Ethnoburbs in the GTA

[Mace]

One of the things I love about Toronto is the sheer number of Ethnoburbs - both urban and suburban. ("Ethnoburb" is a term that denotes a residential concentrations of a particular ethnic group)

So let's compile a list of ethnoburbs in the GTA area - There are tonnes to be listed really...

(Check out the GTA section in today's Star - there's a series on this phenomenon. There's even a map in today's Star on which communities are concentrated where! They focus on Chinese, South Asian, Jewish and Italian communities - if anyone could put up a JPEG of the map that would be sweet.)

[shadowfighta]

Markham - HK chinese
Jane/Finch - viet/black
Markham/Eglinton - sri lanken

[mistry?]

brampton - south asian
and well as sauga

[KevC]

Thornhill - Jewish
North York, 'round bathurst- Russian
North York, 'round yonge - Korean

[Talamasca]

Chinese - Richmond Hill, Markham, Scarborough
South Asian - Brampton, Gerrard East
Black - Scarborough
Italian - Woodbridge, Little Italy
Polish - Roncesvalles
Greek - Danforth

Do Middle Eastern people have their "own" neighbourhood? T.O. has a large ME population but I'm not aware of a specific area.

[Rehan]

Do Middle Eastern people have their "own" neighbourhood? T.O. has a large ME population but I'm not aware of a specific area.There's a bit of Iranian population around Yonge & Finch. Yonge St. in that area was closed off for the afternoon a couple weeks ago when Iran beat Bahrain in World Cup qualifying (soccer).

[plymouthhater]

Chinese - Richmond Hill, Markham, Scarborough
South Asian - Brampton, Gerrard East
Black - Scarborough
Italian - Woodbridge, Little Italy
Polish - Roncesvalles
Greek - Danforth

Do Middle Eastern people have their "own" neighbourhood? T.O. has a large ME population but I'm not aware of a specific area.

Lots of Middle Eastern (Arab not Israeli) stores on Lawrence East of Pharmacy.

Somali - Dixon Rd Between Islington and Kipling
Jamaican - Eglinton between Marlee and Oakwood

[Rehan]

(Check out the GTA section in today's Star - there's a series on this phenomenon. There's even a map in today's Star on which communities are concentrated where! They focus on Chinese, South Asian, Jewish and Italian communities - if anyone could put up a JPEG of the map that would be sweet.)http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6295/ethno9dn.th.jpg (http://img270.echo.cx/my.php?image=ethno9dn.jpg)

(It's from the May 19, 2005 paper listed at http://www.ryerson.ca/surp/content/faculty_administration/biographies/faculty/kumar.htm )

[Coolers]

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6295/ethno9dn.th.jpg (http://img270.echo.cx/my.php?image=ethno9dn.jpg)

(It's from the May 19, 2005 paper listed at http://www.ryerson.ca/surp/content/faculty_administration/biographies/faculty/kumar.htm )

What's with the yellow (Chinese) section in the middle, on Steeles between Hwy. 400 and Bathurst? I've never heard of any Chinese people living there.

[Mace]

Hey that map is racist - why are the Chinese sections yellow and South Asian sections brown?

[UrbanPoet]

hehe Italians and Chinese are EVERYWHERE! GAAAHH!