Ethnic Diversity Increasing in Canada's Suburbs

In its final installment on Canada's suburbs, the Globe and Mail looks at the energizing impact of Asian immigrants on British Columbia's lower mainland.

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August 5, 2006, 1:00 PM PDT

By Michael Dudley

"Richmond, once a sleepy rural district on the outskirts of Vancouver, has been transformed by waves of recent immigrants into a bustling new centre of urban growth. It has become a small satellite city that seems a world away from the old English charm of the Tudor-style mansions on the Vancouver side of the river.

What just over a decade ago was farmland in Richmond has been transformed into sprawling housing tracts, subtopian malls, industrial parks, condo towers and a flurry of Chinese-language business signs.

All of this growth has been driven by a steady flow of immigrants, mostly from China and South Asia. It's part of a national trend that is making the suburbs bigger, busier and more ethnically diverse."

FULL STORY: Asian immigrants energize Richmond

Thursday, August 3, 2006 in The Globe and Mail

Social / Demographics Canada

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