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Canadians

Canadians (French: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian.

Canadians
Total population
Canada: 38,654,738 (Q2 2022)[1]
Ethnic origins:[2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Map of the Canadian diaspora in the world
United States1,062,640[5]
Hong Kong300,000[5]
United Kingdom73,000[5]
France60,000[6]
Lebanon45,000[5]
United Arab Emirates40,000[7]
Italy30,000[8]
Pakistan30,000[9]
Australia27,289[5]
China19,990[5]
Germany15,750[10]
South Korea14,210[5]
Japan11,016[5]
Languages
Languages of Canada[11]
Religion

Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and economic neighbour—the United States.

Canadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of many years following the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The First and Second World Wars, in particular, gave rise to a desire among Canadians to have their country recognized as a fully-fledged, sovereign state, with a distinct citizenship. Legislative independence was established with the passage of the Statute of Westminster, 1931, the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, took effect on January 1, 1947, and full sovereignty was achieved with the patriation of the constitution in 1982. Canada's nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom. Legislation since the mid-20th century represents Canadians' commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development.

Term

The word Canadian originally applied, in its French form, Canadien, to the colonists residing in the northern part of New France[13]— in Quebec, and Ontario—during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The French colonists in Maritime Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), were known as Acadians.

When Prince Edward (a son of King George III) addressed, in English and French, a group of rioters at a poll in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada (today Quebec), during the election of the Legislative Assembly in June 1792,[14] he stated, "I urge you to unanimity and concord. Let me hear no more of the odious distinction of English and French. You are all His Britannic Majesty's beloved Canadian subjects."[15] It was the first-known use of the term Canadian to mean both French and English settlers in the Canadas.[14][16]

Population

As of 2010, Canadians make up only 0.5% of the world's total population,[17] having relied upon immigration for population growth and social development.[18] Approximately 41% of current Canadians are first- or second-generation immigrants,[19] and 20% of Canadian residents in the 2000s were not born in the country.[20] Statistics Canada projects that, by 2031, nearly one-half of Canadians above the age of 15 will be foreign-born or have one foreign-born parent.[21] Indigenous peoples, according to the 2016 Canadian census, numbered at 1,673,780 or 4.9% of the country's 35,151,728 population.[22]

Immigration

While the first contact with Europeans and indigenous peoples in Canada had occurred a century or more before, the first group of permanent settlers were the French, who founded the New France settlements, in present-day Quebec and Ontario; and Acadia, in present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, during the early part of the 17th century.[23][24]

Approximately 100 Irish-born families would settle the Saint Lawrence Valley by 1700, assimilating into the Canadien population and culture.[25][26] During the 18th and 19th century; immigration westward (to the area known as Rupert's Land) was carried out by "Voyageurs"; French settlers working for the North West Company; and by British settlers (English and Scottish) representing the Hudson's Bay Company, coupled with independent entrepreneurial woodsman called coureur des bois.[27] This arrival of newcomers led to the creation of the Métis, an ethnic group of mixed European and First Nations parentage.[28]

In the wake of the British Conquest of New France in 1760 and the Expulsion of the Acadians, many families from the British colonies in New England moved over into Nova Scotia and other colonies in Canada, where the British made farmland available to British settlers on easy terms. More settlers arrived during and after the American Revolutionary War, when approximately 60,000 United Empire Loyalists fled to British North America, a large portion of whom settled in New Brunswick.[29] After the War of 1812, British (including British army regulars), Scottish, and Irish immigration was encouraged throughout Rupert's Land, Upper Canada and Lower Canada.[30]

Between 1815 and 1850, some 800,000 immigrants came to the colonies of British North America, mainly from the British Isles as part of the Great Migration of Canada.[31] These new arrivals included some Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots displaced by the Highland Clearances to Nova Scotia.[32] The Great Famine of Ireland of the 1840s significantly increased the pace of Irish immigration to Prince Edward Island and the Province of Canada, with over 35,000 distressed individuals landing in Toronto in 1847 and 1848.[33][34] Descendants of Francophone and Anglophone northern Europeans who arrived in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries are often referred to as Old Stock Canadians.[35][36]

Beginning in the late 1850s, the immigration of Chinese into the Colony of Vancouver Island and Colony of British Columbia peaked with the onset of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.[37] The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 eventually placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants, in hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration after completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[38] Additionally, growing South Asian immigration into British Columbia during the early 1900s[39] led to the continuous journey regulation act of 1908 which indirectly halted Indian immigration to Canada, as later evidenced by the infamous 1914 Komagata Maru incident.

