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{{Short description|English-speaking population, territory, culture, or society within Canada}} |
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[[File:Bilinguisme au Canada-fr.svg|upright=1.1|thumb|alt=Map of Canada with English speakers and French speakers at a percentage|Approximately 98 percent of Canadians can speak either or both English and French:<ref>{{cite web |title=2006 Census: The Evolving Linguistic Portrait, 2006 Census: Highlights |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-555/p1-eng.cfm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429013140/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-555/p1-eng.cfm |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=October 12, 2010 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]], {{Text|Dated 2006}}}}</ref><small>{{Legend|#FFE400|English – 56.9%}}{{Legend|#D8A820|English and French – 16.1%}}{{Legend|#B07400|French – 21.3%}}{{Legend|#F5F5DC|Sparsely populated area ( < 0.4 persons per km<sup>2</sup>)}}</small>]] |
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'''<span lang="en-ca" dir="ltr">English</span> Canada''' comprises that part of the population within [[Canada]], whether of [[British Canadians|British origin]] or otherwise, that speaks [[English language|English]]. |
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The term ''English Canada'' is also used for any of the following: |
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*Describing all the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces of Canada]] that have an [[anglophone]] majority. This is every province except [[Quebec]]. When used in this way, ''English Canada'' is often referred to as the "ROC" (rest of Canada). This type of usage excludes French-speaking areas in English-majority provinces like the East and North of [[New Brunswick]], [[Northern Ontario|Northern]] and [[Eastern Ontario]], [[Saint-Boniface, Manitoba|Saint-Boniface]] and the few small pockets of French localities in [[Western Canada]]. It also excludes areas where a third language is widely spoken, such as German, Russian or [[ Indigenous languages of the Americas|First Nations languages]]. |
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#The Canadian [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]] that have an [[English language|anglophone]] majority. This excludes the [[French language|francophone]] province of [[Quebec]] in total, and [[New Brunswick]] in part. Consequently, usage is usually in the context of geopolitical discussions involving Quebec. Among supporters of the two-nations theory, English-Canada is one of two founding nations, the other being French-Canada or Quebec. In avoidance of the two-nations theory, English-Canada is often referred to as the "ROC" (Rest of Canada). The expression has been used during the conscription crisis<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=M965.199.3350&idImage=231258|title=Musée McCord Museum - To Which Voice Will He Listen?|website=collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> |
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*When discussing the culture, values and lifestyles of [[Canadian English|English-speaking Canadians]] as opposed to those of [[Canadian French|French-speaking Canadians]]. This usage is most often employed to compare English- and French-language literature, media, art and institutions. |
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*When discussing the [[Two Solitudes (Canadian society)|Two Solitudes]], in which English Canada (i.e. the anglophones of Canada) is one of two founding nations of Canada along with French Canada (i.e. the francophones of Canada), and in which these two societies share a country but rarely communicate with each other.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Forsey|first=Eugene A.|date=1962|title=Canada: Two Nations or One?|journal=The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science |volume=28|issue=4|pages=485–501|doi=10.2307/139291|issn=0315-4890|jstor=139291}}</ref> The term was often used during the [[Conscription Crisis of 1917|conscription crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=M965.199.3350&idImage=231258|title=Musée McCord Museum - To Which Voice Will He Listen?|website=collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=2021-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206223136/http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=M965.199.3350&idImage=231258|url-status=dead}}</ref> The population whose native language is neither English nor French are often included into one of the two [[Official languages of Canada|official languages]] or are classified as [[Allophone (Quebec)|allophones]].<ref name="allophone">{{cite web|date=8 May 2014|title=Allophone|url=http://www.parli.ca/allophone/|access-date=17 August 2017|website=parli.ca|publisher=Campbell Strategies Inc.|location=Toronto}}</ref> |
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*''[[English Canadians]]'', in some contexts, refers to Canadians who have origins in England, in contrast to [[French Canadians]], [[Scottish Canadians]], [[Irish Canadians]], etc. |
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According to the [[Canada 2006 Census|2006 Census of Canada]], the population of English-speaking Canadians is between 17,882,775 and 24,423,375, finding the population outside of this designation to be 23,805,130 individuals.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} |
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Estimates of Canadians with origins described as English is estimated to be about six million; a precise number is difficult to estimate for several reasons. Another 6.7 million people reported their ethnicity as simply "Canadian" without further specification, which would include those with an admixture of multiple ethnicities, particularly those long present in Canada (e.g. French, Irish, English, and Scottish), making it possible that the number is much higher than the nearly 6 million who reported as having English origins. On the other hand, historically, there have also been numerous Canadians who have hidden their true ancestry for different political reasons to join the dominant English group, such as to avoid discrimination, as seems to have been the case of the reported German-origin population, which dropped by nearly half after the First World War with a commensurate rise in reports of English origins. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|England|Canada}} |
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*[[Demolinguistic descriptors used in Canada]] |
*[[Demolinguistic descriptors used in Canada]] |
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*[[French Canadians]] |
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*[[Official bilingualism in Canada]] |
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*[[Anglosphere]] |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 11 March 2024
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English – 56.9%
English and French – 16.1%
French – 21.3%
Sparsely populated area ( < 0.4 persons per km2)
English Canada comprises that part of the population within Canada, whether of British origin or otherwise, that speaks English.
The term English Canada is also used for any of the following:
- Describing all the provinces of Canada that have an anglophone majority. This is every province except Quebec. When used in this way, English Canada is often referred to as the "ROC" (rest of Canada). This type of usage excludes French-speaking areas in English-majority provinces like the East and North of New Brunswick, Northern and Eastern Ontario, Saint-Boniface and the few small pockets of French localities in Western Canada. It also excludes areas where a third language is widely spoken, such as German, Russian or First Nations languages.
- When discussing the culture, values and lifestyles of English-speaking Canadians as opposed to those of French-speaking Canadians. This usage is most often employed to compare English- and French-language literature, media, art and institutions.
- When discussing the Two Solitudes, in which English Canada (i.e. the anglophones of Canada) is one of two founding nations of Canada along with French Canada (i.e. the francophones of Canada), and in which these two societies share a country but rarely communicate with each other.[2] The term was often used during the conscription crisis.[3] The population whose native language is neither English nor French are often included into one of the two official languages or are classified as allophones.[4]
- English Canadians, in some contexts, refers to Canadians who have origins in England, in contrast to French Canadians, Scottish Canadians, Irish Canadians, etc.
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- ^ "2006 Census: The Evolving Linguistic Portrait, 2006 Census: Highlights". Statistics Canada, Dated 2006. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ^ Forsey, Eugene A. (1962). "Canada: Two Nations or One?". The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. 28 (4): 485–501. doi:10.2307/139291. ISSN 0315-4890. JSTOR 139291.
- ^ "Musée McCord Museum - To Which Voice Will He Listen?". collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ "Allophone". parli.ca. Toronto: Campbell Strategies Inc. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2017.