Demographics of Canada

relatively low on this social hierarchy are single mothers - defined in this case as a woman, who is unmarried, divorced or widowed, who has children aged zero to eighteen under her primary care. Single mothers make up 79.9% of all lone-parent families in Canada, representing 12.8% of all families that partook in a 2011 census (“Portrait of Families”, 2011). Despite the large number of female-headed families, there is a gross lack of supports in place for single mothers. Throughout history, the…

This essay will answer the inquiry whether immigration to Canada is an oversight or advantageous experience. It is my own conviction that moving to a nation like Canada is a problematic choice for three fundamental reasons: right off the bat, newcomers encounter extreme and incapacitating society stun; besides, there is a shortage of steady employments in the nation, particularly in the wake of the worldwide money related emergency; and to wrap things up, workers need to think about dialect and…

caused some tension among the Francophone community, particularly in Quebec, as many immigrants are choosing to learn English over French. In the long term, this may be more beneficial to them, especially for those who wish to later travel through Canada or North America. However, Quebec is finding that the percentages of French speaking people are decreasing substantially. In 1989, the number of French speaking workplaces in Montreal was 85 percent, and in 2010 it was recorded that the number…

A flight attendant, known as Sarah Low’s legacy lives on with Karyn’s wings. In the article “On the Wings of memory¨ By Jon Ramirez, the story of Karyn’s wings is shared. These particular wings have been through many important events. They carry on Sarah’s legacy. Sarah Low was a flight attendant for the American Airlines flight 11 on September 11, 2001. A friend of Sarah’s, Karyn Ramsey, was at the memorial service and to display her respect, gave her flight attendant wings to Mike Low,…

Canada has a long history. Its history is an immigration history. Since ancient times, people had been moving and migrating to Canada and living here.British had the biggest impact on Canadian history. British formed HBC and monopolized the fur trade, this made a lot of European move to Canada. Also, British built churches and schools in North America to change first nations’ way to life. With the formation of the colonies, the government introduced many policies to change the political policy…

Eric Tang’s “Unsettled”, shows that Cambodian refugees being treated unfairly and put in the hyper ghetto is an important literature that shows that the resettlement in the camps was not the solution for a better living standard. This is the denial of human rights against Cambodians in the US or is not that different from the Khmer Rouge. In this paper, I will argue about there are not that much difference in treatment inside the settlement camp and the Khmer Rouge. First, the reason that…

Vérendrye shouldn’t be inducted into the Canadian Explorer Hall of Fame because he didn’t do that much to help make Canada. He was born on November 17, 1685, Trois-Rivières and died on December 5, 1749, Montreal. He was a soldier and then became a farmer for sixteen years. In 1731 — at the age of 43, which was old in those days — he decided to become an explorer. He explored Canada and was part of the fur trade. He had promised to discover the Western Sea but he only gone forward to Lake…

relate to cultural shock due to the great depressions that development that brought similar drastic changes in the 1930s. First Nation family moved to a town after receiving voting rights in the 1960s, which led to experiencing racism from non-natives. Canada has many emotional past history stories because of new cultural and identity that causes distress among the two narrators family moving away from their original lands. As in the 1930s, the great depression destroyed many settlers’…

My Canada Canadian Currency: Undeniably, one of the most colourful currencies all over the world is Canadian currency. Although it may not be as recognizable as American currency, Canadian money is still unique and represents our history. Each Canadian bill has important pictures, with significant people like John A. Macdonald on one side and an event like the Canadarm2 and Dextre on the other. Our currency symbolizes us because it showed the dependence we tried to achieve by using our own…

What it Means to be Canadian To be Canadian means more than simply living in Canada. In Canada we stand up for what we believe in and respect others opinions. In Canada we all have to be part of a group. Canada consists of ten provinces, three territories, and five great lakes. Social Media, our Ethnic Cultures, and Economics. Social media is some websites and applications that support people to communicate or to participate in social networking. We are familiar with almost social media…