Canada's global cities

This growth has taken the form of sprawl in Toronto: the population in the downtown core held relatively steady, meaning it lost its share of the population as the suburban populations expanded. [...] Comparing the second half of the 1980s decade with the first half of the 2000s, the share of families earning between $40,000 and $80,000 fell from 48% to 42%, while the share earning more than $80,000 rose from 29% to 34%. [...] Some other facts about recent immigrants in Montréal: • 53% mainly use a language other than English or French in the home, compared with 64% in Toronto • 35% have a university degree, compared with 22% of the Canadian-born residents (aged 25 to 54) • in Montréal about 1 in 10 children aged 0 to 17 is an immigrant or the Canadian-born child of recent immigrants, compared with 1 in 4 in Toronto and [...] Vancouver has a long history of growth from inter- and intra-provincial migration, but a slow economy, mainly in the 1990s, coupled with the economic boom in Alberta, and the draw of Vancouver’s neighbouring CMA, Abbotsford, has made Vancouver a net population loser to other areas in Canada in recent years. [...] Expansion of condominiums in the city centre, and the restraining influence of the mountains are two factors that may have contributed to shift- ing growth towards the downtown in Vancouver.