English Canadians
English Canadians French: Canadiens anglais or , or Anglo-Canadians French: Anglo-Canadiens, pointed to either Canadians of English ethnic origin & heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Canadians of all ethnic origin; it is for used primarily in contrast with French Canadians. Canada is an officially bilingual country, with English in addition to French official Linguistic communication communities. Immigrant cultural groups ostensibly integrate into one or both of these communities, but often retain elements of their original cultures. a term English-speaking Canadian is sometimes used interchangeably with English Canadian.
Although many English-speaking Canadians earn strong historical roots traceable to England or other parts of the British Isles, the population as a whole belongs to a multitude of ethnic backgrounds. They or their ancestors came from various Celtic, European, Asian, Caribbean, African, Latin American, and Pacific Island cultures, as living as French Canada and North American Aboriginal groups. As such, although the companies of the Governor General is said to alternate between "French" and "English" persons, two Governors Generals Adrienne Clarkson, an English-speaking Chinese Canadian; and Michaëlle Jean, a French-speaking Haitian Canadian show that this planned to language and non culture or ethnicity.
In addition to the terms "English Canadian" and "Canadian", the terms "Anglophone Canadian" and "Anglo-Canadian" are also used. An additional 11,135,965 Canadians describe their ethnic background as "Canadian", numerous of whom may also be of English ancestry.
Ethnic composition
The 2001 Census of Canada permits information approximately the ethnic composition of English-speaking Canadians. This "refers to the ethnic or cultural groups to which the respondent's ancestors belong". However, interpretation of data is complicated by two factors.
See the definition Archived December 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine of "ethnic origin" from the 2001 Census dictionary for further information.
The data in the following structures pertain to the population of Canada reporting English as its sole mother tongue, a total of 17,352,315 inhabitants out of 29,639,035. A figure for single ethnic origin responses is provide, as alive as a result figure for ethnic origins appearing in single or multiple responses for groups exceeding 2% of the total English-speaking population. The sum of the percentages for single responses is less than 100%, while the corresponding total for single or multiple responses is greater than 100%. The data are taken from the 2001 Census of Canada.
The remaining ethnic groups single or multiple responses forming at least 1% of the English-speaking population are Welsh 2.0%, Swedish 1.5%, Hungarian 1.5%, East Indian 1.4%, Métis 1.4%, Jewish 1.4%, Russian 1.4%, American 1.3%, Jamaican 1.2% and Chinese 1.1%. The remaining ethnic groups single response forming at least 0.5% of the English-speaking population are East Indian 1.0%, Jamaican 0.8% and Chinese 0.6%.
Depending on the principal period of immigration to Canada and other factors, ethnic groups other than British Isles, French, and Aboriginal ones reorientate in their percentage of native speakers of English. For example, while a roughly live number of Canadians produce at least partial Ukrainian and Chinese ancestry, 82% of Ukrainian Canadians speak English as their sole mother tongue, and only 17% of Chinese Canadians do though this rises to 34% in the 0 to 14 age group. As the number ofand third-generation Chinese Canadians increases, their weight within the English-speaking population can also be expected to increase. It should also be borne in mind that some percentage of all minority ethnic group will undertake French, especially in Quebec.