Who We Are

Question 1

What are the three countries in North America?

Answer 1

Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico.

Question 2

Do the U.S.A. and Mexico have a constitutional monarchy?

Answer 2

No.

Question 3

What is an important expression in Canadian government?

Answer 3

“Peace, order and good government”.

Question 4

What is Canada called?

Answer 4

“The Great Dominion”.

Question 5

When was the British North America Act created?

Answer 5

1867

Question 6

Do you have to join the Canadian military?

Answer 6

No.

Question 7

What are some other ways to help Canada?

Answer 7

By working in the Coast Guard or emergency services, or by working as a police officer or a fire fighter.

Question 8

Who were the founding peoples of Canada?

Answer 8

The Aboriginal people, the French, and the British.

Question 9

Who were the first people to live in Canada?

Answer 9

Aboriginal peoples.

Question 10

What did King George III do in 1763?

Answer 10

He promised to allow the Aboriginal people to have the right to the land on which they lived.

Question 11

What did Canada apologize for in 2008?

Answer 11

In 2008, the government of Canada apologized for putting Aboriginals in residential schools

From the 1800s until the 1980s, the federal government took school-age Aboriginal children away from their parents during the school year.

The government wanted to educate the Aboriginal peoples, and to make them the same as the non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

Question 12

What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

Answer 12

• Métis
• Inuit
• Indian (First Nations) refers to all Aboriginal people who are not
  Inuit or Métis. In the 1970s, the term First Nations began to be used

Question 13

Who are the Métis?

Answer 13

The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, the majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces. They
come from both French- and English-speaking backgrounds and speak their own dialect, Michif.

Question 14

What percentage of Aboriginal peoples in Canada is Métis?

Answer 14

About 65% of the Aboriginal people are First Nations, while 30% are Métis and 4% Inuit.

Question 15

What does the word Inuit mean?

Answer 15

Inuit means “the people” in Inuktitut language. live in small, scattered
communities across the Arctic

Question 16

What is the term used since the 1970s to describe Aboriginal peoples who are not Inuit or Métis?

Answer 16

First Nations.

Question 17

Where do half of the First Nations people live?

Answer 17

on reserve land in about 600 communities while the other half live off-reserve mainly in urban centres.

Question 18

How many communities are on reserve land?

Answer 18

600

Question 19

What are Canada’s two official languages?

Answer 19

English and French.

Today, there are 18 million Anglophones—people who speak English as a first language—and seven million Francophones—people who speak French as their first language.
While the majority of Francophones live in the province of Quebec,
one million Francophones live in Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba,

Question 20

Which province is the only officially bilingual province?

Answer 20

New Brunswick.

Question 21

Where do most Francophones live?

Answer 21

Quebec.

Quebecers are the people of Quebec, the vast majority French-speaking. Most are descendants of 8,500 French settlers from the 1600s and
1700s and maintain a unique identity, culture and language.

One million Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of 250 years and form a vibrant part of the Quebec fabric.

Question 22

Which provinces are in the Maritimes?

Answer 22

The provinces on the eastern side of Canada are called the Maritime.

Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Question 23

What is the “Great Upheaval”?

Answer 23

Immigrants began coming to the Maritimes in 1604. They were French, and their descendants are called the Acadians.

There was a war between Britain and France between 1755 and 1763. During this time, more than two thirds (65%) of the Acadians living in this part of Canada were forced to leave Canada, and go to Britain, France, or another British colony

Question 24

What did the federal government agree to in 2006?

Answer 24

In 2006, the federal government (through the House of Commons) agreed that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.

Question 25

Who was John Buchan and what did he believe in?

Answer 25

John Buchan was the Governor General between 1935 and 1940; he believed in “Unity in Diversity”.

Question 26

What does unity in diversity mean?

Answer 26

The belief that people should not change their culture; people who live in Canada can have different cultural traditions and the country can still be united.

Question 27

Where have most immigrants come from since the 1970s?

Answer 27

Asia

Question 28

In Vancouver and Toronto, some people speak Chinese at home instead of English. What are the percentages mentioned in the reading?

Answer 28

In Vancouver 13% speak Chinese at home; in Toronto 7% speak Chinese at home.

Question 29

What kind of society is Canada?

Answer 29

Multicultural

The majority of Canadians were born in this country and this has been true since the 1800s. However, Canada is often referred to as a land
of immigrants because, over the past 200 years, millions of newcomers have helped to build and defend our way of life.

Question 30

What is the largest religious affiliation in Canada?

Answer 30

Catholic

Question 31

How does Canada treat gays and lesbians?

Answer 31

Gay and lesbian Canadians are protected under the law; they are treated the same as other Canadians; they can get married.

Question 32

Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

Answer 32

She is an Olympian, and a descendent of black Loyalists.

Question 33

Who are the Acadians?

Answer 33

The Acadians are the descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

Question 34

How was the basic way of life in English-speaking areas established?

Answer 34

The basic way of life in English-speaking areas was established by hundreds of thousands of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish settlers,
soldiers and migrants from the 1600s to the 20th century.

Question 35

Diversity in Canada

Answer 35

Many ethnic and religious groups live and work in peace as proud Canadians. The largest groups are the English, French, Scottish, Irish,
German, Italian, Chinese, Aboriginal, Ukrainian, Dutch, South Asian and Scandinavian. Since the 1970s, most immigrants have come from Asian
countries.