Toronto's resemblance to Queens NY

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Demographically, Queens resembles Toronto with its large Chinese, South Asian, Caribbean and European immigrant populations (granted Queens is less white and has a much larger Latin American presence).

Toronto and Queens were also largely built up around the same time, in the early to mid 20th century.

Both only became hyper-diverse in recent decades. Toronto was a British/Irish dominated city until the postwar years. Similarly Queens lagged behind the more urban NYC boroughs. While NYC became predominantly Jewish/Italian in the early 20th century, Queens was still mostly German, Irish and "old stock" American (the Jewish/Italian mass movement into Queens was in the postwar years). Only in the 1970s did either really begin to see a truly global immigration influx.

Housing stock is fairly similar too, Queens is the borough that is most geared toward SFHs and big apartments like Toronto. Growing up the credits to All in the Family reminded me of Toronto.

Finally, Queens and Old Toronto have a similar population density.