The Role Of Norms In Canadian Culture

Each culture is unique, and there are different building blocks that play a part in building a culture. They are norms, values, (beliefs) customs, roles, and attitudes. Norms are specific rules of right and wrong behavior that a culture follows or what they believe is normal in society. Each culture have’s values which are professed, rule of action, or conduct that is pass on from generations to generations. In our everyday life we perform many roles such as mother, father son, daughter, sister, niece, auntie, uncle, nephew and friend. These roles make me the person that I will always be.

One of the norm in Canada is equality, women and men are equal. Canada was one of the first countries in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Canadian

From talking with my friend, her thoughts about Canada my great grandmother was that she was a very beautiful, calm, and humble woman without any harshness in her principle and ideas.

I discover that Canadian culture, believes it’s country has a distinct approach to identity. “They accept that difference is actually quite interesting. What makes it possible to live together is agreement on things like ethics and public policy. Not agreement on accents and religion”. Canadians defined themselves by characteristics such as free healthcare and by being polite than their southern neighbors. Canadians, generally open-minded and tolerant, have mixed feelings about immigration. Bargaining is not the norm in Canada businesses. The Canadian culture throughout history, has been influenced by European culture and traditions. Canada has different religions and has no official religion, supports for religious pluralism and freedom of religion is an important part of Canada’s political culture. Religious values play a large roll in the government, religion is often shunned and is encouraged to stay out of public