Who We Are Flashcards
What are the three countries in North America?
Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico.
Do the U.S.A. and Mexico have a constitutional monarchy?
No.
What is an important expression in Canadian government?
“Peace, order and good government”.
What is Canada called?
“The Great Dominion”.
When was the British North America Act created?
1867
Do you have to join the Canadian military?
No.
What are some other ways to help Canada?
By working in the Coast Guard or emergency services, or by working as a police officer or a fire fighter.
Who were the founding peoples of Canada?
The Aboriginal people, the French, and the British.
Who were the first people to live in Canada?
Aboriginal peoples.
What did King George III do in 1763?
He promised to allow the Aboriginal people to have the right to the land on which they lived.
What did Canada apologize for in 2008?
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.
What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?
- 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
Who are the Métis?
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.
What percentage of Aboriginal peoples in Canada is Métis?
About 65% of the Aboriginal people are First Nations, while 30% are Métis and 4% Inuit.
What does the word Inuit mean?
Inuit means “the people” in Inuktitut language. live in small, scattered
communities across the Arctic
What is the term used since the 1970s to describe Aboriginal peoples who are not Inuit or Métis?
First Nations.
Where do half of the First Nations people live?
on reserve land in about 600 communities while the other half live off-reserve mainly in urban centres.
How many communities are on reserve land?
600
What are Canada’s two official languages?
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,
Which province is the only officially bilingual province?
New Brunswick.
Where do most Francophones live?
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.
Which provinces are in the Maritimes?
The provinces on the eastern side of Canada are called the Maritime.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
What is the “Great Upheaval”?
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
What did the federal government agree to in 2006?
In 2006, the federal government (through the House of Commons) agreed that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.
Who was John Buchan and what did he believe in?
John Buchan was the Governor General between 1935 and 1940; he believed in “Unity in Diversity”.
What does unity in diversity mean?
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.
Where have most immigrants come from since the 1970s?
Asia
In Vancouver and Toronto, some people speak Chinese at home instead of English. What are the percentages mentioned in the reading?
In Vancouver 13% speak Chinese at home; in Toronto 7% speak Chinese at home.
What kind of society is Canada?
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.
What is the largest religious affiliation in Canada?
Catholic
How does Canada treat gays and lesbians?
Gay and lesbian Canadians are protected under the law; they are treated the same as other Canadians; they can get married.
Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?
She is an Olympian, and a descendent of black Loyalists.
Who are the Acadians?
The Acadians are the descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604
How was the basic way of life in English-speaking areas established?
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.
Diversity in Canada
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.
