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**iklostardinn** · 06-06-2012, 09:04 AM

Yes but like I asked above are Canadians an ethnic group? I don't think most people look at Canadians as being a distinct ethnicity.

Canadians (singular Canadian) are the people who are identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be genetic, residential, legal, historical, cultural or ethnic. For most Canadians, several (frequently all) of those types of connections exist and are the source(s) of them being considered Canadians. Canadians, Americans, etc. differ from other ethnic groups because they don't have a common genetic clustering given the numerous backgrounds of people. However, that doesn't stop 'Canadian' being a separate identity. 'Ethnic group' fits the definition given it omits common genetic clustering of the people.

06-06-2012, 09:04 AM	#22
iklostardinn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 347 Senior Member	Yes but like I asked above are Canadians an ethnic group? I don't think most people look at Canadians as being a distinct ethnicity. Canadians (singular Canadian) are the people who are identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be genetic, residential, legal, historical, cultural or ethnic. For most Canadians, several (frequently all) of those types of connections exist and are the source(s) of them being considered Canadians. Canadians, Americans, etc. differ from other ethnic groups because they don't have a common genetic clustering given the numerous backgrounds of people. However, that doesn't stop 'Canadian' being a separate identity. 'Ethnic group' fits the definition given it omits common genetic clustering of the people.
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