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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED330734 AUTHOR: Ledoux, Michel; Pendakur, Ravi
TITLE: Multicultural Canada: A Graphic Overview = Un Canada
Multicuturel: Representation Graphique.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 214 p.
ABSTRACT: This graphic overview uses 28 bar and pie graphs
to illustrate Canada's ethnic and linguistic diversity.
Information was drawn primarily from 1986 census figures.
The following categories are examined: (1) ethnic origin;
(2) language; (3) visible minorities (nonwhites); (4)
aboriginal peoples; and (5) immigration. Information is
reported for the nation, the provinces, the territories,
and the major Canadian urban centers of Toronto (Ontario),
Montreal (Quebec), and Vancouver (British Columbia). The
following highlights are included: (1) Canada is a
multicultural country; (2) the extent of cultural diversity
varies by region; (3) there are many different ethnic
communities and different provinces have different ethnic
mixes; (4) the major cities have diverse populations; (5)
many Canadians have nonofficial languages (neither French
nor English) as mother tongues and continue to speak them
at home; (6) 1.2 percent of Canadians cannot speak either
French or English; (7) over 90 percent of visible
minorities live in four provinces and two-thirds live in
the three largest cities; (8) over 700,000 Canadians report
aboriginal ancestry; (9) the visible minority and
aboriginal populations are younger than the total
population; (10) almost four million Canadians are
immigrants; and (11) the immigrants' countries-of-origin
are changing. A translation in French is included. A
four-item bibliography, a glossary, and 26 tables of
statistical data are appended. (FMW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Census-Figures; Cultural-Pluralism;
Demography-; Ethnic-Groups; Foreign-Countries; Urban
Demography
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Canada-Natives; *Cultural-Differences;
*Ethnic-Distribution; *Immigrants-; *Minority-Groups;
*Official-Languages
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