Multiculturalism is another huge factor which changed Canada and became part of its identity. Multiculturalism can be referred to as, “ an ideological aspiration celebrating diversity”(Hyman, Meinhard & Shields, 2011, pg.3). Globalization played a huge role in establishing Canada as a sovereign multicultural state. Canada can be considered to be cultural mosaic as it is home to variety of cultures and religions from across the globe. However, colonization of Canada resulted in formation of a multicultural state with three main founding founding people the aboriginals, French and the British (Dewing, 2009, p.1). Prior to 1971, not every race was deemed worthy of immigrating to Canada as there were laws in place to allow only the preferred people
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Canadian society was more diverse than ever due to implementation of policies which allowed multiple cultures to flourish on Canadian soil. During early 1980’s, emergence of of groups promoting racist and anti-multiculturalism campaigns became apparent though the problem was dealt with by the adoption of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 which put everyone equal under the law and prevented racial discrimination (Dewing, 2009, pg.4). With the end of the century and expansion of globalization across the globe, Canada became more diverse than ever before housing cultures and religions from different regions of the globe. Canada today stands as a multicultural nation hosting one of the most diverse population. Globalization further helped Canada welcome more immigrants from other nations. According to the 2006 Canadian census, 16.5% of the Canadian population identified themselves as belonging to a visible minority group (Hyman, Meinhard & Shields, 2011, pg.6). The census shows a hike in immigrant population of
Canadian society was more diverse than ever due to implementation of policies which allowed multiple cultures to flourish on Canadian soil. During early 1980’s, emergence of of groups promoting racist and anti-multiculturalism campaigns became apparent though the problem was dealt with by the adoption of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 which put everyone equal under the law and prevented racial discrimination (Dewing, 2009, pg.4). With the end of the century and expansion of globalization across the globe, Canada became more diverse than ever before housing cultures and religions from different regions of the globe. Canada today stands as a multicultural nation hosting one of the most diverse population. Globalization further helped Canada welcome more immigrants from other nations. According to the 2006 Canadian census, 16.5% of the Canadian population identified themselves as belonging to a visible minority group (Hyman, Meinhard & Shields, 2011, pg.6). The census shows a hike in immigrant population of