TABLE 1.
Group | Birth/ethnicity | Number of patients (n=1242) | Per cent of CPP population | Per cent of 2001 GTA population |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | North American | 729 | 58.60 | 57.70 |
2 | Southern European | 121 | 9.74 (86)* | 5.63 |
3 | Northern European | 51 | 4.11† | 3.23 |
4 | Caribbean | 49 | 3.95 (90)* | 4.25 |
5 | Eastern European | 43 | 3.46 (81)* | 3.62 |
6 | South-central Asian | 48 | 3.86 (79)* | 6.69 |
Total | 1041 | 83.62 | ||
East Asian‡ | 20 | 1.60 | 6.01 |
Numbers in brackets indicate the percentage of foreign-born immigrants who spoke the language of country of origin at home.
The northern Europeans spoke English because they almost all came from the United Kingdom.
This small group is specifically mentioned, because it was seriously under-represented. GTA (residing in the) Greater Toronto Area