Immigrants and racialized populations withstand a high risk of contracting the coronavirus, she said.
Eleven per cent of the area s residents are newcomers, compared to Ottawa s rate of about three per cent. More than half of the people living in the community are first-generation immigrants, and 65 per cent are non-white.
The area also has the highest rate of low-income families, with poverty affecting 41 per cent of households, according to data from the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study. Three-quarters of the households rent, compared to about one-third in Ottawa overall, and families there tend to be larger.
Many residents speak neither English nor French as their first language, and tend to work in health care or other front-line jobs such as cashiers or delivery drivers, Mohamoud said.