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English Canadian

English Canadian
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Ethnic group
GroupEnglish Canadian
Population date17,882,775 (2006; English mother tongue, including multiple responses)

6,570,015 English ethnicity (including multiple responses)

1,367,125 English ethnicity (single responses only)
Significant populationsCanada

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An English Canadian is a Canadian of English ancestry; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadian. Canada is an officially bilingual country, with English and French official language communities. Immigrant cultural groups ostensibly integrate into one or both of these communities, but often retaining elements of their original cultures. The term English-speaking Canadian is sometimes used interchangeably with English Canadian.

Although many English-speaking Canadians have strong historical roots traceable to the British Isles, they belong to a multitude of ethnic backgrounds. They or their ancestors came from various European, Asian, Caribbean, African, Latin American, and Pacific Island cultures, as well as French Canada and North American Aboriginal groups. As such, although the office of the Governor General is said to alternate between "French" and "English" persons, the two most recent Governors General (Adrienne Clarkson, an English-speaking Chinese Canadian; and Michaëlle Jean, a French-speaking Haitian Canadian) show that this refers to language and not culture or ethnicity.

In addition to the term "English Canadian", the terms "Anglophone Canadian" and "Anglo-Canadian" are also used.


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