Recent
immigrant distribution among
the
three cities revealed distinct
characteristics with each CMA following a pattern. While the percent of
recent immigrant population in Montreal decreased by 13.2%, Toronto and
Vancouver experienced a rise in recent immigrant population of 5.9% and
11.2% respectively. Despite this declining trend in Montreal, recent
immigrant population seem to be concentrated as their percentage per
census tract increased in 2001. Toronto and Vancouver exhibit a surge
in recent immigrant population and their spatial concentration. This is
evident in the rise in percentage of recent immigrant population per
census tract. Regarding the highest proportion of recent immigrants in
a census tract, Toronto has the highest with 45.1% and Montreal came as
low as 25.7%. Proportion of recent immigrants in one census tract to
another was relatively radical in Toronto but more uniform in Montreal
with Vancouver in the midway.
Spatial concentration of recent
immigrants declined from 1996 to 2001
in all three cities. On the contrary, each city experienced a rise in
recent immigrant proportion. Spatial distribution of recent immigrant
cluster was consistent with corresponding rise in recent immigrant
proportion.
A descriptive statistics that reveals basic statistical trends in the
data is shown below.
