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economist suntribune the human factor thursday sept 26 2002 york region home to many cultures traditionally a fairly homogeneous community until the 1970s york region is now home to people from virtually every corner of the world as the population grows from 800000 to 12 million over the next 20 years communities will continue to become increasingly diverse as york attracts immigrants from across canada and around the world before 1991 the vast majority of new immigrants came from europe and the caribbean since then most newcomers have arrived from south asia and since 1991 43 per cent of new arrivals have come from hong kong between 1986 and 1996 the regions immigrant population increased from 28 per cent to 36 per cent of the total population in 1986 45 per cent of york residents were of english heritage another 17 per cent were italian 4 per cent were chinese and 3 per cent were german portuguese french and dutch each made up 2 per cent of the population and a 25 per cent of residents came from other backgrounds just 10 years later the number of english residents had fallen to 10 per cent of the population and italians had dipped to 14 per cent chinese had jumped to 12 per cent while east indians and jews each registered at 5 per cent irish residents made up 2 per cent while scots represented 3 per cent residents who identified themselves as canadian came in at 8 percent from 1993 to 2000 53 per cent of all immigrants to york were from east asia another 15 per cent were from south east asia people from countries in the middle east and africa accounted for 12 per cent of the immigration total and south america and the caribbean regis tered at 8 per cent another 8 per cent of immigrants came from europe and the russian federation while 4 per cent came from the us not surprisingly the number of lan guages spoken in york continues to become more varied immigrants face challenges from page 8 mainstream there is a fear many new immigrant children are streamed into special needs classes because of their accents overburdened families are strug gling to care for both children and par ents and many immigrants are reluctant to seek medical attention especially for mental health issues york united way executive director wyn olivers said social agencies are working to improve services for immi grants however she acknowledged more needs to be done this fall the united way will hold discussions with representatives of the chinese south asian and africancaribbean commu nities to identify issues they face once her family settles in their new country mrs moros would like to extend a helping hand to new immi grants in the future we have to help other people when the other people arrive in canada and show them the way she said for more information see catholic community tion wbsiteatwymsyrwg the regional municipality of york expropriations act notice of application for approval to expropriate land in the matter of an application by the regional municipality of york for approval to expropriate land and interest in land described in schedules a b c and d hereto in the towns of markham and whitchurchstouffville in the regional municipality of york for the purposes of a constructing the ninth line trunk sewer b the widening and reconstruction of ninth line yr 69 from the proposed highway 407 to main street stouffville in the towns of markham and whitchurchstouffville to a basic width of 360 metres with additional widenings at cuts fills watercourse crossings and intersections to provide i a basic four lane road from proposed highway 407 to major mackenzie drive east yr 25 ii a basic two lane road from major mackenzie drive east yr 25 to main street stouffville with a continuous centre leftturn lane within stouffville iii a basic four lane road on main street between ninth line yr 69 south of main street and ninth line yr 69 north of main street and iv leftturn and rightturn lanes at intersections c the adjustments to existing traffic control signals and associated illumination to accommodate the proposed revisions to the road layout at the intersections of ninth line yr 69 with highway 7 yr 7 church street 16th avenue yr 73 in the town of markham and main street east intersection in the town of whitchurchstouffville and d the provision of an underground conduit system and illumination at the intersections of ninth line yr 69 with delmark boulevard cornell park avenue major mackenzie drive east yr 25 in the town of markham main street west intersection in the town of whitchurchstouffville as well as partial illumination at the ninth line yr 69 intersection with elgin mills road east yr 49 in the town of markham notice is hereby given that application has been made for approval to expropriate land described in schedules a b c and d hereto any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing a in the case of a registered owner served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after the registered owner is served with the notice or when the registered owner is served by publication within thirty days after the first publication of the notice b in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner within thirty days after the first publication of the notice the approving authority is the council of the regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y6z1 the regional municipality of york denis kelly regional clerk 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y6z1 this notice first published on the 19th day of september 2002 schedule a an estate in fee simple in the lands described as follows lands in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows part of lot conces partfe plan part of the west part of the west 12 of lot 31 31 1113 it 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 65r24274 65r24781 schedule b an estate in fee simple in the lands described as follows lands in the town of whitchurchstouffville in the regional municipality of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows part of lot concession partcs plan 32 9 1 65r24275 33 9 3 65r24275 34 9 7 65r24275 34 9 l 65r24565 32 8 45 65r24782 34 8 16 65r24784 33 8 1718 65r24784 schedule c schedule ccont part of lot concession partfe plan 34 9 3 65r24565 32 8 2 65r24782 34 9 1 65r24783 32 8 1 65r24784 33 8 459 65r24784 34 8 1013 65r24784 schedule d permanent easement a permanent easement or rights in the nature of a permanent easement in under over along and upon the following lands for the purpose of entering upon and occupying the lands with all necessary machinery equipment and material required for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of ninth line and for the installation construction maintenance alteration inspection repair and operation of the ninth line trunk sewer 1 part of lot 31 concession 8 in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york designated as part 12 on plan 65r24781 and 2 lands in the town of whitchurchstouffville in the regional municipality of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows temporary easement a temporary easement or rights in the nature of a temporary easement expiring on october 1 2004 in under over along and upon the following lands for the purpose of entering upon and occupying the lands with all necessary machinery equipment and material required for or in connection with the construction of the ninth line trunk sewer 1 lands in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows part of lot part of the west part of the west 12 of lot 31 31 concession 9 8 partfe 1214 1113 plan 65r24274 65r24781 2 lands in the town of whitchurchstouffville in the regional municipality of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows part of lot concession partfe plan 32 9 2 65r24275 33 9 456 65r24275 34 9 8 65r24275 34 9 24 65r24565 32 8 13 65r24782 32 8 2 65r24784 33 8 3 6 7 8 65r24784 34 8 11 12 14 15 65r24784 gum c31 5mfcflbbsgabl