Permanent residents admitted in 2021, by top 10 source countries[40]
Rank Country Number Percentage
1   India 127,795 31.5
2   China[b] 30,970 7.6
3   Philippines 17,990 4.4
4   Nigeria 15,580 3.8
5   France 12,685 3.1
6   United States 11,930 2.9
7   Brazil 11,420 2.8
8   Iran 11,285 2.8
9   Afghanistan 8,550 2.1
10   Pakistan 8,410 2.1
Top 10 Total 256,615 63.3
Other 148,715 36.7
Total 405,330 100

The population of Canada has consistently risen, doubling approximately every 40 years, since the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 1867.[41] In the mid-to-late 19th century, Canada had a policy of assisting immigrants from Europe, including an estimated 100,000 unwanted "Home Children" from Britain.[42] Block settlement communities were established throughout Western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some were planned and others were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves.[43] Canada was now receiving a large number of European immigrants, predominantly Italians, Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, Poles, and Ukrainians.[44] Legislative restrictions on immigration (such as the continuous journey regulation and Chinese Immigration Act, 1923) that had favoured British and other European immigrants were amended in the 1960s, opening the doors to immigrants from all parts of the world.[45] While the 1950s had still seen high levels of immigration by Europeans, by the 1970s immigrants were increasingly Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Jamaican, and Haitian.[46] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Canada received many American Vietnam War draft dissenters.[47] Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, Canada's growing Pacific trade brought with it a large influx of South Asians, who tended to settle in British Columbia.[48] Immigrants of all backgrounds tend to settle in the major urban centres.[49][50] The Canadian public, as well as the major political parties, are tolerant of immigrants.[51]

The majority of illegal immigrants come from the southern provinces of the People's Republic of China, with Asia as a whole, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East.[52] Estimates of numbers of illegal immigrants range between 35,000 and 120,000.[53]

Citizenship and diaspora

 
Map of the Canadian diaspora in the world (might include people with Canadian citizenship and children of Canadians).[8]
  Canada
  + 100,000
  + 10,000
  + 1,000

Canadian citizenship is typically obtained by birth in Canada or by birth or adoption abroad when at least one biological parent or adoptive parent is a Canadian citizen who was born in Canada or naturalized in Canada (and did not receive citizenship by being born outside of Canada to a Canadian citizen).[54] It can also be granted to a permanent resident who lives in Canada for three out of four years and meets specific requirements.[55] Canada established its own nationality law in 1946, with the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act which took effect on January 1, 1947.[56] The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2001 as Bill C-11, which replaced the Immigration Act, 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating immigration.[57] Prior to the conferring of legal status on Canadian citizenship, Canada's naturalization laws consisted of a multitude of Acts beginning with the Immigration Act of 1910.[58]

According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, there are three main classifications for immigrants: family class (persons closely related to Canadian residents), economic class (admitted on the basis of a point system that accounts for age, health and labour-market skills required for cost effectively inducting the immigrants into Canada's labour market) and refugee class (those seeking protection by applying to remain in the country by way of the Canadian immigration and refugee law).[59] In 2008, there were 65,567 immigrants in the family class, 21,860 refugees, and 149,072 economic immigrants amongst the 247,243 total immigrants to the country.[19] Canada resettles over one in 10 of the world's refugees[60] and has one of the highest per-capita immigration rates in the world.[61]

As of a 2010 report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, there were 2.8 million Canadian citizens abroad.[62] This represents about 8% of the total Canadian population. Of those living abroad, the United States, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, and Australia have the largest Canadian diaspora. Canadians in the United States constitute the greatest single expatriate community at over 1 million in 2009, representing 35.8% of all Canadians abroad.[63] Under current Canadian law, Canada does not restrict dual citizenship, but Passport Canada encourages its citizens to travel abroad on their Canadian passport so that they can access Canadian consular services.[64]

Ethnic ancestry

 
A map showing the largest ethnic or cultural origins in Canada by census division in 2021.

According to the 2021 Canadian census, over 450 "ethnic or cultural origins" were self-reported by Canadians.[4] The major panethnic origin groups in Canada are: European (52.5%), North American (22.9%), Asian (19.3%), North American Indigenous (6.1%), African (3.8%), Latin, Central and South American (2.5%), Caribbean (2.1%), Oceanian (0.3%), and Other (6%).[4][65] Statistics Canada reports that 35.5% of the population reported multiple ethnic origins, thus the overall total is greater than 100%.[4][d]

The country's ten largest self-reported specific ethnic or cultural origins in 2021 were Canadian[c] (accounting for 15.6 percent of the population), followed by English (14.7 percent), Irish (12.1 percent), Scottish (12.1 percent), French (11.0 percent), German (8.1 percent), Chinese (4.7 percent), Italian (4.3 percent), Indian (3.7 percent), and Ukrainian (3.5 percent).[69][65]

Of the 36.3 million people enumerated in 2021 approximately 25.4 million reported being "white", representing 69.8 percent of the population.[70][71] The indigenous population representing 5 percent or 1.8 million individuals, grew by 9.4 percent compared to the non-Indigenous population, which grew by 5.3 percent from 2016 to 2021.[72] One out of every four Canadians or 26.5 percent of the population belonged to a non-White and non-Indigenous visible minority,[71][e] the largest of which in 2021 were South Asian (2.6 million people; 7.1 percent), Chinese (1.7 million; 4.7 percent) and Black (1.5 million; 4.3 percent).[70]

Between 2011 and 2016, the visible minority population rose by 18.4 percent.[74] In 1961, less than two percent of Canada's population (about 300,000 people) were members of visible minority groups.[75] The 2021 Census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 Census previous record of 22.3 percent.[76] In 2021 India, China, and the Philippines were the top three countries of origin for immigrants moving to Canada.[77]

Culture

 
A 1911 political cartoon on Canada's bicultural identity showing a flag combining symbols of Britain, France and Canada; titled "The next favor. 'A flag to suit the minority.'"

