-- TORONTO -- One in every five Canadians is now foreign-born, the highest proportion in 75 years, a shift likely to have profound consequences for Canada's economic and cultural future.I should mention here... in the interest of heading off any more virulent, offensive comments... my parents were immigrants.
Canada is becoming ever more diverse, Statistics Canada's 2006 census shows. The country's foreign-born population soared 13.6 per cent between 2001 and 2006 — four times higher than the Canadian-born population.
The changing face of urban Canada
However you might feel about it... it's not your parent's Toronto any more.
