Community Check-Up: Hillcrest Village Russian Spanish Persian Korean Cantonese - Hillcrest Village: Population (2011): 17,650 Their Homelanguage
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8 | community check-up: hillcrest village get to know north york! The North York 020304050607080910 07080910 Mirror looks at the 2001 2011 2006 2011 changing trends and demographics in COMMUNITY DIFFERENCE FIVE-YEAR its local neighbour- hoods. Data courtesy of a decade change Statistics Canada via check-up Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Tuesday, the City of Toronto. This week: Hillcrest Village +3.5% -36.0% Between 2001 and 2011, the number After more than doubling between of people in Hillcrest Village who listed 2001 and Hillcrest Village: Population (2011): 17,650 English as their Home Language has 2006, the increased by 3.5 per cent, though total number NORTH YORK MIRROR | NORTH that number has decreased by 6.3 per of people LANGUAGES cent since 2006. listing Persian (Farsi) as their Home Language Russian Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese are dropped significantly between 2006 Korean common non-official languages in Hill- and 2011: by 36 per cent. RomanianSpanish Persian crest Village. In the 2011 census, 42.2 +23.3% Arabic per cent of residents listed one of The number of people in the 65+ age CITY MOTHER TONGUE the three as their Mother Tongue, and group (Seniors) has grown 23.3 per Chinese “Mother Tongue” refers to the first Cantonese 34 per cent listed one of the three as CONTEXT cent between 2001 and 2011. This is -14.1% language learned at home in childhood and their Home Language. the only age group to have grown in The number of people in Hillcrest Mandarin still understood at the time of the census. A comparison of a population. Village aged 15-24 (Youth) has Top 10 Mother Tongues Top 10 Home Languages In the 2011 census, the percentage of neighbourhood people in Hillcrest Village who have English dropped 14.1 per cent between 1. English 1. English statistic with its as a Mother Tongue is 29 per cent. That 2006 and 2011 (2,880 to 2,475). 2. Chinese (not otherwise specified) 2. Mandarin Toronto equivalent number is 51 per cent in all of Toronto. 3. Mandarin 3. Chinese (not otherwise specified) -3.9% For more information on Hillcrest Village, visit http:// 4. Cantonese 4. Cantonese The overall population in Hillcrest i bit.ly/17lH2I8 5. Persian (Farsi) 5. Persian (Farsi) Village decreased by 3.9 per cent 6. Korean 6. Korean between 2001 and 2011. See other neighbourhood features 7. Romanian 7. Russian online at northyorkmirror.com 8. Spanish 8. Romanian 9. Russian 9. Spanish Next Tuesday: 10. Arabic 10. Arabic Flemingdon Park.