Unit 11Country case studies:

Canada, NL

4th May 2006, Laura Laubeova

laubeova@fsv.cuni.cz

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