English Culture in Canada

English Culture in Canada
By: JaJuan Simon

English
customs
• Canada is a huge country with nearly every kind of climate and

lots of wild life. We love our camping, cottaging, hunting and
fishing. We also love our out door activities, such as skiing,
hiking, boating and gardening. We like our Canadian beer. We
are passionate for hockey and our Saturday night broadcast on
CBC of Hockey Night In Canada and Don Cherry's colourful
commentary. We are a humble yet compassionate people that
will bend over backwards for our friends when they are in need,
but we don't desire the lime light. Evidence of this is our
involvement in the war in Afghanistan and our proud history
during both WW1 and WW2. Our ties to England are still very
strong and we celebrate Queen Victoria's birth day as well as
our adoration for the current Queen and her family.
Conflicts between the French and
English in Quebec
• Tensions between New France and the English colonies on the North
American continent began to escalate when King Charles II gave the
Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights and property ownership to
Rupert's Land. This vast area included all the lands within the area drained
by the rivers flowing into both Hudson and James Bays.1 This tension
became open conflict, punctuated with several cease-fires, between 1689
and the fall of New France in 1760. Even in the post conquest era, conflict
continued between English Canadians and French Canadians. In the
twenty-first century contemporary Canadian politicians grapple with the
issue of Quebec sovereignty.
Canada’s
journey to
•
independence
Canada's transition from a self-governing British colony into
a fully independent state was an evolutionary process,
which arose in such a gradual fashion that it is impossible to
ascribe independence to a particular date. The Supreme
Court of Canada reflected this uncertainty when it said in Re
Offshore Mineral Rights of British Columbia that Canada's
"sovereignty was acquired in the period between its
separate signature of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and
the Statute of Westminster, 1931.
• At the end of WW1 in1914, all Dominions of the British
Empire, including Canada, were called on to fight for Great
Britain. Canada’s sacrifices and contributions to the war
changed its history and enabled it to become more
independent while opening a deep crack for the English and
French speaking populations.
• The BNA act created the dominion of Canada in 1867. The
BNA act set out the rules for the government of the new
federal nation. It established a British style parliament with a
house of Commons and Senate, and set out the division of
powers between the federal government and provincial
governments. The written text of the division of powers in
the BNA Act can be misleading, however, as case law pays
a important part in the division of powers between
governments in Canada.
• Canada Day formerly Domain Day is Canada’s national day
celebrating the anniversary of july 1, 1867 enactment of the
BNA, which united Canada as a single country.
Religion
• Religion in Canada encompasses a wide range of
groups, and Canada has no official religion. the
introduction to the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms mentions “God”, and the monarch carries
the title of “Defender of the Faith”
.
Beliefs
• Canada is an advanced, high-tech and industrialized, western,

parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch (a
"figurehead" shared with several other Commonwealth countries).
Per The CIA Factbook -- "... Canada resembles the US in its market-
oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living
standards". Its belief and value-system has evolved, since its
modern founding in 1867, to reflect advanced affluence.
Culture
• Canadian culture has a heavy influence of the British culture and traditions.
In recent times however, one can also notice an influence of American
culture. Along the years, with the migration of people to this land, there has
been a healthy interchange of ideas that has resulted in the development of
certain unique characteristics of Canada. Historians have also revealed the
influence of Aboriginal cultures and traditions in Canada. A vast region with
diverse traditions, Canadian culture and traditions differ from region to
region. Read on for a detailed look at the culture of Canada.
Government
• Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta,

British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and
Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest
Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut). Formally
considered a constitutional monarchy, Canada is
governed by its own House of Commons. While
the governor-general is officially the
representative of Queen Elizabeth II, in reality
the governor-general acts only on the advice of
the Canadian prime minister.

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• Canada is a huge country with nearly every kind of climate and

• Canada is an advanced, high-tech and industrialized, western,

• Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta,

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