加拿大文化特点

The Characteristics of Canada

’

s Culture

As

the

second

largest

country

in

the

world,

Canada

has

its

own

characteristics

and

customs.

The

most

particular

trait

in

Canada

is

its

policy of immigrants.

With thirty million Canadians, Canadian society is one of the most open,

the most inclusive, the most colorful society in the world. Due to many

historical

reasons,

the

formation

of

ethnic

in

Canada

is

a

diversified

structure. You can find almost every major nation in the world in Canada.

Canada's cultural diversity is one of the most important advantages. Since

1867, Canada accepted more than fifteen million immigrants. Each year,

two

hundred

thousand

new

immigrants

come

to

Canada,

many

of

them

come from China. More than one million people of Chinese immigrate to

Canada. Canada has been trying to ensure that all of the Canadian citizens

have the opportunity to display their potential and integrate into Canadian

society.

Canada's

first

aboriginals

are

the

Inuit

and

Indians.

A

group

of

indigenous

people

who

are

from

the

north,

the

Inuit

Eskimos,

their

ancestors

come

from

the

Asian

continent.

The

existing

Canadian

Inuit

live

in

some

more

estuary

delta,

northwest

coast,

the

arctic

islands,

Hudson

bay.

They

fish

and

hunt

for

a

living.

means

only

people

Indian

name

comes

from

Christopher

Columbus

discovering

America

in

the

early

of

misunderstanding.

Indians

are

now

living

in

Canada in 2200 reserves, some live in the cities. Some of the ancestors of

the Indians signed with the British colonial government (later became the

Canadian government) a transfer after territory and getting compensation

treaty,

this

part

of

the

Indians

had

been

called

status

of

a

treaty

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Indians

because

there

is

no

compensation,

so

later

don't

enjoy

equal

rights with the former.

Since

the

17th

century,

Europeans

had

begun

to

move

to

Canada.

This

action

has

influenced

Canada

a

lot.

After

the

British

victory

over

the

French,

they

have

the

right

to

rule

Canada,

but

they

allow

the

French

inhabited region (mainly in Quebec) to keep the French national culture,

language and religion (Catholic).Quebec has kept strong French charm of

life

today.

The

Anglo-French

history

of

conflict

and

political

stability

requirements make English and French become two important languages

in this

nation.

And

even

in

Quebec,

French

basically

becomes

the only

official language. The hybrids of French and Indian are called Giacometti,

now the meaning of the word has been extended to refer to babies born by

whites and Indians. Canada currently has over sixty thousand Giacometti

people,

not

completely

the

same

with

Indians,

they

can

live

with

their

father or mother in the reservation.

Asia

in

recent

years

have

a

large

number

of

immigrants

to

Canada,

including

Taiwan,

Hong

Kong,

the

number

reaches

one

million

or

so.

These immigrants concentrate living in Toronto, Ontario (400000 people),