Canada is a country of immigrants of different ethnic origins. This is the first volume that provides the demographic profile vital to an understanding of this country. Twenty-five of the top demographers in Canada draw upon 1986 and 1981 census figures and social surveys.
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- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 1990.
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- 305.8/00971
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- 20
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 497 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Contributors 4
- Table Of Contents 6
- Preface 8
- 1. The Social Demography of Ethnic Groups 10
- 2. Ethnic Origins in the Canadian Census. 1871-1986 22
- I. FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND MIGRATION 40
- 3. The Demography of Aboriginal People in Canada 42
- 4. The Fertility of Ethnic Groups 70
- 5. Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility 84
- 6. Immigrant Mortality Trends and Differentials 100
- 7. The Evolution of Immigrant Cohorts 120
- 8. "New Wave" Immigrants: Origins and Characteristics 150
- II. DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND ETHNIC COHESION 170
- 9. Ethnic Language Maintenance and Shift 172
- 10. Ethno-Religious Identity and Acculturation 188
- 11. Family Structure and Ethnicity 208
- 12. Intermarriage Among Ethnic Groups 222
- 13. Variations in Aging and Ethnicity 238
- 14. The Aging of Ethnic Groups in Quebec 262
- III. IMMIGRANT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS 282
- 15. Immigrant Women: Language and Socioeconomic Inequalities and Policy Issues 284
- 16. Occupational Composition of Immigrant Women 306
- 17. Ethnic, Marital and Economic Status of Women 324
- 18. Immigrant Women in the Clothing Industry 352
- 19. The Income of Caribbean Immigrants in Canada 372
- IV. THE MULTIETHNIC CHALLENGE FOR DEMOGRAPHERS 390
- 20. Third World Immigration and Multiculturalism 392
- 21. Ethnic Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Canada 408
- 22. The Emergence of Multiethnicities in the Eighties 424
- Appendix A: Instructions and Questions for Ethnic Origin Data, 1871-1986 450
- Appendix B: Selected Ethnic Origin Data for 1981 and 1986 462
- References 468
