According to the 2016 census, the country’s largest self-reported ethnic origin is Canadian (accounting for 32% of the population), followed by English (18.3%), Scottish (13.9%), French (13.6%), Irish (13.4%), German (9.6%), Chinese (5.1%), Italian (4.6%), First Nations (4.4%), Indian (4.0%), and Ukrainian (3.9%).

After World War II. After World War II, a great demand for unskilled workers resulted in the National Act of 1948. This Act was designed to attract cheap labourers from British colonies. This resulted in many West Indians, (including Jamaicans) coming to Canada.

In 2016, close to 1.2 million people in Canada reported being Black

Counting White as ethnically European and Town/City as 100,000 people or more, the whitest city in Canada is Lévis, Quebec, with a 98% white population of 136,000 people.

Preston, in the Halifax area, is the community with the highest percentage of Black people, with 69.4%; it was a settlement where the Crown provided land to Black Loyalists after the American Revolution. According to the 2011 Census, 945,665 Black Canadians were counted, making up 2.9% of Canada’s population.

As of 2016, the Indo-Canadian population numbers 1.37 million….Population settlement.

Latin American population of Canada by census year

The large size of Canada’s north, which is not at present arable, and thus cannot support large human populations, significantly lowers the country’s carrying capacity. Being a new world country, immigration has been, and remains, the most important factor in Canada’s population growth.

Geographical extent. Most Mexican-Canadian settlement concentrations are found in Canada’s metropolitan areas, with the highest concentrations in Greater Toronto and Quebec, also in other provinces of Canada such as British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.

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Canadian dollar

Banknotes of the Canadian dollar are the banknotes or bills (in common lexicon) of Canada, denominated in Canadian dollars (CAD, C$, or $ locally). Currently, they are issued in $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 denominations….Production.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

The main symbol of the monarchy is the sovereign herself, described as “the personal expression of the Crown in Canada,” and her image is thus used to signify Canadian sovereignty and government authority—her image, for instance, appearing on currency, and her portrait in government buildings.

The newest version, the Frontier Series polymer note, was released to the general public on November 7, 2012, replacing the banknote from the Canadian Journey Series….Canadian twenty-dollar note.