{"id":21528,"date":"2017-11-21T04:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T04:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/?p=21528"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:28:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:28:58","slug":"increases-in-visible-minorities-most-evident-in-ottawa-suburbia-census-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/increases-in-visible-minorities-most-evident-in-ottawa-suburbia-census-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Increases in Visible Minorities Most Evident in Ottawa Suburbia Census Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s capital has seen over a 17% increase in visible minorities residing in various areas all over the city according to a according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www12.statcan.gc.ca\/census-recensement\/2016\/rt-td\/imm-eng.cfm\">analysis of census data resleased by Statistics Canada<\/a> this year, however this growth isn\u2019t apparent everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The data revealed that of the neighborhoods sprawled across the city, the areas that appeared to have gained most of this influx were the West and South-West suburbs of Ottawa including Gloucester, Barrhaven, South-Nepean and Kanata.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 80%; height: 0; max-width: 100%;} .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container iframe{position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} small{position: absolute; z-index: 40; bottom: 0; margin-bottom: -15px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Visible Minorities-STORY\" src=\"\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=e381542330874f778c87dfc3513fb8ff&extent=-76.2545,45.0108,-75.2314,45.5808&home=true&zoom=true&previewImage=false&scale=true&details=true&legend=true&active_panel=details&disable_scroll=true&theme=light\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>The map shows which areas of the city visible minority growth is concentrated in. The darker spaces on the map represent the areas in which there were the most increases seen in visible minorities and the lighter areas show no increase or a decrease in those identifying as a visible minority.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is quite obvious to see this increase according to 23 year-old Emma Brennen, who\u2019s family has lived in a small-division of the Ottawa suburb Kanata for her entire.<\/p>\n<p>This area of Ottawa\u2019s west-end encompasses many amenities making it a good place for a family home says Brennen, she and her younger sister went to the public school that is walking distance from their home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are new developments and condos going up almost everyday it seems like,\u201d says Brennen. \u201cThere are always new people and houses flipping on every block, our most recent neighbours are from Kuwait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www12.statcan.gc.ca\/census-recensement\/2016\/dp-pd\/dv-vd\/imm\/index-eng.cfm\">Statistics Canada<\/a>, of the over 30,000 immigrants that chose to call Ottawa home from 2011-2016, most of them, approximately 7,000 came from West Central Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is apparent that Ottawa has seen an increase in visible minorities overall, this is not the case for all neighbourhoods. Areas like the Glebe appearing to see a decrease in the number of individuals identifying as visible minorities according to the census data.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Pearson and her family immigrated to Canada from England in March 1998 to their 3-story home on Powell Street. Since then they have seen very few new faces on their block.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21506\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Anna-Pearson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Anna-Pearson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Anna-Pearson.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Anna-Pearson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Pearson, Photo Courtesy of Anna Pearson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe couple that lives to the right of us are both in their mid 70s and have been here their entire life, the family across the street inherited their house from family, it\u2019s been in the family for years,\u201d Pearson says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe house for sale at the end of the street been up for sale for over a year now,\u201d she says, \u201cIt\u2019s appraised at over 1 million dollars and it\u2019s beautiful but no one comes to the open houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The colossal price tag may be a factor as to why see less visible minorities in neighbourhoods of Ottawa like the Glebe according to Dan Moloughey, broker of record at Ottawa Urban Reality Inc. He says that for most first-time buyers or people just moving into the country, Glebe home prices may seem incredibly high and unattainable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21505\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dan-Moloughey-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmckie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dan-Moloughey--200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Moloughey, Broker of Record at Ottawa Urban Reality Inc. Photo Courtesy of Ottawa Urban Reality Inc. Brokerage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to an analysis by the Ottawa Real Estate Board, the average sale price of a residential non-condo home in Ottawa in January 2015 was $370,442 and for the same month and property type in the Glebe, the average home went for $617,000 on the real estate market.<\/p>\n<p>Why would one choose to pay almost double for a home in the Glebe?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is that some people make more money than others and another financial factor is that not every Glebe homeowner paid the prices we\u2019ve seen in the last 15 years\u201d says Moloughey, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that long ago there was less of a discrepancy between the prices of homes in the core of Ottawa and those further out\u2026those who bought in the 1990s or earlier have surely done well!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s capital has seen over a 17% increase in visible minorities residing in various areas all over the city according to a according to an analysis of census data resleased by Statistics Canada this year, however this growth isn\u2019t apparent everywhere. 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