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Spatial Assimilation of Racial Minorities in Canada's Immigrant Gateway Cities

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  • Feng Hou

    (Socio-economic and Business Analysis Branch, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada KIA OT6, feng.hou@statcan.ca)

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This study demonstrates that conventional expectations concerning patterns of residential spatial assimilation by racial minority immigrants are likely to be altered under conditions of persistent high levels of immigration. While cross-sectional studies conclude that the traditional assimilation model fits the experience of racial minority immigrants to Canada, a different picture emerges from longitudinal changes at the group level. Using a pseudo-cohort approach, it is shown that, for some racial minority immigrants, the level of residential dissimilarity from Whites in Canada's gateway cities has risen with time. Moreover, residential proximity to Whites is becoming less salient as a marker of spatial assimilation. Differences among racial minority groups in residential distribution and exposure to own-group neighbours only reflect variations in the degree of own-group preference and capacity to build affluent ethnic communities.

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  • Feng Hou, 2006. "Spatial Assimilation of Racial Minorities in Canada's Immigrant Gateway Cities," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(7), pages 1191-1213, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:43:y:2006:i:7:p:1191-1213
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980600711993
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    1. Hou, Feng, 2005. "Summary Of: The Initial Destinations and Redistribution of Canada's Major Immigrant Groups: Changes over the Past Two Decades," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005255e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
    2. Hou, Feng & Picot, Garnett, 2003. "Visible Minority Neighbourhood Enclaves and Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2003204e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
    3. Hou, Feng, 2005. "The Initial Destinations and Redistribution of Canada's Major Immigrant Groups: Changes over the Past Two Decades," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005254e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
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