Canada and Australia are very similar countries due to them sharing the same history of British settler colonialism, immigration trends, and overall population sizes that this becomes an easy pair of countries to compare when it comes to where each countries’ diasporas have a larger presence in.
Some trends we can observe here is that diasporas from the Americas and continental Europe are overwhelmingly larger in Canada than in Australia, and the same can be said for most of East/South/West Asia as well as the northern half of Africa.
However, diasporas from the Black/Mediterranean Sea, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Southern Africa, and of course, the British Isles are larger in Australia than Canada.
Interesting. My presumption was that, generally, people from cold countries would prefer Australia over Canada and people from hot countries would prefer Canada.
I’m from a cold place and I know which one I would move to if I had to.
Using 2 colors that are not so close (like these Greens and Blues) would have made this map easier to read more quickly. Like Orange and Green, for example (to avoid the Blur/Red political party associations).
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So that’s why our Canadian pubs are shite.
I suspect this contributes to greater diversity in Canada. Toronto at one time was listed as the most multi-cultural city in the world.
Did they both begin accepting non-white immigrants at the same time? If there is a gap between when they did it might explain why more countries are represented in one region vs the other.
I’m surprised that Australia beats us out on diaspora from the UK and Ireland.
What surprised me is seeing green for Uruguay because moving North for better economic prospects seems to be the trend from the South. Are they also choosing Australia for warmer weather?
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_origins_of_people_in_Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_origins_of_people_in_Canada) – Canada
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Ancestry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Ancestry) – Australia
Canada and Australia are very similar countries due to them sharing the same history of British settler colonialism, immigration trends, and overall population sizes that this becomes an easy pair of countries to compare when it comes to where each countries’ diasporas have a larger presence in.
Some trends we can observe here is that diasporas from the Americas and continental Europe are overwhelmingly larger in Canada than in Australia, and the same can be said for most of East/South/West Asia as well as the northern half of Africa.
However, diasporas from the Black/Mediterranean Sea, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Southern Africa, and of course, the British Isles are larger in Australia than Canada.
Interesting. My presumption was that, generally, people from cold countries would prefer Australia over Canada and people from hot countries would prefer Canada.
I’m from a cold place and I know which one I would move to if I had to.
Using 2 colors that are not so close (like these Greens and Blues) would have made this map easier to read more quickly. Like Orange and Green, for example (to avoid the Blur/Red political party associations).
$0.02
So that’s why our Canadian pubs are shite.
I suspect this contributes to greater diversity in Canada. Toronto at one time was listed as the most multi-cultural city in the world.
Did they both begin accepting non-white immigrants at the same time? If there is a gap between when they did it might explain why more countries are represented in one region vs the other.
I’m surprised that Australia beats us out on diaspora from the UK and Ireland.
What surprised me is seeing green for Uruguay because moving North for better economic prospects seems to be the trend from the South. Are they also choosing Australia for warmer weather?
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