All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. However, since 1996 "Canadian" as an ethnic group has been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestry. The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones), however no-longer self identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude and/or generational distance from ancestral lineage. Source 1: Jack Jedwab (April 2008). “Our ‘Cense’ of Self: the 2006 Census saw 1.6 million ‘Canadian’”(PDF). Association for Canadian Studies. 2011년 10월 2일에 원본 문서(PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2011년 3월 7일에 확인함.Source 2: Don Kerr (April 2007). 《The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population》. Canadian Scholars' Press. 313–317쪽. ISBN978-1-55130-322-2. 2011년 7월 11일에 확인함.
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All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. However, since 1996 "Canadian" as an ethnic group has been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestry. The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones), however no-longer self identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude and/or generational distance from ancestral lineage. Source 1: Jack Jedwab (April 2008). “Our ‘Cense’ of Self: the 2006 Census saw 1.6 million ‘Canadian’”(PDF). Association for Canadian Studies. 2011년 10월 2일에 원본 문서(PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2011년 3월 7일에 확인함.Source 2: Don Kerr (April 2007). 《The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population》. Canadian Scholars' Press. 313–317쪽. ISBN978-1-55130-322-2. 2011년 7월 11일에 확인함.
The category "North American Indian" includes respondents who indicated that their ethnic origins were from a Canadian First Nation, or another, non-Canadian aboriginal group (excluding Inuit and Métis) Source:“How Statistics Canada Identifies Aboriginal Peoples”.
All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. However, since 1996 "Canadian" as an ethnic group has been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestry. The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones), however no-longer self identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude and/or generational distance from ancestral lineage. Source 1: Jack Jedwab (April 2008). “Our ‘Cense’ of Self: the 2006 Census saw 1.6 million ‘Canadian’”(PDF). Association for Canadian Studies. 2011년 10월 2일에 원본 문서(PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2011년 3월 7일에 확인함.Source 2: Don Kerr (April 2007). 《The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population》. Canadian Scholars' Press. 313–317쪽. ISBN978-1-55130-322-2. 2011년 7월 11일에 확인함.