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Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world. Changes in demographics, history, and social interactions have led to alterations in the Canadian identity over time.
The National Film Board of Canada is a public agency that produces and distributes films and other audiovisual works which reflect Canada to Canadians and the rest of the world'. [176] Canada has produced many popular documentaries such as The Corporation, Nanook of the North, Final Offer, and Canada: A People's History.
Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world. Changes in demographics, history, and social interactions have led to alterations in the Canadian identity over time.
Sir William Edmond Logan FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada; Mary MacArthur – botanist, cytologist, horticulturalist; John Macoun (1831–1920) – botanist; Tak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptor; Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born 1943) – world leader in quaternary research
In Canada July 28 has been designated as the "Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval" since 2005. This commemorative day marks the date in 1755 when the decision was made to deport the Acadians. December 13, Acadian Remembrance Day , commemorates the memory of the 2,000 Acadians who perished in the North Atlantic from hunger, disease, and ...
This cultural "invisibility" within the larger US population is seen as creating stronger affinity among Canadians living in the US than might otherwise exist. [7] According to US Census estimates, the number of Canadian residents was around 640,000 in 2000. [8] Some sources have cited the number to possibly be over 1,000,000. [9]
The country consists of people from a multitude of racial, religious and cultural backgrounds and is open to cultural pluralism. [13] Canada has experienced different waves of immigration since the 19th century, and by the 1980s almost 40 percent of the population were of neither British nor French origins (the two largest groups, and among the ...
The Irish population, meanwhile, witnessed steady, slowing population growth during the late 19th and early 20th century, with the proportion of the total Canadian population dropping from 24.3 percent in 1871 to 12.6 percent in 1921 and falling from the second-largest ethnic group in Canada from to fourth − principally due to massive ...