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TD’s 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians 2019

Director General of Statistics Canada and Mayor of Toronto presented awards Over a million Hispanics in Canada, a younger and highly university-educated group

Toronto, November 20, 2019 – Last night, TD’s “10 most influential Hispanic Canadians” were announced with Lynn Barr-Telford, Assistant Chief Statistician at Statistics Canada, and His Worship John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, in attendance. Barr-Telford released the latest ‘Profile of the Hispanic community in Canada’ based on the 2016 census, which indicates the presence of over one million Hispanics in Canada, approximately ten years younger and more likely to be university-educated than other Canadians. The “10 most” is presented by TD Bank with support of Copa Airlines, Global University Systems, ILAC– International Language Academy of Canada, and Ryerson University. The program is organized by Canadian Hispanic Business Alliance this year in cooperation with the Canadian Hispanic Congress, which requested the Stats Canada study, and the most important community associations. Full profiles of the winners follow; by first name they are...