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r i 12 stoiiflffllesttntrmnebmirsfoydec 2007 english as second language fact of life in york by david fleischer staff writer the face of canada is chang ing and there are few places that demonstrate that as well as york region statistics from the 2006 census released yesterday show the south ern municipalities of york region are among the most diverse areas in all of canada both markham and richmond hill have populations in which the majority of residents were bom outside of the country there are six cities in canada with majority populations of immi grants with 565 per cent of its residents born outside the country markham has the highest percent age of any municipality in canada aside from richmond bc mississauga is third with rich mond hill coming in fourth 515 per cent and vaughan 449 per cent eleventh the same pattern can be seen in a survey of those who identified their mother tongue as something other than english or french in markham 146810 people did so compared to 106480 who said english was their first language richmond hill and vaughan also showed englishspeakers are now a minority the population increases are also marked with the foreigngrown population of vaughan jumping more than 40 per cent in the past five years while markhams grew 341 percent while the northern municipali ties showed fewer immigrants the changes can be seen there as well twentyfour per cent of aurora residents now have a first language other than english or french and the number rises to 27 per cent in king township the local pattern is an extension of one seen across the country stouffville by census some facts on whitchurch- stouffvilie from 2006 census total population was 24100 and 81 per cent were nonimmigrants english was the mother tongue of 848 of residents most common other languages were chinese 290 and italian 215 sat dec 8 7am9pm sun dec 9 stores open at 9am unless otherwise stated while quantities last 7pm to 11pm save an additional ffl our already reduced prices on all toys 8pm to 11pm save an additional s our already reduced prices on selected furniture selection includes sofas love seats chairs and more plus save an additional 3 fi our already reduced prices on selected major appliances 9pm to 1 1 pm save an additional 0lk our already reduced prices on all mens and womens pants 1 0pm to 1 1 pm save an additional s 0ltl our already reduced prices on all artificial christmas trees and christmas decorations saving offers cannot be combined save an additional 1 our already reduced prices on almost all outerwear for the family offer excludes footwear save an additional s our already reduced prices on all womens winter boots save an additional q effl our already reduced prices on all mens and womens sweaters save an additional our already reduced prices on all major appliances plus pay e3 pf on energy star qualified reg sale and clearancepriced u major appliances applies to dishwashers refrigerators clothes washers and freezers ask in store for details ssaes do not pay until april 2008 when you use your sears card or sears mastercard and spend 300 or more on your holiday purchases you dont pay until april 2008 that means no fees no interest and no payments on approved credit see sales representative for detailsxiffer applies to all same day purchases made between december 8th 2007 and december 23rd 2007 offer excludes all major appliances furniture sleep sets and license departments fss r- oas st iwissssa somca c m yes s sgice 36 szs6zvxsjskmc i h h 1 1 1 1 ffjoj lj t jam cxtuogoe s80pp0b 24 hours a day 7 days a week 1 8002673277 wwwsearsca askatmtoarshipagrft brampton outlet brampton uouidation centre rexoale outlet dccie outlet mau uarkham outlet sale prices iii effect december 79 2007- unless o stated or to 7 2d07 all outlet quantities last sale does not apply to purchases priced for final sale the5 arthritis ensure continuing support for arthritis research nearly four million canadians who have arthritis arev counting on you for more information aboutour planned giving program contact the arthritis society x richmond 5805177 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune