Visible minorities will be the new majority in the GTA

Apr 2, 2010 |

Statistics Canada has recently released demographic projections indicating that in the Greater Toronto Area, visible minorities will comprise more than 60% of the region’s population in 20 years.

Map credit: The Globe and Mail.

The changing face of Canada: booming minority populations by 2031
Joe Friesen, The Globe and Mail – March 9, 2010

Prof. Reitz said it could be taken as a sign of Canada’s modernity that its emerging generation of leaders, many of whom will belong to visible minorities, may have roots that tie them to Mumbai as much as Toronto. It may or not prove a competitive economic advantage, he said, but the prominence of visible minorities in Canada’s cities has made, and will continue to make, them more global in outlook.