Wenn Sie erraten Toronto, you wouldn’t be wrong.

Das Toronto metropolitan area, with a regional population of more than 5 Million, ist die Heimat von rund 2.3 million people who were born outside of Canada.

But you might be surprised to learn that the Vancouver suburb of Richmond is the city with the highest percentage of immigrant residents.

According to Richmond’s most recent census (2006), “Immigrants make up 57.4% of the city’s population, which is the highest proportion of any municipality in Canada.” The immigrant population of Greater Toronto is just under 50% of the region’s total population.

Mehr als 80 percent of immigrants to Richmond come from Asia und dem Nahen Osten, particularly China (26.8%) und Hong Kong (23%). Knapp über 10 percent come from Europe (especially the UK), with another five percent hailing from the Americas or elsewhere in the world.

Interessant, a significant majority of Richmond’s immigrants have been in Canada long enough to have been granted Canadian citizenship. Mehr als 86% of Richmond residents are Canadian citizens.

Ganz Kanada, über 20 percent of Canadian residents were born outside the country, approximately one out of every five people. In den USA, im Gegensatz, immigrants make up only about 12 percent of the population.

Foto © Carolyn B. Heller