Toronto Public Health’s mission to improve the health of the whole population and to
reduce health inequalities is guided in part by population health assessment activities that
add to our understanding of the nature and extent of health inequalities in Toronto.
Building on earlier work (“The Unequal City: Income and Health Inequalities in Toronto
2008”1) that measured the effect of income on health, “The Global City: Newcomer
Health in Toronto” describes the health status, related health determinants, and health
needs of Toronto newcomers (residents born outside Canada who came here within the
past ten years, unless otherwise indicated). The report was prepared in partnership with
Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services to consolidate knowledge
related to newcomer health in Toronto and is one of three Toronto Public Health
Newcomer Initiatives funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Two other
complementary initiatives focussed on settlement workers and family separation and
reunification, are described in a separate report to the Board of Health.

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