Tamil origins in Scarborough
Only 6 dissemination areas in Canada report Tamil origin above 25 percent of the population in private households.
Origin in this story: Tamil
About 60,000 people in the Toronto census metropolitan area reported Tamil origin. · Ontario
Tamil reaches 36.3 percent of the population in private households in one dissemination area of Scarborough, against 1.0 percent across the city of Toronto and 0.19 percent across Canada.
Neighbouring municipalities carry the pattern outward, at 2.8 percent in Markham and 3.0 percent in Ajax.
In the Toronto census metropolitan area 59,990 people reported Tamil origins; only 6 dissemination areas in Canada pass 25 percent.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
Tamil and Sri Lankan are separate census responses. The map pools them to choose a label at map scale, never in these numbers.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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