あなたはトロントを推測した場合, you wouldn’t be wrong.

ザ トロント metropolitan area, with a regional population of more than 5 百万円, 大体に家である 2.3 million people who were born outside of Canada.

But you might be surprised to learn that the Vancouver suburb of リッチモンド 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.

以上 80 percent of immigrants to Richmond come from Asia および中東, particularly China (26.8%) 香港 (23%). ジャストオーバー 10 percent come from Europe (especially the UK), with another five percent hailing from the Americas or elsewhere in the world.

興味深いことに, a significant majority of Richmond’s immigrants have been in Canada long enough to have been granted Canadian citizenship. 以上 86% of Richmond residents are Canadian citizens.

カナダ横断, について 20 percent of Canadian residents were born outside the country, approximately one out of every five people. 米国では, 対照的に, immigrants make up only about 12 percent of the population.

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