Trends And Patterns In Vancouver

There are various of reasons why gentrification is good for downtown in Vancouver. Downtown in Vancouver was basically falling apart, the best thing for it is gentrification. Being one of the oldest neighborhoods around, I believe it needs change. In the background essay about Vancouver’s downtown in the DBQ (p. 161), it exclaims that “And like families and their members, cities and their neighborhoods change over time”, this is basically telling us that Vancouver’s downtown is used on experiencing “change”, and that it’s okay for a change due to people coming and going. Another reason why I believe gentrification is good is because the city could get rid of all the “druggies” living in the area. Yeah, you might say that it won’t work but I

The City of Mississauga: The City of Mississauga is the 6th largest city in Canada and has an approximate population of 721,599 people (Statistics Canada, 2016). The city of Mississauga is the only city in the GTHA to be serviced by seven major highways (Highway 401,403, 409, 410, 427, 407 and Queens Elizabeth Way (QEW)). Canada’s largest and busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport is in the municipality. The city is a lower-tier municipality within the Region of Peel. The most recent consolidation of the official plan which includes OMB decisions and approved official plan amendments occurred August 2, 2017 (City of Mississauga, 2017).

Ultimately, the impact of gentrification on the Downtown Eastside will be most felt by its current low-income residents. It is understood that the complexity of the issues found in the Downtown Eastside does not allow for an easy fix. The extent to which gentrification’s impacts have been and will be felt by those living in the area are and will be great, respectively. While gentrification may bring diversity to Vancouver, it is at the expense of the many disadvantaged residents of the Downtown Eastside who will be

Throughout the last three decades, increasing numbers of Asians have migrated to Canada from all over the Asian continent. Currently, 44% of the Vancouver area population is of Asian descent (Statistics Canada, 2001). Immigrants commonly occupy skilled job positions that the host nation is unable to fill with its own citizens, and thus they offer many advantages to their receiving country. In a nation with a declining birthrate, such as Canada, their contribution can play a major role on multiple levels. The immigrants themselves often enjoy a greater earning potential than they did in their native country, which can be advantageous for those who wish to send money back home to support their families.

Under Canada’s healthcare system, citizens are provided with primary care and medical treatments, as well as easy access to hospitals, clinics, and any other additional medical services. Regardless of annual income, this system allows all Canadian citizens access to medical services without immediate pay. Canada is fortunate to have a free healthcare plan since this necessity comes at a substantial expense for people living in the United States of America. For instance, the Commonwealth Fund's Health Insurance Survey mentions that “80 million people, around 43% of America's working-age adults, did not go to the doctor or access other medical services because of the cost” (Luhby). Evidently, Canada’s healthcare system is notorious in supporting the demands of the population, and creating a healthy and happy society at a manageable cost.

Canada, is well known for being immigration friendly over the course of history and it is an ideology that Canadians value. Immigration offers an opportunity for Canadians to seal in crevasses within the Canadian economy and stabilizes it from leaks which causes inflations and recessions. However, as opportunity presents itself, trade-offs are likely to follow. Today, Canadians are facing challenges regarding unemployment rates as well as increases in the cost of living. According to Collacott Martin, a senior at Fraser Institute who represented Canada in the department of external affairs, the housing prices are rising due to an increase in population among large cities in Canada. Collacott, predicted that newcomers of Canada cost between

Canada faced dramatic changes through the decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s, but in particular the province of Quebec. In 1959, Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis died, this marked the beginning of the Quiet Revolution. Duplessis was the Union Nationale leader and the party had controlled Quebec for decades until shortly after Duplessis’ death, a provincial election was held where the Liberals, led by Jean Lesage, had won the vote. The Liberals started moving away from the Catholic ideologies, traditions were being shifted and a transformed society was taking over the province of Quebec. Lesage was famously quoted in 1962 “There is no doubt in my mind; it’s now or never that we must become masters in our own home.” which became the Liberals

Canada 's housing market is at an all-time high, they are known in Vancouver for having the most expensive housing market. This expensive market is not just a Vancouver problem, it is an issue growing throughout the nation and is depriving the average citizen to be able to purchase a house in their lifetime. There is a major issue with the state of the market and how it affects the current citizens. Issues have been rising where the average wage in Vancouver is estimated at seventy-one thousand per family household, according to the Vancouver Sun (2014), yet the average costing home as reached between five hundred thousand in the municipality to over one million within Vancouver, according to articles by Beth Lindsay (2015) of the Vancouver Sun, and Troy Landereville (2015) of The Maple Ridge Times.

