A4 THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 THESPEC.COM

FIFA WORLD CUP

Hamiltons team-by-team
demographics
World Cup
ATLAS
Origin Pop. %
1. England 137,655 27.8
2. Italy 58,630 11.85
3. Germany 47,660 9.6
4. France 41,830 8.5

of Hamilton 5. Netherlands 25,510

6. Portugal 14,020
5.2
2.83

Who we are,
7. Serbia 7,025 1.4
8. Spain 4,935 1
9. U.S.A. 4,450 0.9

where we are 10. Greece

11. Slovenia
4,375
2,015
0.9
0.41

BY STEVE BUIST people, al-

12. Denmark 1,995 0.4
most 10 per 13. Slovakia 1,805 0.37
Do you like noisy, flag-waving
cent of the
celebrations? 14. Koreas* 1,520 0.3
population.
Then an England-Italy World
Rounding out the top 15. Switzerland 1,385 0.28
Cup final on July 11 should be just
five are people of French
the ticket for you, based on 16. Japan 1,115 0.23
(41,800 people, 8.5 per
Hamiltons demographics.
cent) and Dutch origin 17. Mexico 875 0.18
According to the 2006 census
(25,500 people, 5 per cent).
data, about 40 per cent of Hamil- 18. Ghana 445 0.09
The map below shows the
tons nearly 500,000 people
places in Hamilton with 19. South Africa 410 0.08
describe themselves as being of
the highest concentration
either English or Italian origin. 20. Chile 345 0.07
of people from 15 of the 32
If you like peace and quiet, then
World Cup countries. 21. Brazil 295 0.06
pray for a final between Paraguay
But this isnt a complete pic-
and Ivory Coast. 22. Australia 265 0.05
ture of Hamiltons soccer uni-
Not a single person in Hamilton
verse. On the sidelines for this 23. Nigeria 195 0.04
listed those countries as their
Cup are three of the citys larger
place of ethnic origin. 24. Argentina 135 0.027
national groups: Scotland
Almost three-quarters of the
(97,000) Ireland (80,000) and 25. New Zealand 105 0.02
citys population has ties to coun-
Poland (27,000).
tries competing in the World Cup. 25. Honduras 105 0.02
Nearly 137,700 people, about sbuist@thespec.com
28 per cent of Hamiltonians, list 905-526-3226 27. Algeria 65 0.01
English as their ethnic origin. 28. Uruguay 25 0.005
Another 58,600 people, almost Nwankwo Kanu
12 per cent, describe themselves Nigeria 29. Cameroon 20 0.004
as of Italian origin. As captain of the 2010 Nigerian
team, Kanu will be appearing in his 30. Paraguay 0 0
Right behind is Hamiltons Ger-
third World Cup. In 1996, he played on the Nigerian 31. Ivory Coast 0 0
man population, at nearly 47,700
squad that won gold at the Atlanta Olympics MCT ILLUSTRATION
*Census does not separate North and South Korea

ENGLAND U.S.A. KOREA PORTUGAL FRANCE ITALY

The citys largest concen-
tration of people from over
ome can be found in Dun-
das, where 40 per cent of
the population are of Eng-
lish origin. The neighbour-
hood bounded by East,
Dundas, Hatt, Sydenham
and Delsey streets reports
46 per cent as English, the
highest rate in the city.
The citys largest con-
centrations of Ameri-
cans are in west Hamil-
ton, near McMaster
University, including the
neighbourhood bound-
ed by Highway 403,
Longwood Road, Cootes
Paradise and Churchill
Park, where 4.5 per cent
of people are American.
About 5 per cent of this Theres a heavy concentra-
neighbourhood is of tion of Portuguese people in
Korean origin. the traditional North End of
The census data doesnt the city. In the area from
specify South or North
Cannon Street and York
Korean, but its probably
Boulevard to the water-
safe to assume not
front, from Wentworth
many North Koreans Street right out to the high
have escaped to Canada level bridge, about 19 per
in the past 55 years. cent of the population is of
Portuguese origin.
About one in six people in
the area bounded by
Aberdeen Avenue, Queen
Street South, King Street
West and Highway 403
describe themselves as
French. The heaviest
concentration is along the
Beach Strip, where 22 per
cent of residents are of
French origin.
More than 12,000 people in
Stoney Creek one of every five
are of Italian heritage.
The centre of the citys Roman
empire is the area bounded by
Green Road, Barton Street, Millen
Road and Highway 8, where 38
per cent (1,080 of 2,840) are of
Italian origin. On the Mountain,
more than 12,000 people of Italian
descent live south of the Linc.

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tons Cameroonian popu- Uruguay as their coun-

lation live in the Dundas try of ethnic origin live
neighbourhood bounded 403 LINC
in the Stoney Creek
by Governors Road, Hatt Niagar
a Escarpme
neighbourhood bound-
Street, Sydenham Street nt ed by Millen Road, Bar-
and the Flamborough ton Street, Fruitland
border. Road and Highway 8.

NETHERLANDS GERMANY SOUTH GHANA ALGERIA HONDURAS SERBIA

Rural Flamborough
has a large concen-
tration of Dutch
people 3,025 of
19,170 (16 per
cent). Theres also
a small pocket in
rural Ancaster,
where 435 of 1,815
(24 per cent) are of
Dutch origin.
There are 5,280 people of AFRICA Most of the citys Fifty of the citys 65 Nearly 40 per cent of More than 4,300 of
German origin in Flambor- The highest con- Ghanaian population people of Algerian Hamiltons Honduran Hamiltons 7,000
ough, about one in seven centration is in the lives on Hamilton origin live in the population live in the Serbs live east of the
people. Dundas has about neighbourhood Mountain. In the area neighbourhood area bounded by Red Hill Creek.
the same proportion (3,085 near Upper James bounded by Upper bounded by Sherman Ottawa Street North, In the neighbourhood
people of 23,910). The west Street, Rymal Road Sherman Avenue, Fen- Avenue South, Main Cannon Street East, bounded by the Red
Mountain area bounded by East and Upper nell Avenue East, Up- Street East, Went- Kenilworth Avenue Hill Creek, Queenston
Upper Paradise Road, the Gage Avenue, per Wentworth Street worth Street South North and Main Road, Nash Road
Mountain Brow, Rice Avenue where 55 people and Mohawk Road and the escarpment, Street East, where South and King Street
and Mohawk Road West has 1.4 per cent of East, 2.4 per cent of representing 1.6 per they represent East, 14 per cent of the
the highest concentration, the population the people list Ghana cent of the neighbour- 1.5 per cent of the people are of Serbian
almost 18 per cent. are South African. as country of origin. hoods population. areas population. origin.

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