I went to a gallery opening yesterday - it was an art show at the Museum kicking off Black History Month. The artist is black - a graphic designer and the show on Artificial intelligence generated images.
Sean is young, so his young friends were there - all from the arts community along with his family and relatives. There were lots of young black people present. I didn't look like Grimsby with a retired population - it made me think of when we lived in Toronto where the population is diverse and multicultural.
Grimsby doesn't have much diversity. Grimsby's most recent wave of immigration is post-war with the arrival of the Dutch so there is a substantial population of tall, slender, European descendants. The Grimsby distinction to me is how tall they are.
I was reminded of how filtered our experience of the everyday is. Without us realizing it or thinking about it.
So I went to check on what we look like:
"Males make up 48.6% of the population, while females account for 51.4%. Locals over 65 years old represent the largest age group in Grimsby (6,165 individuals), followed by those aged under 14 (4,680 people).
The population density in Grimsby is 2595% higher than Ontario
The median age in Grimsby is 7% higher than Ontario
In Grimsby 1.68% of the population is South Asian
In Grimsby 1.08% of the population is Black
In Grimsby 0.66% of the population is Chinese
When I looked at that density number, I can tell you it will be well over 3000% soon as we densify every bit of land. Cole's - once a garden centre of plants will become a 7 storey condo filling the space. That alone can push us past the 3000% mark. Of course, the comparison is with all of Ontario and there's a lot of empty space in the North - that is empty of population.
What about this roses collage to advertise the garden club's speaker in February. Aren't roses a delight!
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