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A TALE OF TWO SUBURBS - A COMPARISON CHART
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Toronto |
Aurora |
Vancouver |
Surrey |
| Area (square kilometres) |
630.09 |
49.16 |
113.09 |
301.76 |
| Population 1991 |
2,275,771 |
29,454 |
471,844 |
245,173 |
| Population 1996 |
2,385,421 |
34,857 |
514,008 |
304,477 |
| Percentage change |
4.8 |
18.3 |
8.9 |
24.2 |
| Occupations |
| Senior managers |
1.3% |
3.6% |
1.3% |
0.9% |
| Legal & counselling professionals |
2.8% |
2.9% |
3.1% |
1.0% |
| Teachers and professors |
3.9% |
5.4% |
4.6% |
2.6% |
| Unemployment rate, 1996 |
10.7 |
6 |
9.8 |
10.4 |
| Education |
| Less than Grade 9 |
12.2% |
3.6% |
10.4% |
8.1% |
| High-school graduates |
12.8% |
13.9% |
10.5% |
14.3% |
| University |
31.8% |
33.5% |
37.5% |
20.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher |
20.5% |
21.9% |
23.6% |
10.0% |
| Income |
| Personal average |
$27,532 |
$39,291 |
$25,913 |
$25,836 |
| Family average |
$58,939 |
$88,481 |
$57,620 |
$54,905 |
| Low-income families |
24.4% |
7.2% |
24.6% |
18.8% |
| Housing |
| Single-detached house |
31.6% |
71.6% |
29.9% |
57.5% |
| Apartment buildings |
50.3% |
12.6% |
53.4% |
19.6% |
| Average value |
$242,737 |
$262,782 |
$405,946 |
$254,779 |
| Average number of rooms |
5.3 |
7.6 |
4.8 |
6.6 |
| Average number of bedrooms |
2.2 |
3.2 |
2 |
2.8 |
| Owned |
.47.5% |
79.2% |
41.9% |
70.3% |
| Rented |
.52.5% |
20.7% |
58.1% |
29.7% |
| Built before 1946 |
.20.6% |
7.7% |
23.7% |
2.8% |
Source: Statistics Canada
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