Ethnic & cultural background impacts experience of community in Vancouver

A few of the 2012 survey findings -

• People’s ethnic and cultural background has a dramatic impact on how they experience community

• Only about one in four of the respondents attended an ethnic or cultural event put on by an ethnic or cultural group different than their own

• Most of us still see our own ethnic group as our “in-group.”

• 17% of respondents experience discrimination in their day-to-day lives. The most likely to report discrimination are single parents (24%), people of Aboriginal ancestry (27%), and South Asians (28%), the ethnic group with the fastest-growing number of new immigrants

 To read the full report - Connections and Engagement: A Survey of Metro Vancouver (June 2012) 
 Click here  http://vancouverfoundation.ca/connect-engage/2012survey.htm