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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Vancouver's diversity is pretty overrated.
49% of the population is European, about 45% Asian (23% East Asian, 22% South Asian), with Middle Eastern, Latino, African, and Indigenous filling it out. People of European origin are mostly from colonial stock (English, Irish, Scottish, and French). Not that those groups don't have diversity within them, but compared to other places in Canada, it doesn't seem as diverse to me.
That is for the whole Metro Vancouver area. If we are just talking about Vancouver proper, it could be different. You definitely get a lot of separation though with enclaves and ethnic ghettoization. Some countries actually limit where people can settle to avoid ethnic and racial ghettoization. Not saying Canada should go that way, but it can create some issues when it comes to truly being a diverse society.
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I would mostly agree. You have a few isolated communities, and beyond that people in Vancouver mostly fall into one of the three major major ethnic groups, that are then, in turn, somewhat isolated from each other. It doesn't feel diverse the way that a place like NYC does.