently in Edmonton, Alberta
- of the 165,615 immigrants, 85,840 are female and 79,780 are male
- from 2001 to 2006, 29,555 immigrants arrived to Edmonton
- 92,040 people in Edmonton do not speak English or French in their home
- the largest visible minority groups in Edmonton are from greatest to least (since before 1991):
References:
Tiwari, Suresh K., and Wang, Jian Li. (2008). Ethnic Differences in Mental Health
Service Use among white, Chinese, South Asian, and Southeast Asian
Populations living in Canada. Journal of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology, 43(11): 866-871.
Statistics Canada. (2010). Immigrant Status and period of information, knowledge of
official languages.
Statistics Canada. (2006). Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no.97-
562-XCB2006011.
- It has been predicted that the number of immigrants in Canada by 2050 will be approximately 230 million (Tiwari & Wang, 2008).
- The number of Asian immigrants now constitutes 59% of all immigrants in Canada, with members mostly from East Asia (ie. Hong Kong and mainland China), and South Africa (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) (Tiwari & Wang, 2008).
Edmonton (from Statistics Canada)
- 165,615 immigrants are currently in Edmonton, Alberta
- of the 165,615 immigrants, 85,840 are female and 79,780 are male
- from 2001 to 2006, 29,555 immigrants arrived to Edmonton
- 92,040 people in Edmonton do not speak English or French in their home
- the largest visible minority groups in Edmonton are from greatest to least (since before 1991):
- Chinese immigrants (29,705)
- South Asian immigrants (26,290)
- Black immigrants (10,695)
- Filipino immigrants (13,740)
- Latin American immigrants (6,395)
- Southeast Asian immigrants (6,980)
- Arab immigrants (6,110)
- West Asian immigrants (2,435)
- Korean immigrants (2,305)
- Japanese immigrants (590).
References:
Tiwari, Suresh K., and Wang, Jian Li. (2008). Ethnic Differences in Mental Health
Service Use among white, Chinese, South Asian, and Southeast Asian
Populations living in Canada. Journal of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology, 43(11): 866-871.
Statistics Canada. (2010). Immigrant Status and period of information, knowledge of
official languages.
Statistics Canada. (2006). Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no.97-
562-XCB2006011.
