Running Head: GEOGRAPHY: PLACES AND PEOPLE
Geography: places and people
Geography: places and people
Introduction
The Canadians of East India origin composes of the biggest non-European ethnic collection in Canada. This group contributes a tenth of the biggest ethnic collection in Canada. While additionally they contribute as being the second biggest non-European group in the state. By the year 2001, 700, 000 persons of this origin stay in Canada, this was approximately 2.5% of the whole demography of Canada.
The community is fast growing when compared to the whole population. In the year range of 1996 to 2001 the persons from this origin increased by 30 % while the whole demography of Canada only grew by 4%. 80% of these Indians claim East Indian origin while the rest claim origin from other smaller groups. Approximately 40% of the whole demography of Canada is composed of several other ethnic origins. A bigger portion of the Indian population is not originally born in Canada. Approximately half of these Indian origin people are from India, while the small sizes are from Pakistan and Sri-Lanka and Africa.
When did they first arrive as a group?
Most of the immigrants from with Indian ancestry arrived in Canada lately. Almost half of them living in Canada by the year 2001 came here between the years 1981 and 1990 while another came in the 1970s. Far variably, only 7% came to Canada between the years 1961 and 1970 and below 1% of them came in by earlier than 1961. The number of recent immigrants in Ottawa is bigger than any other place in Canada
What caused this initial arrival?
Most of the Immigrants to Ottawa, Canada majorly for work-related reasons and to study, the age aspect of these recent immigrants bring to being that most of them 66% of them are in the prime working brackets of between 18 to 49 years, a greater number when compared to the Canadian origin people which is about 50%.
Economic immigrants are the people who came to India for the main reason of advancing their careers. When compared to all of the immigrants who live in Ottawa between the years of 1995 and 2002, 49% of these are majorly economic immigrants; this puts Ottawa as the fifth economic destination when compared to other places in Canada. Ottawa acquires the largest numbers of immigrants who have university degrees; this is approximately half of them. The job market has been stable; the immigrants in Ottawa have the possibility of acquiring higher rate of full time employment when compared to all other major cities, half of them are aged 25-54, while on the other hand, 80% of them have employment (Ottawa, 2011). Most of them are able to acquire high level of wages due to the high skills that their jobs are acquitted to.
Where did they settle?
The Indian community is majorly found in Ontario and the British Columbia. By the year 2001, 85% of the Canadians with ancestry from India reside in one of either Ontario or British Columbia. Ontario was residence to 58% while 26% resided in British Columbia. In the same year, there were approximately 400, 000 people of Indian ancestry staying in Ontario with only 184, 000 persons staying in British Columbia. In the same time, there are limited numbers of Indians in other provinces composing of over 60, 000 in Alberta and the other being found in Quebec reaching a possible number of 34, 000. The Canadian-Indian ancestry has a reasonable size of shares of the demography of Ontario and British Columbia (Canada, July 2007). For instance 5% of the whole demography of British Columbia and other hand 4% stood for the Ontario demography. The Indian community in Canada shows about 2% of the number in Alberta whole 1% or below or the people of all of the rest of provinces and regions.
What category(s) did they arrive under?
The immigration patterns are divided into two categories, the push factors and the pull factors. The push factors are attributed to the aspects the make people to leave their place or origin; factors like land shortage mad people to leave their places for new locations (Online). Overcrowding was another reason as well as religious discrimination and persecution which made people to live India for Canada in Ottawa. While on the other hand the pull factors are the things that attract them to the new location. The ability to acquire economic and social benefits that was there in Canada attracted the Indians as there lacked social classes in India. The Canadian government also presented aspects that attracted the Indian immigrants; there was the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) which made it easier and faster for people to travel as well as their produce. Land was also offered for the coming settlers, Ottawa also made it possible with the coming to being of the Royal North West Mounted Police which created reservations for them.
What did they do for employment? How has this changed over time?
The Indians are majorly found in the employment sector as workers in the manufacturing industry. By the year 2001, 13% of them were working in the manufacturing industry, with 6% in the total labor force. Other is more to be found in scientific and technical jobs. While still in the same year, 8% acquired employment in the natural and applied sciences in comparison to 6% in the workforce. A small number of them are not likely to be self-employed, while by 2001 10% are self-employed with 12% in the workforce.
Conclusion
Ottawa in Canada is significant entry point for several immigrants in the whole world. The Indians who have migrated and settled in Ottawa, Canada have been have acquired high salaried jobs and post-high school education. They are currently well educated, highly paid and occupy high education levels at their jobs when compared to other cities. Ottawa is the recipient of the biggest numbers of refugees and family correlated immigration of whichever place in Canada. Studies have shown that these immigrants are in a position to create rigid communities that are positioned closely geographically.
Bibliography
Canada, S. (July 2007). The East Indian community in Canada. Statistics Canada.
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Ottawa. (2011). Immigration to Ottawa. Ottawa Counts.