If we look at the data corresponding to municipalities that are classified as outer suburb, we can observe that Caledon has the fastest rate of growth from 1971 to 1981, Vaughan has the fastest rate of growth from 1981 to 1991 and 2001, and Brampton has the fastest rate of growth from 1971 to 2006 compared to other 13 municipalities listed under outer suburb. Below is the rate of change in population for Caledon, Vaughan, and Brampton that respectively have the highest rates of growth from 1971 to 2006. Please refer to Appendix for other municipalities data.

The effectiveness of a health system varies upon populations and the differences in cultural, socioeconomic and behavioral factors. Canadians live two to three years longer than Americans, but because they live healthier. In the U.S. there is a relatively high incidence of obesity and this leads to poor health outcomes. There is greater success of survival rate in the U.S. due to the availability of innovative technology and better screenings and treatments (O'Neill & O'Neill, 2007). When care is free there are longer waiting times for medical services and needs are not being met on time. Over the years Canada has seen an issue with controlling health expenditures because of the services that are provided and are free of charge due to their universal plan. In the U.S costs are cited as a source of unmet needs (O'Neill & O'Neill, 2007). In the U.S. there lower wait times to see a specialists and get surgery. In the U.S. unmet needs were because of costs

Societal Change contributes to an ever changing society in Canada. Two distinct adaptations that contribute to this developing society include Immigration and Equality. Immigration was almost non-existent in 1939, with Canada being a largely white settler dominion. As the years progressed, Immigration began to increase until Canada moved to become a multicultural, multiracial society at its current stage in 2017. By 2039, I would expect Canada to be even more multicultural, taking into account the Syrian Refugee crisis, many more refugees will be coming to Canada, thus influencing this idea of more racially diverse community. Equality between sexes was also something that contributed to this changing society in Canada. Women moved from being

Begining in1958 the area of Eglinton West was settled by many immigrants from the Caribbean with a large percentage of Jamaicans residents. The 1970s and 80s brought a large wave of Caribbean people to Toronto this created a thriving and vibrant community in Eglinton West. Jamaicans imported their culture such as reggae music and opened music shops, labels, studios and clubs in the area. Little Jamaica is actually the second largest hub for reggae music after Kingston, Jamaica. Other businesses include barbers, beauty salons, restaurants, grocery store, tailors. Well, known business in the area is Monica beauty salon and beauty supplies, Randy's legendary Jamaican patties,

What would it have been like living in Halifax? With war all around you? Having to see soldiers with weapons in your home town every day, as a child? The answers are clear and horrific in this story that Kristin Lewis has told us. But if you want to know what it was like to live at this time then keep on reading it won’t even cost you a dime!

Canada is considered to be a cultural mosaic, where all cultures are embraced opposed to a melting pot where it is expected to adopt one culture. Government regulated media is more favourable than policies based off of self-regulated solutions when addressing Canada’s media industries and cultural needs. Canadians place importance on national identity and without government regulated policies, the content in the media would have minimal Canadian information. According to the Aird Commission, when Canada’s media was operating through private enterprise, many stations expressed conflicting content, however, with state regulated media, broadcasting allows the nation to have a unified vocation. One unified message being sent to the nations citizens is more beneficial than multiple broadcasts on differentiated and insignificant information.

The quantity of individuals who are into Canada is consistently expanding as seen somewhere around 2001 and 2006, the quantity of remotely conceived individuals expanded by 13.6%, and by, 2006 Canada had developed to have 34 ethnic groups with no less than one hundred thousand individuals each, of which eleven have more than 1,000,000 individuals and various others are spoken to in littler sums. 16.2% of the populace self-distinguishes as a noticeable minority (Statistics Canada, 2011). This massive immigration has ensured that multiculturalism in Canada has never faced any threat of collapse. The Canadians know that the only way different cultures are going to strive in the country is by supporting legal immigration of people from various parts of the world into the country. By allowing the settlement of immigrants, multiculturalism in Canada was being