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Article content The report uses 2016 census information to highlight its most represented ethnic origins, as well as Indigenous identity. It also looks at the racial identity of groups in Vancouver including white, Chinese, South Asian, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Indigenous, Latin American, Japanese, Korean, West Asian, Black, Arab, Other, and Multiple. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Academics, advocates question City of Vancouver s social indicators report Back to video However, when it examines “economy and equity,” it uses the categories of white, Black, Indigenous, and Other Visible Minority to compare low-income and poverty rates. There isn’t a breakdown of groups within the “Other Visible Minority” category. ....
The Globe and Mail Published February 26, 2021 DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail Metro Vancouver housing builders and the real estate industry are bracing for a big surge of immigrants to wash into the region once travel is allowed again, with some possible extra pushes coming from Hong Kong, India, the Philippines and even Indonesia. That new wave is likely to include a significant proportion of relatively well-off, middle-class people with assets to bring to Canada that will give them home-buying power when they get here. “A lot of would-be immigrants are preplanning,” said Vishey Singh, a realtor with Team 3000 who sells primarily in the southern suburbs of Surrey, Delta and Langley, where house prices have been shooting up in recent months. ....
February 13, 2021 Share Canada is easing the requirements for some students from Hong Kong to stay in Canada, a reaction to crackdowns by China in the former British colony. Starting this month, the government will allow work permits to be granted to Hong Kong residents who have graduated from a Canadian university, or a similar school, in the last five years. The permits will last for up to three years. Subsequently, the students can apply to become permanent residents and eventually Canadian citizens. The move is a direct response to the National Security Law in Hong Kong. It follows moves by other countries, such as Britain, which is now allowing those with British National Overseas passports to come and stay there. ....