appointed to the Senate of Canada, Brampton City Councillor Rowena Santos, Town of Ajax Ward 3 Councillor Lisa Bower, and TCDSB trustee Garry Tanuan. Population distribution Filipinos are generally well spread out throughout the GTA, with a few areas of concentration. In the city of Toronto, the former municipalities of Scarborough and North York are popular destinations for new Filipino immigrants, and naturalized Filipino Canadians alike. According to the 2016 Census, Tagalog is the most common non-English mother tongue language, in the following neighbourhoods: Clanton Park (11.2%) Briar Hill-Belgravia (10.4%) Englemount-Lawrence (10.1%) Ionview (9.4%) Kennedy Park (8.2%) North St. James Town (8.1%) Forest Hill North (6.9%) Wexford-Maryvale (6.8%) Humewood-Cedarvale (6.0%) West Hill (4.7%) Bedford Park-Nortown (4.2%) Guildwood (2.2%) Forest Hill South (2.0%) Other Philippine languages also ranked among the most common non-English mother tongue languages. Ilocano ranked in the top 10 non-English mother tongue languages in 3 neighbourhoods (Briar Hill-Belgravia, Englemount-Lawrence, Clanton Park). Cebuano also ranked in the top 10 languages for the Briar Hill-Belgravia neighbourhood. Outside of the city of Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton in Peel Region, Markham and Vaughan in York Region, Ajax and Pickering in Durham Region, and Milton in Halton Region have large percentages of Filipino residents. As of the 2016 Canadian Census: City of Toronto Total - 162,600 (6.0% of total population) Durham Region Total – 16,270 (2.5%) Halton Region Total – 12,225 (2.2%) Peel Region Total – 62,460 (4.5%) York Region Total – 28,830 (2.6%) Metro Vancouver Vancouver is home to Canada's second largest Filipino community, with nearly 134,000 Filipinos residing there. Filipinos in Vancouver make up the third-largest Asian Canadian and visible minority group behind the Chinese and South Asians. Most of British Columbia's 159,000 Filipinos reside in the Greater Vancouver Area. Overall, about one in five Filipinos in Canada call Metro Vancouver home. Filipinos, along many other Asian Canadians, contribute to the city's economy greatly with their work ethic. Many of the Filipinos in Vancouver work in the health and finance industry, with also a significant percentage that work in service, manufacturing, and real estate. Several others are business owners, with some bringing in well known franchise chains like Pepper Lunch and Chatime to the city. Qoola, a local frozen yogurt chain with over 20 locations, is also founded by a Manila-born businessman. Big restaurant names like Max's of Manila, and soon, Jollibee, have also set their presence in the city. In