Multiculturalism - Miss Hamilton



Multiculturalism

A Portrait of Canada:

 

❖ Canada is one of the most multicultural countries in the world.

❖ Bilingualism (____________________________) is very important to Canadian society.

❖ Cultural Diversity is recognized and celebrated.

According to the Census:

 

← __________ people, or 5,335,000 people have a “________________” other than English or French.

← Over _______ languages are spoken in Canadian homes.

← Close to _______________ of Canadians were born outside of the country.

Languages spoken in Canada, in order:

 

1.    _________________________

2.    _________________________

3.    _________________________

4.    _________________________

5.    _________________________

6.    _________________________

7.    _________________________

 

Some facts:

• Historically, the most commonly spoken languages in Canada other than English or French were German, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Polish and other European and Eastern European languages.

• In the last 10+ years, immigration from __________and the ____________ has been significant.

•  Other language groups with significant increases include Punjabi, Arabic, Urdu, Tagalog and Tamil.

What is Multiculturalism?

• A society that encourages ________________________________ rather than in only one culture.

• Canada is considered to be a __________________. (Lots of different types of people making up one country)

What is a visible minority?

• Visible minorities are _________________________ who look different from the majority

• In Canada, _________________________ are people who are not ‘white’

Toronto:

• Toronto is the Canadian city with the highest percentage of visible minorities, at about _______________

• ____________ immigrants in Canada live in Toronto

• The top five visible minority groups in Toronto were:

- _____________ at 298,372 or 12.0 per cent

- _____________ at 283,075 or 11.4 per cent;

- _____________ at 208,555 or 8.4 per cent;

- _____________ at 102,555 or 4.1 per cent;

- _____________ at 64,860 or 2.6 per cent.

Immigrants come to the big cities because….

- Many immigrants are sponsored by family members already living in cities

- Those who speak neither English nor French are attracted to cities where their language is spoken

- _______________________________________________

- Cities are already diverse, so many immigrants find them more welcoming

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