Main articles: Immigration to Canada and Canada immigration statistics Legislation since the mid-20th century represents Canadians' commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development. Canada's nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom. Legislative independence was established with the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 took effect on January 1, 1947, and full sovereignty was achieved with the patriation of the constitution in 1982. World War I and World War II in particular gave rise to a desire among Canadians to have their country recognized as a fully-fledged sovereign state with a distinct citizenship. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and economic neighbour-the United States.Ĭanadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of many years following the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian.Ĭanada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. Canadians ( French: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.
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