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One simple way of measuring diversity is to count the number countries of represented. I used the cut-off of 5000 for a "community" - so at least 5000 born in a country to qualify.
This of course excludes the children and grandchildren of immigrants, but here this is a clear measurable that's pretty comparable across countries (and avoids questions of whether a fourth generation American who is half Polish should count as "Polish" etc.)
Here's some data from the US, the UK, Canada and Australia:
This is of course far from an exhaustive list. There may be some other US cities worthy of mention and of course, cities outside the anglosphere which I haven't yet looked at the data for.
One simple way of measuring diversity is to count the number countries of represented. I used the cut-off of 5000 for a "community" - so at least 5000 born in a country to qualify.
Wouldn't it be better to pro-rata the cut off based on the total population of the city? 5,000 in a city of 3 million is a lot "larger" than 5,000 in city of 10 million, for example.
It really exemplifies how Vancouver is not near as cosmopolitan as it claims to be. There are certainly a lot of visible minorities in Vancouver but outside of the Chinese, Filipinos, and Indians, it is very much still a rather WASPY city. Those 3 groups vastly outnumber all others and the Chinese VASTLY out number the other 2 in economic, social, and political influence.
Yeah, Vancouver really lacks "ethnic whites" compared to Toronto and Montreal, as well as having no Caribbean presence of any note. Basically WASP-Asian, as you say.
One simple way of measuring diversity is to count the number countries of represented. I used the cut-off of 5000 for a "community" - so at least 5000 born in a country to qualify.
This of course excludes the children and grandchildren of immigrants, but here this is a clear measurable that's pretty comparable across countries (and avoids questions of whether a fourth generation American who is half Polish should count as "Polish" etc.)
Here's some data from the US, the UK, Canada and Australia:
This is of course far from an exhaustive list. There may be some other US cities worthy of mention and of course, cities outside the anglosphere which I haven't yet looked at the data for.
The Australian figures at least, don't include anybody who did not complete the census form. In reality their should be 5 or 6 more countries added to both the Sydney and Melbourne totals.
The Australian figures at least, don't include anybody who did not complete the census form. In reality their should be 5 or 6 more countries added to both the Sydney and Melbourne totals.
And no communities from Oceania listed for Sydney and Melbourne Given the number Maori, Samoans, Tongans and others from the SW Pacific you find in those cities, it's surprising not to see them recognised.
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And no communities from Oceania listed for Sydney and Melbourne Given the number Maori, Samoans, Tongans and others from the SW Pacific you find in those cities, it's surprising not to see them recognised.
Sydney and Melbourne are in Oceania.
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Given the number Maori, Samoans, Tongans and others from the SW Pacific you find in those cities, it's surprising not to see them recognised.
