Canada has created a huge reputation and has left a large imprint on the minds of others even though it has only been a short time for Canada’s existence. Canadian Identity can be analyzed in two different ways. One way of analyzing Canadian identity is to study our image that we project into the world. Identity can also be analyzed by studying how other locations see Canada as a country. Canada has been recognized by most places around the world as a peacekeeping and multiculturist nation. To Canadians, the world revolves around Canada and its peaceful endeavours. Canadian identity directly refers to unique culture, conditions and characteristics of being a Canadian, as well as many other different symbols and expressions that set Canadian …show more content…
The first fundamental theme was the often conflicted relationships between English Canadians and French Canadians which had been stemmed from the French Canadian imperative for culture and linguistical survival. The second fundamental theme was the generally close ties that English Canadians had with the British Empire, which had resulted in a gradual political process towards the complete independence for the imperial power. And, the last fundamental theme was the close proximity of the English Canadians to the military, cultural and economic powerhouse of the United States. During the 20th century, the cultural and political ties to Britain started to gradually loosen since immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and Africa had reshaped the Canadian identity. This process is of course still being continued today with the continual arrival of massive numbers of immigrants from non-French or British backgrounds, which adds more theme of multiculturalism. Even today, Canada still possess a large diversity of different cultures which just builds upon the multiculturalism theme which proves that Canada does not have one set identity because it is constantly …show more content…
From the founding of Mount Royal in 1605, and the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Canada had been ruled by almost exclusively the French colonists. Champlain had gained the trust and friendship of the Wyndat or Huron of today’s Ontario, and he also gained the enmity of the Iroquois of what is now known as New York State. Even though the English settlements began in Newfoundland in 1610, it was only with the treaty of Utrecht, which was in 1713, that France had ceded to Great Britain its claims to the mainland of Nova Scotia and significant British colonization of what would have become mainland of Canada would begin. Even before the American Revolution, Nova Scotia had been mostly settled by planters originating from New England who had taken up the lands following the deportation of the French speaking Acadian population, which happened in an event in 1755 which was known in French as Acadians as Le Grand Derangement. This was one of the critical events in the formation of Canadian identity. During the period of the French Hegemony over New France, the term Canadien referred to the French speaking inhabitants of