International cities that Canadian cities most resemble demographically

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The "cancellation" episodes we're going though are totally lacking in seriousness and consistency.

The same Toronto city council that wants to cancel Henry Dundas' name over very inconclusive allegations about slavery also wants to rename a stadium for Rob Ford, who actually used racial epithets about black people and other minorities.

In terms of inconsistency it’s even worse for Sir John A. who still has a ton of very busy fast food restaurant locations named after him (much more visible than any statues!)

[ToxiK]

Originally Posted by lio45

Pretty sure Montreal renamed its Amherst street? (While Sherbrooke did not.)

Yes, now it is rue Atateken:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Atateken

[Acajack]

Gatineau also banished the name Amherst.

[yaletown_fella]

The Toronto and Melbourne comparison comes up a lot , both have very large Greek communities too.

[Docere]

Melbourne

Ancestry

English (24.8%)
Australian (22.5%)
Chinese (8.8%)
Irish (8.2%)
Scottish (6.9%)
Italian (6.7%)
Indian (5.5%)
Greek (3.6%)
German (2.8%)
Vietnamese (2.5%)
Filipino (1.7%)
Dutch (1.4%)
Maltese (1.3%)
Polish (1.1%)
Sri Lankan (1%)
Lebanese (1%)

[Luisito]

Seems pretty common demographics for Britsh common wealth cities.

Originally Posted by Docere

Melbourne

Ancestry

English (24.8%)
Australian (22.5%)
Chinese (8.8%)
Irish (8.2%)
Scottish (6.9%)
Italian (6.7%)
Indian (5.5%)
Greek (3.6%)
German (2.8%)
Vietnamese (2.5%)
Filipino (1.7%)
Dutch (1.4%)
Maltese (1.3%)
Polish (1.1%)
Sri Lankan (1%)
Lebanese (1%)

[Docere]

Canada has sizeable East and Southeast Asian, South Asian and Black minorities.

Britain has sizeable South Asian and Black minorities but few East and Southeast Asians.

Australia's minorities are mostly East and Southeast Asian, a bit less South Asian and very few Black immigrants.

[Docere]

South Asian

Australia 1,177,037 4.7%
Canada 2,571,400 7.1%
England and Wales 4,097,018 6.9% (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi)

Chinese

Australia 1,390,639 5.5%
Canada 1,715,770 4.6%
England and Wales 445,646 0.7%

Black

Australia (no data)
Canada 1,547,870 4.3%
England and Wales 2,409,278 4%

Jewish population

Australia 99,956 (religion) 0.4%
Canada 404,015 (religion/ethnic combined) 1.1%
England and Wales 271,327 (religion) 0.5%

[Luisito]

Originally Posted by Docere

South Asian

Australia 1,177,037 4.7%
Canada 2,571,400 7.1%
England and Wales 4,097,018 6.9% (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi)

Chinese

Australia 1,390,639 5.5%
Canada 1,715,770 4.6%
England and Wales 445,646 0.6%

It's interesting Canada has the most south Asians. You would think Australia and England would have much more. Australia for being closer and England for having direct historical ties to the region. Canada is the furthest away.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by lio45

In terms of inconsistency it’s even worse for Sir John A. who still has a ton of very busy fast food restaurant locations named after him (much more visible than any statues!)

The Restaurant is Mc and the first Canadian PM is Mac

McDonald is of either Scottish or Irish origin and MacDonald/Macdonald is always of Scottish origin.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by Luisito

It's interesting Canada has the most south Asians. You would think Australia and England would have much more. Australia for being closer and England for having direct historical ties to the region. Canada is the furthest away.

I didn't know that either. The most recent wave of immigrants has been largely South Asian and they make up a sizable community in Timmins and are quite noticeable even in smaller towns in Northern Ontario. So maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

[Docere]

Asian Australians

Chinese 1,390,637 5.5%
Indian 783,958 3.1%
Filipino 408,836 1.6%
Vietnamese 334,781 1.3%
Nepalese 138,463 0.5%
Korean 136,896 0.5%
Pakistani 97,593 0.4%
Sri Lankan 95,946 0.4%
Thai 91,942 0.4%
Indonesian 85,978 0.4%
Japanese 78,049 0.3%
Malaysian 61,308 0.2%
Cambodian 57,096 0.2%
Bangladeshi 49,142 0.2%
Burmese 36,528 0.1%
Taiwanese 26,345 0.1%

[Docere]

Was able to find some more detailed write-in figures in the "other Asian" category which includes both East and South Asians.

Asian population, England and Wales

Indian 1,864,318 3.1%
Pakistani 1,578,819 2.7%
Bangladeshi 644,881 1.1%
Chinese 445,646 0.7%
Other Asian 972,783 1.6%

Other Asian write-in responses:

Filipino 162,138
Sri Lankan 149,239
Nepali 88,461
Tamil 45,863
Kashmiri 39,268
Vietnamese 37,458
Japanese 29,510
Sikh 22,814
Korean 21,118

So about 7-8% of the population is South Asian.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Loco101

The Restaurant is Mc and the first Canadian PM is Mac

McDonald is of either Scottish or Irish origin and MacDonald/Macdonald is always of Scottish origin.

Oh, you humour-killer!

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[Docere]

Originally Posted by Luisito

It's interesting Canada has the most south Asians. You would think Australia and England would have much more. Australia for being closer and England for having direct historical ties to the region. Canada is the furthest away.

There's a little under 2 million more in the UK. Percentage of the population is similar though.

[905er]

Originally Posted by Docere

There's a little under 2 million more in the UK. Percentage of the population is similar though.

Canada looks more and more like India with each passing year. I'm not surprised.

[Docere]

So Toronto has more Jews than all of Australia and more Chinese than all of the UK.

[Luisito]

Originally Posted by 905er

Canada looks more and more like India with each passing year. I'm not surprised.

Canada will start letting in half a million immigrants each year for the next few years. The bulk of them will be Indian.

[Docere]

Overall Canada is about 10% less white than either Australia or the UK. UK and Australia are about 80%, Canada around 70%.

[yaletown_fella]

Originally Posted by Docere

Overall Canada is about 10% less white than either Australia or the UK. UK and Australia are about 80%, Canada around 70%.

Desi percentages are similar in Canada & the UK , but Canada has a larger proportion of East Asians (and West Asians to a lesser extent) & Filipinos