CS Timeline of Multiculturalism in Canada S2025 by Sarah Jones

Korean Canadians

sarahdjones — 2025-05-21 16:04:51 UTC

Almost 200,000 Canadians reported Korean heritage in 2016. A slow wave of immigration from Korea began in the 1940's, and gradually increased through the 1960s and 1970s. In 2009, Yonah Kim became first Korean-Canadian senator. Many Canadian universities offer Korean Studies programs, including the University of Toronto. Today, most new Korean immigrants settle in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary. The photo in this post is of Sandra Oh, a famous actress whose parents immigrated to Canada from Korea.

Multiculturalism Today

2025-05-21 19:25:00 UTC

Canada is one of the +++ multicultural countries in the world
>250 ethnocultural groups here
Complex mix of cultures, ethnicities, languages

Immigration Today

2025-05-21 19:27:31 UTC

Since 2000, >200,000 ppl have immigrated to Canada... every year!
Many immigrants go on to become permanent residents and naturalized citizens.
Canada's nickname: Land of Immigrants

Multicultural Events Today

2025-05-21 19:32:42 UTC

Canada hosts many cultural and multicultural events each year
- Asian Heritage Month
- Multiculturalism Day
Shows our pride in our diversity!

Period of population growth (until world war I )

2025-05-21 19:41:20 UTC

• Immigrants continued to arrive from across the globe.

• The white European settler majority often didn’t want to accommodate different groups.

today

2025-05-21 19:43:31 UTC

I feel tired

Multiculturalism Policy 1945-2000

2025-05-21 19:45:29 UTC

・Canada was the first country in the world to adopt a multiculturalism policy.

・This policy became a law in Canada in 1988.

・This policy was more about allowing different cultures than fully embracing them.

Practical Measures (until World War I )

2025-05-21 19:55:00 UTC

The government or individuals controlled certain community and prevented them from suffer.

For example

•Indians act

•Residential school

•Voting restrictions

Disastrous impacts on the affected populations

Points System 1945-2000

2025-05-21 20:01:42 UTC

・New system for immigration.

・This system helped non-Europeans come to Canada more easily.

・By 1971, most people moving to Canada came from outside of Europe.

Making Anti-Slavery Society (until World War I )

2025-05-21 20:04:24 UTC

“The last best west” is one way to change in immigration requirements.

>Southern and Eastern Europeans (and Americans)

Other communities also begin arriving including Sikhs and Doukhobors.

Arrive black refugees.

Groups such as the anti-slavery society were formed.

Building a Diverse Society (1600 – 1700)

2025-05-21 20:06:21 UTC

・All non-Aboriginal people in Canada can trace their roots to some country because of the exploration and settlement between the original inhabitants of the land and the new European arrivals.

・There were many types of people for settled, for example, living in urban areas or traveling (fishmen, fur traders)

・Some people make new communities

- Nova Dania (New Denmark) and Lunenburg

non-Indigenous people in Canada (1600s 1700s)

2025-05-21 20:06:26 UTC

some people misunderstand that colonism in canada involved only USA and Frence.

many other nationalities crossed over ocean in the 1600s 1700s

for example, Nova Dania, now New Denmark in New Brunswick, and Lunenburg in Nova Scotia

fishermen and people who hunted for fur moved to several places so didn't settle soon.

they moved great distance to find fur and fish and this moving made opportunities to contact other nationalities' people.

All non-Indigenous people in Canada have different roots.