The Role Of Multiculturalism In Canada

What is Multiculturalism? How does one create or achieve a multicultural society? Most multicultural societies today have achieved the multicultural title by illustrating the history of their country. One of the most multicultural countries today would be Canada. Canada has been a multiculturalist country ever since the federal government, under the Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau had declared that a multicultural policy would be adopted into Canada. From then on, Canada was to recognize and also respect its own societies, religions, languages, customs, and so on. But, was this really the beginning of multiculturalism in Canada? In the past, Canada had already created a huge reputation of a blending of all kinds of different types of

In many instances, many deferent types of culture and identity had been merged into Canada like a big boiling pot being filled with many different ingredients whether they work together or don’t. But, whether the different ingredients work together or not is not what matter, because the end result is what Canada’s identity will stay as and will forever be remembering as. Going back to whether Canada becoming multicultural in 1971, the facts would prove that this statement is untrue because Canada had already been inhabited by so many different types of people whether it be religion, culture or identity. Canadian identity is the topic of today and where a few of the different types of identities had come from to form into one to create a singular identity for Canadians and more importantly, Canada. The greatest contributor to Canada’s identity is it’s multiculturalism throughout its history since its creation. This essay will explore different historical events and quirky cultures that help to show how much Canadian multiculturalism is intertwined in its

After the war, some 60 000 Americans had remained loyal to the crown and had seen their lands and goods confiscated by the republic. These Americans to Canada were known as the United Empire Loyalists. Coming to Nova Scotia, and Quebec, they received some assistance from the British government for compensation and to show the recognition that the loyalists had taken up arms in the defence of King George III and also the British interest. This had helped shape the theme of multiculturalism in the Canadian identity by forming the nucleus for two modern Canadian provinces which will be Ontario and New Brunswick. This had helped to create a more political, demographic and an economic influence on Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Quebec. The British of British North America were marked by the republicanism, and especially American republicanism, as a very distinctively identifiable cultural entity for many more generations to come. This distinctively identifiable culture is another crucial part for the Canadian theme of its multiculturalism while also adding to the Canadian