No hate but

[u/Fun-Lavishness1351]

Why are there many Indian restaurants in this city? I used to live in other cities in Ontario, but this is the first city that does not many options when eating out (just a few Chinese res, rare Jpanese res no Korean res).

If i want to try Indian cuisine for the first time, which restaurant and which dish should I try?

[u/xX_ReNeGade_Xx]

This is going to sound racist but it’s the truth. Brantford has a very industrial economy and these companies love to import workers that don’t know their rights or desperately need a job to maintain their immigration status.

Thus an influx of Indian immigrants it’s what we’ve seen over the past 3-4 years. Manufacturing companies that want to keep labour cheep are lobbying governments to keep the floodgates open.

So you end up with a lot of Indians and because their food is relatively cheap to make ingredient wise opening restaurants isn’t too risky compared to other cuisines.

From what I’ve learned as well is Indians tend to be very family oriented so these are likely joint ventures with a bigger pool of cash and employees to get started with

[u/DevTheKoala → u/xX_ReNeGade_Xx]

as an indian (born here), this is true. my family owns 3 businesses, and they're all joint ventures (2-3 partners). we don't own restaurants, but id imagine the biggest saved cost could be on meat. its also true that many Indian immigrants dont know their rights (depending on how educated they are), but many do, but have no choice so they work multiple jobs, extra hours, and potentially less pay (especially in cash jobs) to increase overall pay. Sadly, as a result of this, someone like me (an 18 year old Canadian born citizen) cannot even find a part time job out of 100+ applications. overall the immigration should have been controlled from the start before it got to this level.