In Sault Ste. Marie just over half of respondents felt that discrimination against visible minorities was no longer a problem
A recent anti-racism and discrimination survey indicated that most respondents felt Sault Ste. Marie is welcoming and people of different backgrounds generally get along.
While this is certainly a positive sign for the community, there were a few concerns respondents brought up. Specifically, concerns were raised around the experiences and discrimination towards Indigenous peoples. In February 2022, Northern Policy Institute and organizations across Northern Ontario launched a data-collection exercise to measure individual experiences and attitudes across the regions.
While racism and discrimination are still prevalent in Northern Ontario, the latest reports by Northern Policy Institute in partnership with Environics Research show that, for the most part, northern communities are welcoming. The reports with those findings, Tangled Lines: Unraveling the Racism and Discrimination Divides in Northern Ontario, are now available. Each report focuses on one of the five largest centres in Northern Ontario: Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, North Bay and Greater Sudbury.For Indigenous peoples, responses were split down the middle: 48 per cent of respondents agreed and 48 per cent of respondents disagreed with the statement.
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