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Transcript of Unit 11 Country case studies: Canada, NL 4th May 2006, Laura Laubeova [email protected].
Canada300 years of immigration 1996 CENSUS OF CANADA TABULATIONS: ethnic origin, official language, home language
12, 5 mil., 44% other than Br, Fr, Canad.5, 3 mil (19%) only Can.4, 9 mil (17%) only Br.2,7 mil (10%´) only Fr.
Diversity in regions
W. Provinces –
over 60% other then Br, Fr, Can
Saskatchewan-
61% other, 7% Aborig.;
Territories-
37% Aborig.
Ethnic min. larger than 900 tho.:
Germans (2mil.),
Ital., Ukraine (1 mil.),
Chinese, Dutch (0,9 mil.)
Larger than 350 tho.:
Scandinavians,
Poles,
South Asians (600 tho.),
Caribbean,
Jews
Non- European:
Aborig.,
Chinese,
South Asians,
Philippinos,
Latin Americans
Minorities (non Fr, Br, Can):
Germans - Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Atlant. Provincies
Ital. - Quebec (then Aboridg.)
Aborig. - Territories
Visible minorities
- in Employment Equity Act:
Persons other than aboriginal peoples, who are non- Caucasian in ´race´ or non-white in colour, other origin than European
Since 1996 – question No. 19
Do you belong to..?
1999- 3 mil. (11,2%).
Visible minorities
Over a half (1,7 mil.) in Ontario,
41% in cities (Toronto, Vancouver. Montreal.
Largest - Chinese (800 tho.), South Asians, Blacks
Most Chinese are immigrants (75%);
Japanese and Blacks were rather born in Canada (65%, 42 %)
Designated groups
Employment Equity Act apart from visible minorities
4 designated groups:Women
AboriginalsDisabled
Immigrants
5 mil immigrants - 17 % (1996).
cf. 1951 only 2 mil.
13 % (655 tho.) born in UK
7% (330 tho.) in It.
5% in China, India, USA
Definition of an immigrant:
1. CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) – who received a permit for permanent settlement
2. Census of Canada –
who was not born in Canada
"What Country are you a Citizen of?"
Languages:
official (Fr, Engl.) + non-official "home languages“ Home language is defined as the language most
often spoken at home.
(Statistics Canada collected information on English, French and a maximum of one non-official language)
Languages:
17% (4,9 mil)
other mother tongue than Fr. or Engl.
10% (3 mil)
speaks at home with other tongue
than Fr. or Engl.
Home languages
Chinese (half mil)
Italian
Panjabi
Spanish
Portugeese
Home languages
12 out of 20 most spread home language are non-European
Chines, Panjabi, Arab,
Tagalog, Vietnamese, Tamil,
Cree, Farsi, Korean,
Urdu, Guajarati, Hindu
Source:
Multicultural Canada, A Demographic Overview, Strategic Research and Business Planning, Dept. of Canadian Heritage, 1998
Etc. , vide bellow
MCP
Official Languages act in 1969
Official policy of Multiculturalism in 1971
Canadian Multiculturalism Act in 1988
1997 Renewed multiculturalism programme
Nunavat
1 April 1999
Inuktitut
Resources:
Canada Year Book 1997, Minister of Industry, 1996Canadian Heritage: Multicultural Program, Respect,
Equality, Diversity, Program Guidelines, July 1998The Evidence Series, Facts About Multiculturalism, May
21, 1998 - volume 1, July 21, 1998- volume 2, September 21 1998- volume 3**
Profile, Newsletter of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol.5, No.1, Spring 1997
Breton, Raymond: From Ethnic to Civic Nationalism: English Canada and Quebec in Hutchinson, John, Smith Anthony, ed. (1996) Ethnicity, Oxford- New York: Oxford University Press
Employment Equity Act 1986
Canadian Multiculturalism Act, 1988
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982
Official Languages act 1969
Canadian Bill of Rights 1960
Canadian Citizenship Act 1947