The multinational population of Canada

About two centuries ago, Canada was a colony of France, after which it was still a British colony for almost a hundred years . Independence as a self-governing domain of the British Empire Canada found in 1867. Indirectly, the state was subordinate to the British monarch, represented in Canada by the governor. In fact, the country was governed by local parliament and government.

At a time when the Canadians were fighting hard for independence, their country's economy, one way or another, was dominated by a rich southern neighbor - the United States of America. American entrepreneurs invested in the development of Canadian resources. As a result, Americans made a profit, and Canadians - work and wages.

The population of Canada is multinational. Its basis is composed of two nationalities: French Canadians and Anglo-Canadians.

Ten thousand French immigrants who arrived in Canada in the XVII-XVIII centuries, now turned into seven million Franco-Canadian people. This group accounts for 31% of the total population of the country.

The population of Canada mainly consists of Anglo-Canadians. Descendants of immigrants from Great Britain make up about 58% of the total number of inhabitants of the country. Another 11% are indigenous people and immigrants from other countries.

The official languages of Canada are English and French.

Since in the economy of the country the main posts are mainly divided among Anglo-Canadians, at times interethnic conflicts break out. Franco-Canadians mostly live in the province of Quebec and regularly express the desire and intention to create an independent Franco-Canadian state.

Indigenous people of Canada include Indians (about 1 million people) and Eskimos (about 50 thousand people). The first indigenous people appeared on the territory of Canada more than 25 thousand years ago and came here from Asia.

Also the population of Canada includes quite a few groups of other ethnic groups: Germans (about 1 million), Dutch (about 500 thousand), Poles, Chinese, Jews, Russians, Ukrainians, Portuguese and others.

Today, the population of Canada by one third is formed by the flow of emigrants. A large percentage of those who come to Canada permanently reside in Canada come from natives of the CIS countries and the countries of the British Commonwealth. The natural increase in the population of the country is 6.4%.

The population density of Canada is 2.8 people per square kilometer. At the same time, the population in the country is very unevenly distributed. For the most part, the population of Canada (about 90%) is concentrated on a territory not more than 200 miles from the southern border of the state. Accordingly, the southern provinces of Quebec and Ontario account for two thirds of the total population of Canada, and the density here is about 150 people per square meter.

The northern provinces of the country, which account for 70% of its territory, are very poorly populated: only 1.5% of the total population live here. They are mainly representatives of indigenous peoples. The islands of the Canadian archipelago are completely uninhabited.