Where Have Canadians Come From?

Canadian Council for Geographic Education - Where Have Canadians Come From?
As students are studying Canadian government, they discuss how people become citizens of Canada. At this point, they will begin to look for answers to the question, "Where have Canadians come from?" They will locate statistics on the Statistics Canada website to learn:

* The present ethnic composition of the population of Canada
* The country of origin of immigrants to Canada in the latest census year
* The historical change in immigration of people with an ethnic background of local interest

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Canadian Council for Geographic Education - Canadians on the Move
The lesson has the students investigating the concept of the census and patterns of internal migration in Canada.
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