Newcomer Attachment: Census Question and Statistics Canada

newcomer attachment: In 1986, some 69,000 persons wrote Canadian as their ethnic origin, an option which was not available on a list of examples provided by Statistics Canada, according to Huffington Post Canada. With the diversification of newcomer source countries in the 1970s, the census of Canada reflected a growing number of ethnic attachments. Since 1871, a question has been included on ethnic origin . During the first half of the 20th century, most Canadians reported that they were either British or French. Of the view that the multiplication of ethnic responses undercut newcomer attachment to Canada, in 1991, a group of Torontonians led a campaign asking people to write "Canadian" in the census question on ethnic origin. But that 700,000 made the number of ethnic Canadians the sixth most popular answer to the question, and thus in the next census it would appear sixth in order on the list of examples provided by Statistics Canada. Initially, the campaign seemed unsuccessful with over 700,000 Canadians -- mostly Ontarians -- declaring Canadian origin . Nearly everyone who reported "Canadian" in 1996 had English or French as their first language, were born in Canada and had both parents born in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.