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From what I've seen in my trips through Canada, it's also not as diverse population as the US. But, on that point, I have no statistics, and may be horribley wrong.
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Strange. Canada's "percent of population who are immigrants" is higher than the USA.
In 2001,
18.4% of Canada's population was foreign-born.
26.8% of Ontario's population.
43.7% of Toronto's population.
The USA has about a
11% foreign-born population.
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Please correct me with data I'm too lazy to look up, if indeed I am. I'm relating that while in London, Niagra Falls, and Toronto (great city, BTW) the only non-whites I saw (besides my wife) were in Toronto.
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17.8% Niagra Falls
18.8% London.
Admittedly, none of these are race-based. These are immigration based.
Immigration:
4.3% from USA
5.5% Central/South America
5.4% Carribean/Bermuda
11.1% UK
9.1% Other N+W Europe
8.7% East Europe
13.1% South Europe
5.2% Africa
5.2% Middle East+W+Central Asia
13.4% E Asia
8.6% SE Asia
9.2% S Asia
1.0% Oceana + Other
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/demo24a.htm
Or, grouped:
15.2% from Americas+Carribean
11.1% from UK
30.9% from Europe
5.2% from Africa
36.4% from Asia and Middle East
1.0% from Oceana and Other
The USA itself is 75.1% White, 12.3% Black, 1.0% Abriginal, 3.6% Asian, 5.5% other, 2.4% double-raced
Independantly, 12.5% is Hispanic/Latino
Canada is. hmm. With overlap: (you where allowed to report as many as you liked)
39.4% Canadian
20.2% English
15.8% French
14.0% Scottish
12.9% Irish
9.2% German
4.2% Italian
3.6% Chinese
3.6% Ukrainian
3.3% Aboriginal
3.1% Dutch
2.7% Polish
2.4% East Indian
1.2% Norwegian
1.2% Portuguese
1.2% Welsh
1.2% Jewish
1.1% Russian
1.1% Filipino
1.0% Metis
1.0% Swedish
0.9% Hungarian (Magyar)
0.8% American
0.7% Greek
0.7% Spanish
0.7% Jamacian
0.6% Danish
0.5% Vietnamese
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/demo26a.htm
17% of the population reported being a Canadian-Something
21% of the population had multiple ethnic origins, not counting the above 17%.
CIA world factbook says:
British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Randomly, Canada is 44% Roman Catholic, 29% Protestant, 16.5% no religion, 4.3% other Christian, 3% Other Abrahamite, 3.3% Other
USA is 52% Protestant, 24% Catholic, 10% None, 2% Mormon, 1% Jewish, 1% Muslim, 10% Other
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I also got some odd looks when I requested my meat cooked medium rare. In Canada it seems, they ain't down with that.
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Maybe it was your accent. ;-)
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You'd have thought I asked the waitress for anal sex right there at the table from her response to my reqeust for a rare steak. The fucker came medium well, btw. One strike for Canada there...
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From what I can tell, non-steak houses up the cookedness of meat by one category up here.
A medium at The Keg (or a finer steakhouse) and a medium-rare at random restaurants are cooked to about the same amount.
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Granted, Canada has a smaller total population number as there are uninsured Americans. So, we're not talking about equivialent size populations by a longshot.
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Hell, the USA spends more on health insurance paperwork than Canada spends on all of our government put together. (this says more about the amount of paperwork than the size of the Canadian government! ...The same can be said about the number of uninsured American's.)
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Absconding to Canada because one does not like the way the US is heading, is cowardace, and a kind of treason.
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Then, 99% of Americans' ancestors where traitors? Oh wait, I forgot about slavery and conquest -- make that 80%. ;-)
Leaving a country under the control of a government that wants to persecute you for your political stance, moral beliefs, or lifestyle isn't treason[1]. It's not being an idiot. It's moving on to the land of the free, and the home of the brave. A chance to build a future for yourself and your children you can be proud of.
Canada's current largest labour shortage is skilled tradesfolk. Plumbers, mechanics and the like -- being an experienced plumber is nearly as good as being a doctor, as far as Canada's current immigration needs. Work experience and other forms of education are also valuable.
[1] Do you like drugs? The USA has declaired war on you, in case you haven't noticed. Like looking at pornography? Ever hear of the war on porn? Ashcroft was kicking it off when 9-11 happened, and he found an actual evil to attack. Having sex outside of wedlock? Contraceptives? And guess what administrative official has stated that people who don't believe in God are not Real Americans?