Who We Are

Who are the three founding peoples of Canada?

✓ Aboriginal, French and British peoples

What are the three groups of Aboriginal peoples in Canada?

✓ First Nations, Métis and Inuit

Who are the Métis?

✓ People of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry

Who are the Inuit?

✓ Aboriginal people of the Arctic

What does the word 'Inuit' mean?

✓ 'The people'

Which Aboriginal group is the largest?

✓ First Nations

Which two languages are spoken by Canada's founding English- and French-speaking peoples?

✓ English and French

In which province do most French-speaking Canadians live?

✓ Quebec

What are French-speaking Canadians called?

✓ Francophones

What are English-speaking Canadians called?

✓ Anglophones

Who are the Acadians?

✓ Descendants of French colonists who settled in the Maritimes from the 1600s

What was the Great Upheaval (the Deportation of the Acadians)?

✓ The deportation of Acadians by the British between 1755 and 1763

What term describes the French-speaking people of Quebec?

✓ Québécois

Roughly how many Canadians speak English as a first language?

✓ About 18 million

What does Canada's policy of multiculturalism celebrate?

✓ The cultural diversity of Canadians

To which Aboriginal communities do many people in the Prairies and West belong?

✓ First Nations and Métis communities

What language do many Métis speak?

✓ Michif

What group of newcomers has Canada welcomed throughout its history?

✓ Immigrants from many countries around the world

In Canada, men and women are considered what under the law?

✓ Equal

What relationship did the Aboriginal peoples and Europeans build in the early fur trade?

✓ A trading and military partnership

Who first occupied the land that is now Canada?

✓ The Aboriginal peoples

Which two languages are used by Canada's founding European peoples?

✓ English and French