Canadian culture is primarily a Western culture, with influences by First Nations and other cultures. It is a product of its ethnicities, languages, religions, political, and legal system(s). Canada has been shaped by waves of migration that have combined to form a unique blend of art, cuisine, literature, humour, and music.[78] Today, Canada has a diverse makeup of nationalities and constitutional protection for policies that promote multiculturalism rather than cultural assimilation.[79] In Quebec, cultural identity is strong, and many French-speaking commentators speak of a Quebec culture distinct from English Canadian culture.[80] However, as a whole, Canada is a cultural mosaic: a collection of several regional, indigenous, and ethnic subcultures.[81][82]

Canadian government policies such as official bilingualism; publicly funded health care; higher and more progressive taxation; outlawing capital punishment; strong efforts to eliminate poverty; strict gun control; the legalizing of same-sex marriage, pregnancy terminations, euthanasia and cannabis are social indicators of Canada's political and cultural values.[83][84] American media and entertainment are popular, if not dominant, in English Canada; conversely, many Canadian cultural products and entertainers are successful in the United States and worldwide.[85] The Government of Canada has also influenced culture with programs, laws, and institutions. It has created Crown corporations to promote Canadian culture through media, and has also tried to protect Canadian culture by setting legal minimums on Canadian content.[86]

 
Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Pirelli in Toronto; four identical sculptures are located in Buffalo City, Changchun, Sarajevo, and Sydney

Canadian culture has historically been influenced by European culture and traditions, especially British and French, and by its own indigenous cultures. Most of Canada's territory was inhabited and developed later than other European colonies in the Americas, with the result that themes and symbols of pioneers, trappers, and traders were important in the early development of the Canadian identity.[87] First Nations played a critical part in the development of European colonies in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting exploration of the continent during the North American fur trade.[88] The British conquest of New France in the mid-1700s brought a large Francophone population under British Imperial rule, creating a need for compromise and accommodation.[89] The new British rulers left alone much of the religious, political, and social culture of the French-speaking habitants, guaranteeing through the Quebec Act of 1774 the right of the Canadiens to practise the Catholic faith and to use French civil law (now Quebec law).[90]

The Constitution Act, 1867 was designed to meet the growing calls of Canadians for autonomy from British rule, while avoiding the overly strong decentralization that contributed to the Civil War in the United States.[91] The compromises made by the Fathers of Confederation set Canadians on a path to bilingualism, and this in turn contributed to an acceptance of diversity.[92][93]

The Canadian Armed Forces and overall civilian participation in the First World War and Second World War helped to foster Canadian nationalism,[94][95] however, in 1917 and 1944, conscription crisis' highlighted the considerable rift along ethnic lines between Anglophones and Francophones.[96] As a result of the First and Second World Wars, the Government of Canada became more assertive and less deferential to British authority.[97] With the gradual loosening of political ties to the United Kingdom and the modernization of Canadian immigration policies, 20th-century immigrants with African, Caribbean and Asian nationalities have added to the Canadian identity and its culture.[98] The multiple-origins immigration pattern continues today, with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants from non-British or non-French backgrounds.[99]

Multiculturalism in Canada was adopted as the official policy of the government during the premiership of Pierre Trudeau in the 1970s and 1980s.[100] The Canadian government has often been described as the instigator of multicultural ideology, because of its public emphasis on the social importance of immigration.[101] Multiculturalism is administered by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and reflected in the law through the Canadian Multiculturalism Act[102] and section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[103]

Religion

Religion in Canada (2011 National Household Survey)[104]

  Catholic (38.7%)
  Other Christian (28.6%)
  Non-religious (23.9%)
  Islam (3.2%)
  Hinduism (1.5%)
  Sikhism (1.4%)
  Buddhism (1.1%)
  Judaism (1.0%)
  Other religions (0.6%)

Canada as a nation is religiously diverse, encompassing a wide range of groups, beliefs and customs.[105] The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms references "God", and the monarch carries the title of "Defender of the Faith".[106] However, Canada has no official religion, and support for religious pluralism (Freedom of religion in Canada) is an important part of Canada's political culture.[107][108] With the role of Christianity in decline, it having once been central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life,[109] commentators have suggested that Canada has come to enter a post-Christian period in a secular state,[110][111] with irreligion on the rise.[112] The majority of Canadians consider religion to be unimportant in their daily lives, but still believe in God.[113] The practice of religion is now generally considered a private matter throughout society and within the state.[114]

The 2011 Canadian census reported that 67.3% of Canadians identify as being Christians; of this number, Catholics make up the largest group, accounting for 38.7 percent of the population.[104] The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada (accounting for 6.1% of Canadians); followed by Anglicans (5.0%), and Baptists (1.9%).[104] About 23.9% of Canadians declare no religious affiliation, including agnostics, atheists, humanists, and other groups.[104] The remaining are affiliated with non-Christian religions, the largest of which is Islam (3.2%), followed by Hinduism (1.5%), Sikhism (1.4%), Buddhism (1.1%), and Judaism (1.0%).[104]

