Who We Are Flashcards
Canadian Constitution?
- the British North America Act (1867)
- only constitutional monarchy in North America
what consequences had the Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George III ?
- Territorial rights were first guaranteed
- basis for negotiating treaties with the newcomers
residential schools in Canada:
- From the 1800s until the 1980s
- many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture
- poorly funded and inflicted hardship ( some were physically abused)
- Aboriginal languages and cultural practices were mostly prohibited
- In 2008, Ottawa formally apologized to the former students.
The term Aboriginal peoples refers to three distinct groups:
- The Inuit
- The Métis
- Indian:
refers to all Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis. - About 65% of the Aboriginal people are First Nations, while 30% are Métis and 4% Inuit.
Info about the Inuit:
- Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language
- live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic
- knowledge of the land, sea and wildlife enabled them to adapt
Info about the Metis:
- distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry
- he majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces
- both French- and English-speaking backgrounds and speak their own dialect, Michif.
who are the Acadians ?
- the descendants of French colonists
- settle in the Maritime provinces in 1604
- the “Great Upheaval” :
- survived and maintained their unique identity
- part of the French-speaking Canada.
what is the 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
what is the Quebecers?
- people of Quebec, the vast majority French-speaking
- descendants of 8,500 French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s
- maintain a unique identity, culture and language
- One million Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of 250 years
- The House of Commons recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada
where come from “English Canadians”?
- Generations of pioneers and builders of British origins
- English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish settlers
From where the largest groups of immigrants arrive to Canada?
The largest groups are:
- the English
- French
- Scottish
- Irish
- German
- Italian
- Chinese
- Aboriginal
- Ukrainian
- Dutch
- South Asian
- Scandinavian
Since the 1970s, most immigrants have come from Asian countries.
The Non-official languages that are widely spoken in Canadian homes?
- Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home, after English
- In Vancouver, 13% of the population speak Chinese languages at home; in Toronto, the number is 7%.
majority of Canadians identify as :
———— Christians———–
- The largest religious affiliation is Catholic
- followed by various Protestant churches
- Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and members of other religions
