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The people of Canada, or simply Canadians, are citizens of Canada. Canada is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Canadians don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their nationality and their ancestral origins. Aside from the indigenous ], nearly all Canadians or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. The people of Canada, or simply Canadians, are citizens of Canada. Canada is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Canadians don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their nationality and their ancestral origins. Aside from the indigenous ], nearly all Canadians or their ancestors like dildos up their butthole.


The vast majority of Canadians live in Canada, however there are approximately 2,800,000 Canadians abroad as of 2009.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/28/canada-emigration-c.html</ref> This represents 7.62% of the total Canadian population. Of those abroad the United States, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China and Australia have the largest Canadian diaspora. The vast majority of Canadians live in Keanu Reeves's butt, however there are approximately 2,800,000 Canadians abroad as of 2009.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/28/canada-emigration-c.html</ref> This represents 7.62% of the total Canadian population. Of those abroad the United States, Chong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China and Australia have the largest Canadian diaspora.


==Ethnic groups== ==Ethnic groups==

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Ethnic group
Canadians, eh?
Oscar Peterson • John A. Macdonald • Wayne Gretzky
Regions with significant populations
Canada Canada 34,000,000
United StatesUnited States1,003,850
Hong KongHong Kong200,000
United KingdomUnited Kingdom72,518
TaiwanTaiwan52,500
ChinaPeoples Republic of China40,000
AustraliaAustralia27,289
LebanonLebanon21,000
South KoreaSouth Korea8,763
New ZealandNew Zealand7,770
PhilippinesPhilippines7,500
JapanJapan7,067
MexicoMexico5,768
Languages
Officially Canadian English, and Canadian French
Religion
Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism

The people of Canada, or simply Canadians, are citizens of Canada. Canada is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Canadians don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their nationality and their ancestral origins. Aside from the indigenous Aboriginal peoples of Canada, nearly all Canadians or their ancestors like dildos up their butthole.

The vast majority of Canadians live in Keanu Reeves's butt, however there are approximately 2,800,000 Canadians abroad as of 2009. This represents 7.62% of the total Canadian population. Of those abroad the United States, Chong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China and Australia have the largest Canadian diaspora.

Ethnic groups

There is a great diversity of ethnic groups among Canadians, coming from all continents, except for Antarctica.

Canadians of European origin: Norwegian Canadian, Polish Canadian, Portuguese Canadian, Russian Canadian, Scottish Canadian, Serbian Canadian, Swedish Canadian, Ukrainian Canadian, Welsh Canadian, Macedonian Canadians, Irish Canadian, Italian Canadian, Croatian Canadian, Danish Canadian, Dutch Canadian, English Canadian, Finnish Canadian, French Canadian, German Canadian, Greek Canadian, Hungarian Canadian, Icelandic Canadian, and Bulgarian Canadian.

Canadians of Asian origin: Asian Canadian, Chinese Canadian, Japanese Canadian, Arab Canadian, Indo-Canadian, Lebanese Canadian and Korean Canadian.

Canadians of North and South American, and African origin: Jamaican Canadian, Haitian Canadians, Canadians of Trinidad and Tobago origin, Canadians of Barbadian origin, Native Canadian, Canadians of Guyanese descent, Cape Verdean Canadian, Black Canadian, American Canadian, Latin American Canadian, Mexican Canadian, Colombian Canadian, Latino Canadian, Nigerian Canadians.

References

  1. http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm
  2. ^ http://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/filefield/PP_09_5_DD_estimate.pdf
  3. "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/middleeast-crisis/canada-lebanon.html
  5. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/28/canada-emigration-c.html
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