Before the arrival of European colonists and explorers, First Nations followed a wide array of mostly animistic religions.[115] During the colonial period, the French settled along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, specifically Latin Church Catholics, including a number of Jesuits dedicated to converting indigenous peoples; an effort that eventually proved successful.[116] The first large Protestant communities were formed in the Maritimes after the British conquest of New France, followed by American Protestant settlers displaced by the American Revolution.[117] The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of a substantive shift in Canadian immigration patterns. Large numbers of Irish and southern European immigrants were creating new Catholic communities in English Canada.[118] The settlement of the west brought significant Eastern Orthodox immigrants from Eastern Europe and Mormon and Pentecostal immigrants from the United States.[119]

The earliest documentation of Jewish presence in Canada occurs in the 1754 British Army records from the French and Indian War.[120] In 1760, General Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst attacked and won Montreal for the British. In his regiment there were several Jews, including four among his officer corps, most notably Lieutenant Aaron Hart who is considered the father of Canadian Jewry.[120] The Islamic, Jains, Sikh, Hindu, and Buddhist communities—although small—are as old as the nation itself. The 1871 Canadian Census (first "Canadian" national census) indicated thirteen Muslims among the populace,[121] while the Sikh population stood at approximately 5,000 by 1908.[122] The first Canadian mosque was constructed in Edmonton, in 1938, when there were approximately 700 Muslims in Canada.[123] Buddhism first arrived in Canada when Japanese immigrated during the late 19th century.[124] The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Canada was built in Vancouver in 1905.[125] The influx of immigrants in the late 20th century, with Sri Lankan, Japanese, Indian and Southeast Asian customs, has contributed to the recent expansion of the Jain, Sikh, Hindu, and Buddhist communities.[126]

Languages

 
Approximately 98% of Canadians can speak English or French (2006)[127]
  English - 56.9%
  English and French (Bilingual) - 16.1%
  French - 21.3%
  Sparsely populated area (<0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) per person)

A multitude of languages are used by Canadians, with English and French (the official languages) being the mother tongues of approximately 56% and 21% of Canadians, respectively.[128] As of the 2016 Census, just over 7.3 million Canadians listed a non-official language as their mother tongue. Some of the most common non-official first languages include Chinese (1,227,680 first-language speakers), Punjabi (501,680), Spanish (458,850), Tagalog (431,385), Arabic (419,895), German (384,040), and Italian (375,645).[128] Less than one percent of Canadians (just over 250,000 individuals) can speak an indigenous language. About half this number (129,865) reported using an indigenous language on a daily basis.[129] Additionally, Canadians speak several sign languages; the number of speakers is unknown of the most spoken ones, American Sign Language (ASL) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ),[130] as it is of Maritime Sign Language and Plains Sign Talk.[131] There are only 47 speakers of the Inuit sign language Inuktitut.[132]

English and French are recognized by the Constitution of Canada as official languages.[133] All federal government laws are thus enacted in both English and French, with government services available in both languages.[133] Two of Canada's territories give official status to indigenous languages. In Nunavut, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are official languages, alongside the national languages of English and French, and Inuktitut is a common vehicular language in territorial government.[134] In the Northwest Territories, the Official Languages Act declares that there are eleven different languages: Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, and Tłįchǫ.[135] Multicultural media are widely accessible across the country and offer specialty television channels, newspapers, and other publications in many minority languages.[136]

In Canada, as elsewhere in the world of European colonies, the frontier of European exploration and settlement tended to be a linguistically diverse and fluid place, as cultures using different languages met and interacted. The need for a common means of communication between the indigenous inhabitants and new arrivals for the purposes of trade, and (in some cases) intermarriage, led to the development of Mixed languages.[137] Languages like Michif, Chinook Jargon, and Bungi creole tended to be highly localized and were often spoken by only a small number of individuals who were frequently capable of speaking another language.[138] Plains Sign Talk—which functioned originally as a trade language used to communicate internationally and across linguistic borders—reached across Canada, the United States, and into Mexico.[139]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%.[12]
  2. ^ Officially, the People's Republic of China. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (listed separately).
  3. ^ a b All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. "Canadian" as an ethnic group has since 1996 been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestral origin or descent. "Canadian" was included as an example on the English questionnaire and "Canadien" as an example on the French questionnaire.[66] "The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones) and no longer self-identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude or generational distance from ancestral lineage."[67][68]
  4. ^ The 2021 census on ethnic or cultural origins, Statistics Canada states: "Given the fluid nature of this concept and the changes made to this question, 2021 Census data on ethnic or cultural origins are not comparable to data from previous censuses and should not be used to measure the growth or decline of the various groups associated with these origins".[4]
  5. ^ Indigenous peoples are not considered a visible minority in Statistics Canada calculations. Visible minorities are defined by Statistics Canada as "persons, other than aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".[73]

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Further reading

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  • Cohen, Andrew (2008). The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-2286-9.
  • Gillmor, Don; Turgeon, Pierre (2002). CBC (ed.). Canada: A People's History. Vol. 1. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-3324-7.
  • Gillmor, Don; Turgeon, Pierre; Michaud, Achille (2002). CBC (ed.). Canada: A People's History. Vol. 2. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-3336-0.
  • Kearney, Mark; Ray, Randy (2009). The Big Book of Canadian Trivia. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-77070-614-9.
  • Kelley, Ninette; Trebilcock, M. J. (2010). The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9536-7.
  • Resnick, Philip (2005). The European Roots of Canadian Identity. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-55111-705-8.
  • Richard, Madeline A. (1992). Ethnic Groups and Marital Choices: Ethnic History and Marital Assimilation in Canada, 1871 and 1971. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0431-8.
  • Simpson, Jeffrey (2000). Star-Spangled Canadians: Canadians Living the American Dream. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-255767-2.
  • Studin, Irvin (2006). What Is a Canadian?: Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-8321-1.

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by its linguistic geographic and economic neighbour the United States Canadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of many years following the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867 The First and Second World Wars in particular gave rise to a desire among Canadians to have their country recognized as a fully fledged sovereign state with a distinct citizenship Legislative independence was established with the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931 the Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 took effect on January 1 1947 and full sovereignty was achieved with the patriation of the constitution in 1982 Canada s nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom Legislation since the mid 20th century represents Canadians commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development Contents 1 Term 2 Population 2 1 Immigration 2 2 Citizenship and diaspora 2 3 Ethnic ancestry 3 Culture 3 1 Religion 3 2 Languages 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 Further reading 9 External linksTermThe word Canadian originally applied in its French form Canadien to the colonists residing in the northern part of New France 13 in Quebec and Ontario during the 16th 17th and 18th centuries The French colonists in Maritime Canada New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island were known as Acadians When Prince Edward a son of King George III addressed in English and French a group of rioters at a poll in Charlesbourg Lower Canada today Quebec during the election of the Legislative Assembly in June 1792 14 he stated I urge you to unanimity and concord Let me hear no more of the odious distinction of English and French You are all His Britannic Majesty s beloved Canadian subjects 15 It was the first known use of the term Canadian to mean both French and English settlers in the Canadas 14 16 PopulationSee also Population of Canada and Demographics of Canada As of 2010 Canadians make up only 0 5 of the world s total population 17 having relied upon immigration for population growth and social development 18 Approximately 41 of current Canadians are first or second generation immigrants 19 and 20 of Canadian residents in the 2000s were not born in the country 20 Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 nearly one half of Canadians above the age of 15 will be foreign born or have one foreign born parent 21 Indigenous peoples according to the 2016 Canadian census numbered at 1 673 780 or 4 9 of the country s 35 151 728 population 22 Immigration Main articles Immigration to Canada and Canada immigration statistics While the first contact with Europeans and indigenous peoples in Canada had occurred a century or more before the first group of permanent settlers were the French who founded the New France settlements in present day Quebec and Ontario and Acadia in present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick during the early part of the 17th century 23 24 Approximately 100 Irish born families would settle the Saint Lawrence Valley by 1700 assimilating into the Canadien population and culture 25 26 During the 18th and 19th century immigration westward to the area known as Rupert s Land was carried out by Voyageurs French settlers working for the North West Company and by British settlers English and Scottish representing the Hudson s Bay Company coupled with independent entrepreneurial woodsman called coureur des bois 27 This arrival of newcomers led to the creation of the Metis an ethnic group of mixed European and First Nations parentage 28 In the wake of the British Conquest of New France in 1760 and the Expulsion of the Acadians many families from the British colonies in New England moved over into Nova Scotia and other colonies in Canada where the British made farmland available to British settlers on easy terms More settlers arrived during and after the American Revolutionary War when approximately 60 000 United Empire Loyalists fled to British North America a large portion of whom settled in New Brunswick 29 After the War of 1812 British including British army regulars Scottish and Irish immigration was encouraged throughout Rupert s Land Upper Canada and Lower Canada 30 Between 1815 and 1850 some 800 000 immigrants came to the colonies of British North America mainly from the British Isles as part of the Great Migration of Canada 31 These new arrivals included some Gaelic speaking Highland Scots displaced by the Highland Clearances to Nova Scotia 32 The Great Famine of Ireland of the 1840s significantly increased the pace of Irish immigration to Prince Edward Island and the Province of Canada with over 35 000 distressed individuals landing in Toronto in 1847 and 1848 33 34 Descendants of Francophone and Anglophone northern Europeans who arrived in the 17th 18th and 19th centuries are often referred to as Old Stock Canadians 35 36 Beginning in the late 1850s the immigration of Chinese into the Colony of Vancouver Island and Colony of British Columbia peaked with the onset of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush 37 The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 eventually placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants in hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration after completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway 38 Additionally growing South Asian immigration into British Columbia during the early 1900s 39 led to the continuous journey regulation act of 1908 which indirectly halted Indian immigration to Canada as later evidenced by the infamous 1914 Komagata Maru incident Permanent residents admitted in 2021 by top 10 source countries 40 Rank Country Number Percentage1 India 127 795 31 52 China b 30 970 7 63 Philippines 17 990 4 44 Nigeria 15 580 3 85 France 12 685 3 16 United States 11 930 2 97 Brazil 11 420 2 88 Iran 11 285 2 89 Afghanistan 8 550 2 110 Pakistan 8 410 2 1Top 10 Total 256 615 63 3Other 148 715 36 7Total 405 330 100The population of Canada has consistently risen doubling approximately every 40 years since the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 1867 41 In the mid to late 19th century Canada had a policy of assisting immigrants from Europe including an estimated 100 000 unwanted Home Children from Britain 42 Block settlement communities were established throughout Western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries Some were planned and others were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves 43 Canada was now receiving a large number of European immigrants predominantly Italians Germans Scandinavians Dutch Poles and Ukrainians 44 Legislative restrictions on immigration such as the continuous journey regulation and Chinese Immigration Act 1923 that had favoured British and other European immigrants were amended in the 1960s opening the doors to immigrants from all parts of the world 45 While the 1950s had still seen high levels of immigration by Europeans by the 1970s immigrants were increasingly Chinese Indian Vietnamese Jamaican and Haitian 46 During the late 1960s and early 1970s Canada received many American Vietnam War draft dissenters 47 Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s Canada s growing Pacific trade brought with it a large influx of South Asians who tended to settle in British Columbia 48 Immigrants of all backgrounds tend to settle in the major urban centres 49 50 The Canadian public as well as the major political parties are tolerant of immigrants 51 The majority of illegal immigrants come from the southern provinces of the People s Republic of China with Asia as a whole Eastern Europe Caribbean Africa and the Middle East 52 Estimates of numbers of illegal immigrants range between 35 000 and 120 000 53 Citizenship and diaspora Main articles Canadian nationality law and Canadian diaspora Map of the Canadian diaspora in the world might include people with Canadian citizenship and children of Canadians 8 Canada 100 000 10 000 1 000 Canadian citizenship is typically obtained by birth in Canada or by birth or adoption abroad when at least one biological parent or adoptive parent is a Canadian citizen who was born in Canada or naturalized in Canada and did not receive citizenship by being born outside of Canada to a Canadian citizen 54 It can also be granted to a permanent resident who lives in Canada for three out of four years and meets specific requirements 55 Canada established its own nationality law in 1946 with the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act which took effect on January 1 1947 56 The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2001 as Bill C 11 which replaced the Immigration Act 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating immigration 57 Prior to the conferring of legal status on Canadian citizenship Canada s naturalization laws consisted of a multitude of Acts beginning with the Immigration Act of 1910 58 According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada there are three main classifications for immigrants family class persons closely related to Canadian residents economic class admitted on the basis of a point system that accounts for age health and labour market skills required for cost effectively inducting the immigrants into Canada s labour market and refugee class those seeking protection by applying to remain in the country by way of the Canadian immigration and refugee law 59 In 2008 there were 65 567 immigrants in the family class 21 860 refugees and 149 072 economic immigrants amongst the 247 243 total immigrants to the country 19 Canada resettles over one in 10 of the world s refugees 60 and has one of the highest per capita immigration rates in the world 61 As of a 2010 report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada there were 2 8 million Canadian citizens abroad 62 This represents about 8 of the total Canadian population Of those living abroad the United States Hong Kong the United Kingdom Taiwan China Lebanon United Arab Emirates and Australia have the largest Canadian diaspora Canadians in the United States constitute the greatest single expatriate community at over 1 million in 2009 representing 35 8 of all Canadians abroad 63 Under current Canadian law Canada does not restrict dual citizenship but Passport Canada encourages its citizens to travel abroad on their Canadian passport so that they can access Canadian consular services 64 Ethnic ancestry A map showing the largest ethnic or cultural origins in Canada by census division in 2021 Canadian Canadien c English Irish Scottish French German Chinese Indian Ukrainian Metis Acadian Mennonite Inuit Cree Ojibway Dene Heiltsuk Main article Ethnic origins of people in Canada According to the 2021 Canadian census over 450 ethnic or cultural origins were self reported by Canadians 4 The major panethnic origin groups in Canada are European 52 5 North American 22 9 Asian 19 3 North American Indigenous 6 1 African 3 8 Latin Central and South American 2 5 Caribbean 2 1 Oceanian 0 3 and Other 6 4 65 Statistics Canada reports that 35 5 of the population reported multiple ethnic origins thus the overall total is greater than 100 4 d The country s ten largest self reported specific ethnic or cultural origins in 2021 were Canadian c accounting for 15 6 percent of the population followed by English 14 7 percent Irish 12 1 percent Scottish 12 1 percent French 11 0 percent German 8 1 percent Chinese 4 7 percent Italian 4 3 percent Indian 3 7 percent and Ukrainian 3 5 percent 69 65 Of the 36 3 million people enumerated in 2021 approximately 25 4 million reported being white representing 69 8 percent of the population 70 71 The indigenous population representing 5 percent or 1 8 million individuals grew by 9 4 percent compared to the non Indigenous population which grew by 5 3 percent from 2016 to 2021 72 One out of every four Canadians or 26 5 