Here's why 'vegetarian only' is often a nasty code phrase in Toronto rental market

Food preferences are often associated with religious and caste identity in India and have often been used as a tactic to identify and segregate people. And, Indian or Indian-origin landlords are now using these subversive tactics to screen tenants when renting out to new international students in the GTA., especially students, in Toronto. The post shows an advertisement for a shared basement with two beds for rent in Scarborough.

This subversive ploy to rent only to vegetarians is also seen as a way of determining caste and religion. It is not uncommon in India. Caste and religion-based segregation has led to the othering of certain peoples in India. Through food preferences, Indian or Indian-origin landlords in Canada have found a way to identify and ghettoize immigrants.

"I had become very wary of entering the house because I didn't want to bump into him. He was very nosy. He once said,"oh, you don't look like a Khalistan supporter." Just because I am a Sikh, he had assumed my religio-political identity," Singh said.

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