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Adapted from: Geography of Canada www.CraigMarlatt.com/school The Geography of Culture
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The Canadian Mosaic
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English is still, by far, the first language across the Greater Toronto Area. But strip away that blanket of dominance and a colourful patchwork emerges, showing where newcomers from around the world chose to settle.
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The Canadian Mosaic 56% of the 5.4 million GTA residents count English as their mother tongue. Here are the next most prevalent.
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The Canadian Mosaic The new languages that will shape the language quilt of the future are from South Asia and Asia. The maps on the following slides show where the 452 000 immigrants between 2001 and 2006 settled in the GTA.
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The Canadian Mosaic Urdu –33 765 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Chinese –33 680 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Punjabi –26 945 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Mandarin –24 970 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Tagalog –23 460 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Russian –20 920 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Farsi –19 530 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic Spanish –19 410 immigrants between 2001 and 2006
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The Canadian Mosaic The entire patchwork…
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The Canadian Mosaic …including three highlighted areas.
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Canadian Mosaic Focus on Durham Region
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