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Old 03-29-2014, 05:40 AM
 
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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???
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Old 03-29-2014, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Gee, what a surprise.

The largest city in Canada has a multicultural population ?

Imagine that ?

You don't get out much, do you ?

Jim B.

Toronto.
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Old 03-29-2014, 03:18 PM
 
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South Asians in the GTA make up the second largest ethnic group after whites/Europeans. It used to be East Asians up to about a few years ago.
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Old 03-29-2014, 04:14 PM
 
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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???
We call ourselves Indo-Canadians, and the existence of the Toronto population is not a surprise to anyone, except foreigners, I suppose.
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Old 04-07-2014, 02:50 AM
 
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Ever been to Brampton?

One look at the OP's post history reveals he has a race problem.
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Old 06-03-2014, 03:20 AM
 
Location: Mississauga
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Both are the Different countrys.
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Old 06-03-2014, 04:25 AM
 
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Be sure to visit the India town next time you visit Totonto..
Little India Toronto - Discovering Toronto Attractions by Transit
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Old 06-03-2014, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
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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.
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Old 06-03-2014, 09:38 AM
 
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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.
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Old 06-03-2014, 09:43 AM
 
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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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