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Canada: A Social Context Eileen Sarkar Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Canadian Heritage

Canada: A Social Context Eileen Sarkar Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Canadian Heritage. Overview. Canada’s Challenges: Geographically Linguistically Culturally The Urban / Rural Divide Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Canada’s Youth The Way Ahead.

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Canada: A Social Context Eileen Sarkar Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Canadian Heritage

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  1. Canada: A Social Context • Eileen Sarkar • Assistant Deputy Minister • Department of Canadian Heritage

  2. Overview • Canada’s Challenges: • Geographically • Linguistically • Culturally • The Urban / Rural Divide • Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples • Canada’s Youth • The Way Ahead

  3. Canada: A history of facing challenges… Geographically

  4. Population Density by Census Division, 1996 (person/square kilometre) 1 to 9.9 10 to 69.9 70 to 599.9 600 to 1 999.9 2 000 to 3 785.8 2 000 to 3 785.8 Canada: A history of facing challenges… Urban / Rural Divide

  5. English-French Bilingualism 0 – 4.9% 5 – 9.9% 10 – 19.9% 20 – 34.9% 35 – 49.9% 50 – 71% Canada: A history of facing challenges… Linguistically

  6. Canada: A history of facing challenges… Culturally % Proportion of Foreign-Born, selected countries 21.9 % 18.4 % 11.1 %

  7. Aboriginal Population Aboriginal percentage of Provincial/Territorial population Non-Aboriginal population 22,72085.2% 18,72550.5% 6,540 22.9% 18,7803.7% 170,0254.4% 1,345 1.0% 156,2205.3% 130,19013.5% 150,04013.6% 17,0151.9% 188,3151.7% 79,4001.1% 16,9902.4% Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples: Where They Live

  8. Youth, the Key to Canada’s Future • Learning More • Earning Less • Traditional Participation on the Decline

  9. The Road Ahead • Model of Citizenship • Diversity is Core • Citizenship Skills

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