Guess How many ethnic groups in Canada

October 17th, 2006, 05:55 PM

Now I would like you all to guess how many ethnic groups are living within Canada at this very moment. Now there could be a few more or a few less but it is roughly around a number. So guess:

October 17th, 2006, 05:57 PM

Hint; only one other nation has as many ethnic groups within its border. They are basically indigenous though while ours is through immigration. if you can guess the name of that country you will get bonus points.

October 17th, 2006, 09:15 PM

The problem with Ethnic Groups, is who decides whats an ethnic group?

Canada has a real problem admitting different canadian regions are different ethnicities.

Ie.) Newfoundlanders are more deserving of being a seperate Ethnicity, than Marsh Arabs are from Red Sea Arabs.

October 17th, 2006, 09:45 PM

You make a good point. Actually, Newfoundlander is counted as an ethnic group in this idea. And Arab is thought of as Arab, not Red Sea Arabs or other. However, once you get down to Kurd and Assyrian that is a bit of a different.

October 17th, 2006, 10:02 PM

I have a more interesting statistic for you. What percentage of the Canadian population is caucasian?

October 17th, 2006, 10:10 PM

I can tell you; 13.4%

October 17th, 2006, 10:13 PM


Guess again. You're WAY off.

October 17th, 2006, 10:14 PM

Nope, that is what Stats can has for 2006, 3.5% for Chinese, and other and other.

October 17th, 2006, 10:16 PM

According to Statcan 13% of the population identify them selves as visible minorities. Get your numbers backwards?

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050322/d050322b.htm

In 2001, 13% of the population identified themselves as belonging to a visible minority group as defined in the Employment Equity Act.

October 17th, 2006, 10:18 PM

Isn't that what I said?

October 17th, 2006, 10:18 PM

Caucasian = White to light skin pigmentation. And that's not 13.4%.

October 17th, 2006, 10:20 PM

DurkaDurka got it right. Over 85% of the Canadian population is lily white. Did you know that? I didn't until recently.

October 17th, 2006, 10:21 PM

Oops, I thought you asked what the minorit, visible minority was. Sorry.

October 18th, 2006, 09:06 AM

And can anyone quess the country that has as many ethnic groups within its borders. And then I will give you the answer.

At least most of you are better than my sister and father, they were way off, but my mom got it 1 off. She had a number that was one ethnic group less.

October 18th, 2006, 09:41 AM

Canada has 50+ I said...but I am thinking I am way off.

I mean In Halifax gtheir are more than 20 ethnic groups that I can think of, off the top of my head.

Now is this includeing White Ethnic groups, IE Brits, French, Dutch, scots, irish and inland europen??????

October 18th, 2006, 09:56 AM

That is correct, English, Irish, Dutch, Norweigan, Icelandic, and smaller groups within that. Maybe they don't associate with the majority but with a minority like Gaelic peoples and Sami and Hungarians and others.

October 18th, 2006, 12:26 PM

Only Canadians would find so many ways to divide ourselves.

October 18th, 2006, 12:40 PM

Okay there are some very good guesses going on with regards to the ethnic groups in Canada. But no one has attempted the second question.

Try for that as well.