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I was in Toronto for 2weeks last summer for the second time for the past 10 years, I found that there are lots of east indian all over Toronto, everywhere I went….. somehow I fell like I'm in India, does anyone notice that???
I was in Toronto for 2weeks last summer for the second time for the past 10 years, I found that there are lots of east indian all over Toronto, everywhere I went….. somehow I fell like I'm in India, does anyone notice that???
We call ourselves Indo-Canadians, and the existence of the Toronto population is not a surprise to anyone, except foreigners, I suppose.
Just out of curiosity, why is it that the Indian diaspora in Canada and US are so different? Are they from different parts of India? Maybe this comes across as ignorant, but the Indians I knew in the US were almost always darker in skin tone, and carried themselves very differently than the Indo-Canadians I met in the GTA. I'm making zero value judgements here, just genuinely curious.
I grew up in BC with a 40% East Indian population. Moving to rural Quebec was confusing, I'm still not used to the lack of diversity. Can't get any good Indian food to save my life.
Just out of curiosity, why is it that the Indian diaspora in Canada and US are so different? Are they from different parts of India? Maybe this comes across as ignorant, but the Indians I knew in the US were almost always darker in skin tone, and carried themselves very differently than the Indo-Canadians I met in the GTA. I'm making zero value judgements here, just genuinely curious.
In Canada, a great deal of the East Indian population is from the northern Punjab region. Lots are 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation. A lot of the US immigrants, aside from the same as Canada, come from more southern regions, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (non-indian but hard for people to realize that). Lots of work visa immigrants. The immigration process is a bit different.
At least that is how my Punjabi friend in BC told me, sorry if that's incorrect.
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