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I just stumbled across this article. The description reminds of old school science texts with their various rings/layers of minerals, skin, atmospheres, and now Torontonians...
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/071220-3565.asp
U of T research identifies three "cities" within Toronto
City becoming increasingly divided by income and socio-economic status
Dec 20/07
The City of Toronto is becoming increasingly divided by income and socio-economic status, says a new report issued today by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS) at the University of Toronto. No longer a “city of neighbourhoods,†the study calls modern-day Toronto a “city of disparities.â€
In fact, Toronto is now so polarized it could be described as three geographically distinct cities made up of 20 percent affluent neighbourhoods, 36 percent poor neighbourhoods, and 43 percent middle-income earner neighbourhoods − and that 43 percent is in decline.
The CUCS study analyzed income and other data from the 1971 and 2001 censuses, and grouped the city’s neighbourhoods based on whether average income in each one had increased, decreased, or stayed the same over that 30-year period. It found that the city’s neighbourhoods have become polarized by income and other ethno-cultural characteristics and that wealth and poverty are concentrated in distinct areas.
The CUCS report describes three distinct geographical “cities†within the City of Toronto in 2001:
· City#1 (high-income) is clustered around the two subway lines, much of the area south of Bloor/Danforth, some of the waterfront, and central Etobicoke. It includes about 17 per cent of Toronto’s residents. In this “city,†incomes have increased by 71per cent over the 30-year study period. The ethnic origins of residents are mostly white (84 per cent), a small minority are immigrants (12 per cent), and their occupations are mostly white-collar (60 per cent).
· City#2 (middle-income) sits between the other two cities, with some neighbourhoods in the core and south of Bloor-Danforth, and others in the former North York. Forty-two per cent of Toronto’s residents live City #2. Average incomes have changed little over the study period (a slight decrease of 4 per cent). The ethnic makeup of City#2 is 67 per cent white and 21 per cent black, Chinese or South Asian; 48 per cent are immigrants, and their work is 39 per cent white collar and 18 per cent blue collar.
· City#3 (low-income) comprises much of northern Toronto, outside the Yonge Street subway corridor, plus large parts of Scarborough. It comprises 40 per cent of the city’s population. Incomes in City#3 have decreased by 34 per cent between 1970 and 2000; its residents are 43 per cent black, Chinese or South Asian in origin (40 per cent are white); 62 per cent were born outside of Canada; and 32 per cent work in white-collar and 25 per cent in blue-collar jobs.
So the term “inner city†(in the sense of urban poverty) no longer means south of Bloor-Danforth or clustered around the downtown core. Gentrification has changed the southern neighbourhoods. The new “inner city†has moved north, mostly north of the 401, and east to Scarborough.
The report concludes that, “the City of Toronto, over a 30-year period, ceased being a city with a majority of neighbourhoods (66 per cent) in which residents’ average incomes were near the middle, and very few neighbourhoods (1 per cent) with very poor residents.
“Middle-income neighbourhoods are now a minority and half the city’s neighbourhoods are low-income,†said Professor David Hulchanski, director of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies.
This economic and cultural segregation will likely continue, he noted, unless the various levels of government undertake policies to support income, give tax relief to those at the low end, and promote mixed neighbourhoods through zoning and rent control.
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/071220-3565.asp
U of T research identifies three "cities" within Toronto
City becoming increasingly divided by income and socio-economic status
Dec 20/07
The City of Toronto is becoming increasingly divided by income and socio-economic status, says a new report issued today by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS) at the University of Toronto. No longer a “city of neighbourhoods,†the study calls modern-day Toronto a “city of disparities.â€
In fact, Toronto is now so polarized it could be described as three geographically distinct cities made up of 20 percent affluent neighbourhoods, 36 percent poor neighbourhoods, and 43 percent middle-income earner neighbourhoods − and that 43 percent is in decline.
The CUCS study analyzed income and other data from the 1971 and 2001 censuses, and grouped the city’s neighbourhoods based on whether average income in each one had increased, decreased, or stayed the same over that 30-year period. It found that the city’s neighbourhoods have become polarized by income and other ethno-cultural characteristics and that wealth and poverty are concentrated in distinct areas.
The CUCS report describes three distinct geographical “cities†within the City of Toronto in 2001:
· City#1 (high-income) is clustered around the two subway lines, much of the area south of Bloor/Danforth, some of the waterfront, and central Etobicoke. It includes about 17 per cent of Toronto’s residents. In this “city,†incomes have increased by 71per cent over the 30-year study period. The ethnic origins of residents are mostly white (84 per cent), a small minority are immigrants (12 per cent), and their occupations are mostly white-collar (60 per cent).
· City#2 (middle-income) sits between the other two cities, with some neighbourhoods in the core and south of Bloor-Danforth, and others in the former North York. Forty-two per cent of Toronto’s residents live City #2. Average incomes have changed little over the study period (a slight decrease of 4 per cent). The ethnic makeup of City#2 is 67 per cent white and 21 per cent black, Chinese or South Asian; 48 per cent are immigrants, and their work is 39 per cent white collar and 18 per cent blue collar.
· City#3 (low-income) comprises much of northern Toronto, outside the Yonge Street subway corridor, plus large parts of Scarborough. It comprises 40 per cent of the city’s population. Incomes in City#3 have decreased by 34 per cent between 1970 and 2000; its residents are 43 per cent black, Chinese or South Asian in origin (40 per cent are white); 62 per cent were born outside of Canada; and 32 per cent work in white-collar and 25 per cent in blue-collar jobs.
So the term “inner city†(in the sense of urban poverty) no longer means south of Bloor-Danforth or clustered around the downtown core. Gentrification has changed the southern neighbourhoods. The new “inner city†has moved north, mostly north of the 401, and east to Scarborough.
The report concludes that, “the City of Toronto, over a 30-year period, ceased being a city with a majority of neighbourhoods (66 per cent) in which residents’ average incomes were near the middle, and very few neighbourhoods (1 per cent) with very poor residents.
“Middle-income neighbourhoods are now a minority and half the city’s neighbourhoods are low-income,†said Professor David Hulchanski, director of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies.
This economic and cultural segregation will likely continue, he noted, unless the various levels of government undertake policies to support income, give tax relief to those at the low end, and promote mixed neighbourhoods through zoning and rent control.