percent of the population belonged to a non White and non Indigenous visible minority 71 e the largest of which in 2021 were South Asian 2 6 million people 7 1 percent Chinese 1 7 million 4 7 percent and Black 1 5 million 4 3 percent 70 Between 2011 and 2016 the visible minority population rose by 18 4 percent 74 In 1961 less than two percent of Canada s population about 300 000 people were members of visible minority groups 75 The 2021 Census indicated that 8 3 million people or almost one quarter 23 0 percent of the population reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada above the 1921 Census previous record of 22 3 percent 76 In 2021 India China and the Philippines were the top three countries of origin for immigrants moving to Canada 77 CultureMain article Culture of Canada A 1911 political cartoon on Canada s bicultural identity showing a flag combining symbols of Britain France and Canada titled The next favor A flag to suit the minority Canadian culture is primarily a Western culture with influences by First Nations and other cultures It is a product of its ethnicities languages religions political and legal system s Canada has been shaped by waves of migration that have combined to form a unique blend of art cuisine literature humour and music 78 Today Canada has a diverse makeup of nationalities and constitutional protection for policies that promote multiculturalism rather than cultural assimilation 79 In Quebec cultural identity is strong and many French speaking commentators speak of a Quebec culture distinct from English Canadian culture 80 However as a whole Canada is a cultural mosaic a collection of several regional indigenous and ethnic subcultures 81 82 Canadian government policies such as official bilingualism publicly funded health care higher and more progressive taxation outlawing capital punishment strong efforts to eliminate poverty strict gun control the legalizing of same sex marriage pregnancy terminations euthanasia and cannabis are social indicators of Canada s political and cultural values 83 84 American media and entertainment are popular if not dominant in English Canada conversely many Canadian cultural products and entertainers are successful in the United States and worldwide 85 The Government of Canada has also influenced culture with programs laws and institutions It has created Crown corporations to promote Canadian culture through media and has also tried to protect Canadian culture by setting legal minimums on Canadian content 86 Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Pirelli in Toronto four identical sculptures are located in Buffalo City Changchun Sarajevo and Sydney Canadian culture has historically been influenced by European culture and traditions especially British and French and by its own indigenous cultures Most of Canada s territory was inhabited and developed later than other European colonies in the Americas with the result that themes and symbols of pioneers trappers and traders were important in the early development of the Canadian identity 87 First Nations played a critical part in the development of European colonies in Canada particularly for their role in assisting exploration of the continent during the North American fur trade 88 The British conquest of New France in the mid 1700s brought a large Francophone population under British Imperial rule creating a need for compromise and accommodation 89 The new British rulers left alone much of the religious political and social culture of the French speaking habitants guaranteeing through the Quebec Act of 1774 the right of the Canadiens to practise the Catholic faith and to use French civil law now Quebec law 90 The Constitution Act 1867 was designed to meet the growing calls of Canadians for autonomy from British rule while avoiding the overly strong decentralization that contributed to the Civil War in the United States 91 The compromises made by the Fathers of Confederation set Canadians on a path to bilingualism and this in turn contributed to an acceptance of diversity 92 93 The Canadian Armed Forces and overall civilian participation in the First World War and Second World War helped to foster Canadian nationalism 94 95 however in 1917 and 1944 conscription crisis highlighted the considerable rift along ethnic lines between Anglophones and Francophones 96 As a result of the First and Second World Wars the Government of Canada became more assertive and less deferential to British authority 97 With the gradual loosening of political ties to the United Kingdom and the modernization of Canadian immigration policies 20th century immigrants with African Caribbean and Asian nationalities have added to the Canadian identity and its culture 98 The multiple origins immigration pattern continues today with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants from non British or non French backgrounds 99 Multiculturalism in Canada was adopted as the official policy of the government during the premiership of Pierre Trudeau in the 1970s and 1980s 100 The Canadian government has often been described as the instigator of multicultural ideology because of its public emphasis on the social importance of immigration 101 Multiculturalism is administered by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and reflected in the law through the Canadian Multiculturalism Act 102 and section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 103 Religion Main article Religion in Canada Religion in Canada 2011 National Household Survey 104 Catholic 38 7 Other Christian 28 6 Non religious 23 9 Islam 3 2 Hinduism 1 5 Sikhism 1 4 Buddhism 1 1 Judaism 1 0 Other religions 0 6 Canada as a nation is religiously diverse encompassing a wide range of groups beliefs and customs 105 The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms references God and the monarch carries the title of Defender of the Faith 106 However Canada has no official religion and support for religious pluralism Freedom of religion in Canada is an important part of Canada s political culture 107 108 With the role of Christianity in decline it having once been central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life 109 commentators have suggested that Canada has come to enter a post Christian period in a secular state 110 111 with irreligion on the rise 112 The majority of Canadians consider religion to be unimportant in their daily lives but still believe in God 113 The practice of religion is now generally considered a private matter throughout society and within the state 114 The 2011 Canadian census reported that 67 3 of Canadians identify as being Christians of this number