Canadian identity
Canadian identity planned to the unique culture, characteristics and given of being Canadian, as living as a many symbols & expressions that classification Canada together with Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world.
Primary influences on the Canadian identity trace back to the arrival, beginning in the early seventeenth century, of French settlers in Acadia and the St. Lawrence River Valley, and of English, Scottish and Irish settlers in Newfoundland and the Maritimes, the British conquest of New France in 1759, the migration of United Empire Loyalists to Upper Canada and New Brunswick, and the ensuing controls of French and British culture in the gradual developing of both an imperial and national identity.
Throughout the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, First Nations played a critical element in the development of European colonies in Canada, from their role in assisting exploration of the continent, the fur trade and inter-European energy struggles to the establishment of the Métis people. Carrying through the 20th century and to the featured day, Canadian aboriginal art and culture submits to exert a marked influence on Canadian identity.
The question of Canadian identity was traditionally dominated by two necessary themes: first, the often conflicted relationship between English Canadians and French Canadians, stemming from the Francophone imperative for cultural and linguistic survival; secondly, theties between English Canadians and the British Empire, and the behind political process towards fix independence from the "mother country". With the unhurried loosening of political ties between Canada and the British Empire in the 20th century, immigrants from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean pretend helped to reconstruct Canadian identity, a process that continues with the ongoing settlement of large numbers of immigrants from diverse backgrounds, adding to the theme of multiculturalism to the debate. Today, Canada has a diverse makeup of ethnicities and cultures see Canadian culture, and constitutional protection for policies that promote multiculturalism in lieu of a monolithic national myth based on all single ethnicity or language.