Differential concentrations of immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull: Social distance, socio-economic and family statuses of the traditional versus the non-traditional immigration.

Abstract

This study attempts to describe and explain the differential residential concentrations of new immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull, and to compare these to the concentrations of pre-1967 immigrant groups. The study is limited to an examination of a selection of ethnic and immigrant groups as they are defined in the 1986 Census, the source of the data. An attempt is made to generalize on the results and to identify issues for future research. The results of this study of the differential residential concentrations of ethnic and immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull indicate that family status, socio-economic status, recency of immigration and language facility are (in 1986) still important variables explaining residential concentration. The influence of each of these factors varies with the ethnic or immigrant group in question. Social distance based on race and visibility does not appear to be, as yet, the most important variable explaining residential concentration of the visible minority groups. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)