Catholics make up the largest group accounting for 38 7 percent of the population 104 The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada accounting for 6 1 of Canadians followed by Anglicans 5 0 and Baptists 1 9 104 About 23 9 of Canadians declare no religious affiliation including agnostics atheists humanists and other groups 104 The remaining are affiliated with non Christian religions the largest of which is Islam 3 2 followed by Hinduism 1 5 Sikhism 1 4 Buddhism 1 1 and Judaism 1 0 104 Before the arrival of European colonists and explorers First Nations followed a wide array of mostly animistic religions 115 During the colonial period the French settled along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River specifically Latin Church Catholics including a number of Jesuits dedicated to converting indigenous peoples an effort that eventually proved successful 116 The first large Protestant communities were formed in the Maritimes after the British conquest of New France followed by American Protestant settlers displaced by the American Revolution 117 The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of a substantive shift in Canadian immigration patterns Large numbers of Irish and southern European immigrants were creating new Catholic communities in English Canada 118 The settlement of the west brought significant Eastern Orthodox immigrants from Eastern Europe and Mormon and Pentecostal immigrants from the United States 119 The earliest documentation of Jewish presence in Canada occurs in the 1754 British Army records from the French and Indian War 120 In 1760 General Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst attacked and won Montreal for the British In his regiment there were several Jews including four among his officer corps most notably Lieutenant Aaron Hart who is considered the father of Canadian Jewry 120 The Islamic Jains Sikh Hindu and Buddhist communities although small are as old as the nation itself The 1871 Canadian Census first Canadian national census indicated thirteen Muslims among the populace 121 while the Sikh population stood at approximately 5 000 by 1908 122 The first Canadian mosque was constructed in Edmonton in 1938 when there were approximately 700 Muslims in Canada 123 Buddhism first arrived in Canada when Japanese immigrated during the late 19th century 124 The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Canada was built in Vancouver in 1905 125 The influx of immigrants in the late 20th century with Sri Lankan Japanese Indian and Southeast Asian customs has contributed to the recent expansion of the Jain Sikh Hindu and Buddhist communities 126 Languages Main article Languages of Canada Approximately 98 of Canadians can speak English or French 2006 127 English 56 9 English and French Bilingual 16 1 French 21 3 Sparsely populated area lt 0 4 km2 0 15 sq mi per person A multitude of languages are used by Canadians with English and French the official languages being the mother tongues of approximately 56 and 21 of Canadians respectively 128 As of the 2016 Census just over 7 3 million Canadians listed a non official language as their mother tongue Some of the most common non official first languages include Chinese 1 227 680 first language speakers Punjabi 501 680 Spanish 458 850 Tagalog 431 385 Arabic 419 895 German 384 040 and Italian 375 645 128 Less than one percent of Canadians just over 250 000 individuals can speak an indigenous language About half this number 129 865 reported using an indigenous language on a daily basis 129 Additionally Canadians speak several sign languages the number of speakers is unknown of the most spoken ones American Sign Language ASL and Quebec Sign Language LSQ 130 as it is of Maritime Sign Language and Plains Sign Talk 131 There are only 47 speakers of the Inuit sign language Inuktitut 132 English and French are recognized by the Constitution of Canada as official languages 133 All federal government laws are thus enacted in both English and French with government services available in both languages 133 Two of Canada s territories give official status to indigenous languages In Nunavut Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are official languages alongside the national languages of English and French and Inuktitut is a common vehicular language in territorial government 134 In the Northwest Territories the Official Languages Act declares that there are eleven different languages Chipewyan Cree English French Gwich in Inuinnaqtun Inuktitut Inuvialuktun North Slavey South Slavey and Tlįchǫ 135 Multicultural media are widely accessible across the country and offer specialty television channels newspapers and other publications in many minority languages 136 In Canada as elsewhere in the world of European colonies the frontier of European exploration and settlement tended to be a linguistically diverse and fluid place as cultures using different languages met and interacted The need for a common means of communication between the indigenous inhabitants and new arrivals for the purposes of trade and in some cases intermarriage led to the development of Mixed languages 137 Languages like Michif Chinook Jargon and Bungi creole tended to be highly localized and were often spoken by only a small number of individuals who were frequently capable of speaking another language 138 Plains Sign Talk which functioned originally as a trade language used to communicate internationally and across linguistic borders reached across Canada the United States and into Mexico 139 See also 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ethnic ancestral origins This response is attributed to a multitude or generational distance from ancestral lineage 67 68 The 2021 census on ethnic or cultural origins Statistics Canada states Given the fluid nature of this concept and the changes made to this question 2021 Census data on ethnic or cultural origins are not comparable to data from previous censuses and should not be used to measure the growth or decline of the various groups associated with these origins 4 Indigenous peoples are not considered a visible minority in Statistics Canada calculations Visible minorities are defined by Statistics Canada as persons other than aboriginal peoples who are non Caucasian in race or non white in colour 73 References Statistics Canada September 29 2021 Population estimates quarterly www150 statcan gc ca Government of Canada Archived from the original on June 14 2018 Retrieved November 1 2021 Government of Canada Statistics Canada October 26 2022 The Canadian census A rich portrait of 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