Policies & Demographics
The Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed in the year-
1988
A major Hindu festival of lights is celebrated by many Canadians of Indian descent.
What is Diwali?
This country is the largest source of immigrants to Canada.
India
This First Nations group, living in the central and eastern Arctic, is known for their igloos and kayaks.
Who are the Inuit peoples?
This annual event celebrated on June 27th, recognizes the contributions of multicultural communities in Canada.
What is Canadian Multiculturalism Day?
The Canadian Province with the highest number of immigrants
Ontario
This festival, celebrated by the Chinese community in Canada, marks the beginning of the lunar new year.
What is the Chinese New Year?
The percentage of refugees that claim they feel a strong belonging towards Canada.
95%
This annual festival in Alberta celebrates the cultures and traditions of the Cree, Blackfoot, and Métis peoples through dance, music, and art.
What is Powwow at the Calgary Stampede?
This Act, passed in 1876, has governed relations between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples, often controversially.
The second most common non-official language spoken in Canada
Mandarin
This Caribbean festival, held annually in Toronto, is one of the largest street festivals in North America.
What is Caribana (Toronto Caribbean Carnival)
In recent years, this percentage of immigrants to Canada came from Asia.
63.5%
This Indigenous language, spoken primarily in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, uses a syllabic writing system.
What is Inuktitut?
This famous Canadian landmark in Vancouver was created to honor Chinese Canadian soldiers who fought in World War II.
What is the Chinatown memorial plaza?
As of 2021, the percentage of Canadians who are foreign-born
23%
This festival, celebrated in late September and early October, honors the German heritage in Kitchener-Waterloo.
What is Oktoberfest?
The immigration category that allows skilled workers to move to Canada based on their abilities and qualifications.
What is the Express Entry?
This traditional First Nations dish, often made with corn, beans, and squash, is known as the "Three Sisters."
What is Succotash?
This historic Black Canadian community in Nova Scotia was settled by Black Loyalists after the American Revolutionary War.
What is Africville?
This city is the most ethnically diverse in Canada with over half of its residents identifying as visible minorities
Kitchener, Ontario
This annual festival in Winnipeg celebrates the cultures and traditions of the many different communities in Manitoba.
What is Folklorama?
Between January 2023 and September 2023, this province processed almost half of all asylum claims in Canada.
Quebec
This type of traditional dance, performed at powwows, often features dancers wearing elaborate feathered regalia and moving in sync with a drumbeat.
What is the Fancy Feather dance?
This treaty, signed in 1871, was the first of the numbered treaties between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples.