Who We Are Flashcards
Discover Canada
How is Canada known around the world?
Canada is known around the world as a strong and free country.
What does it mean to say: “We have inherited the oldest continuous constitutional tradition in the world.”
We are the only constitutional monarchy in North America.
Fill in the blanks:
Our institutions uphold a commitment to ____, ____, and ____, a key phrase in Canada’s original constitutional document in 1867, the ____.
Our institutions uphold a commitment to Peace, Order, and Good Government, a key phrase in Canada’s original constitutional document in 1867, the British North America Act.
Poets and songwriters have hailed Canada as the ____.
Great Dominion
Who are Canada’s three founding peoples?
Aboriginal, French and British.
Where were the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated from many thousands of years ago?
Asia.
They were well established here long before explorers from Europe first came to North America.
From the ____ until the ____, the federal government placed many ____ children in ____ to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.
Bonus point: when did Ottawa formally apologize to the formal students?
From the 1800s until the 1980s, the federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.
In 2008.
The term Aboriginal peoples refers to three distinct groups, what are they?
- Indian refers to all Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis.
- The Inuit, which means “the people” in the Inuktitut language, live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic.
- The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, the majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces.
What does it mean to be Indian?
- Indian refers to all Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis.
- In the 1970s, the term First Nations began to be used.
- Today, about half of First Nations people live on reserve land in about 600 communities while the other half live off-reserve, mainly in urban centres.
What does it mean to be Inuit?
- Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language.
- They live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic.
- Their knowledge of the land, sea and wildlife enabled them to adapt to one of the harshest environments on earth.
What does it mean to be 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.
- They speak their own dialect, Michif.
What percentages are these Aboriginal groups made up of?
First Nations
Métis
Inuit
First Nations: 65%
Métis: 30%
Inuit: 4%
Who said the following?
Immigrant groups: “should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character.” Each could learn “from the other, and … while they cherish their own special loyalties and traditions, they cherish not less that new loyalty and tradition which springs from their union”
The 15th Governor General, John Buchan, the 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a popular Governor General of Canada (1935-40).
Canadian society today stems largely from the ____-speaking and ____-speaking ____ civilizations that were brought here from ____ by settlers.
Canadian society today stems largely from the English-speaking and French-speaking Christian civilizations that were brought here from Europe by settlers.
What are Canada’s official languages?
How many speakers of each are there?
English (Anglophones): 18 million
French (Francophones): 7 million
Which province within Canada is fully billingual?
New Brunswick
Who are the Acadians?
The Acadians are the descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.
What happened during the “Great Upheaval”?
Between 1755 and 1763, during the war between Britain and France, more than two-thirds of the Acadians were deported from their homeland. Despite this ordeal, known as the “Great Upheaval,” the Acadians survived and maintained their unique identity.
What are Quebecers?
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.
The House of Commons recognized in ____ that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada.
2006
The basic way of life in English-speaking areas was established by hundreds of thousands of ____, ____, ____ and ____ settlers, soldiers and migrants from the 1600s to the 20th century.
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.
Why is Canada often referred to as a land of immigrants?
Over the past 200 years, millions of newcomers have helped to build and defend our way of life.
Name some of the ethnic and religious groups who live and work in peace as proud Canadians.
Ethnic: The largest groups are the English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, Aboriginal, Ukrainian, Dutch, South Asian and Scandinavian.
Religious: The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians. The largest religious affiliation is Catholic, followed by various Protestant churches. The numbers of Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and members of other religions, as well as people who state “no religion” are also growing.
What other languages are spoken in Canada?
Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home, after English, in two of Canada’s biggest cities.
In Vancouver, 13% of the population speak Chinese languages at home; in Toronto, the number is 7%.
