English Canadians
English Canadians (French: [Canadiens anglais] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) or Canadiennes anglaises), or Anglo-Canadians (French: [Anglo-Canadiens] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), refers to either Canadians of English ethnic origin and heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Canadians of any ethnic origin; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadians.[3][4] Canada is an officially bilingual country, with English and French official language communities.
| File:Map of English ancestry in the U.S. and Canada.png English Americans and English Canadians as percent of population by state and province. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 17,882,775 (2006; English mother tongue, including multiple responses)[1] 6,320,085 English ethnicity (including multiple responses)[2] 1,098,930 English ethnicity (single responses only)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Canada, minority in Quebec | |
| Languages | |
| English | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant, but also Catholicism and Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| English Americans and other English diaspora, Scottish Canadians and other British Canadians, Old Stock Canadians |
English Canadians Media
The Canadian flag flying at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, located at Halifax, Nova Scotia
1957 version of the Canadian Red Ensign that had evolved as the de facto national flag until 1965.
Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, construction began in 1845
- The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson.jpg
The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson
- Tommydouglas1945.jpg
Tommy Douglas (centre left).
- LauraSecordPainting.jpg
Painting of Loyalist heroine Laura Secord by Mildred Peel
References
- ↑ "Language Highlight Tables, 2006 Census". 2.statcan.ca. April 7, 2009. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 25 October 2017.
- ↑ Avis, Walter S. (1983). Gage Canadian Dictionary. Toronto: Gage Publishing Limited. p. 393. ISBN 0-7715-1980-X.
... a Canadian of English ancestry or whose principal language is English, especially as opposed to French.
- ↑ ""English Canadian". MSN Encarta - Dictionary. 2007. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
