Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[Buzz Rules]

Spanish is not offered here, either. And really, why would it be? I took French up until Grade 12, because my parents thought I should. I definitely couldn’t hold a conversation in French but could probably pick up enough words to get the jist of it.

Well Spanish and English are the most spoken languages in the Americas , so I would think Canadians would normally have the option available to them.

 

[E&Cmom]

I am in BC and our high school offers Spanish and Punjabi and as of last year Japanese. I believe this is only Grade 10-12.

I grew up in Quebec and I didn’t have any other languages in high school in the 80s besides obviously French but my dad was a high school French teacher in an English high school and also taught Spanish in the 70s but it was phased out by the 80s.

 

[declansdad]

Well Spanish and English are the most spoken languages in the Americas , so I would think Canadians would normally have the option available to them.

Spanish is not widely spoken in Canada.

 

[ronandannette]

Spanish is not widely spoken in Canada.

Agree and even in our big cities, which are extremely multi-cultural, the number of native-Spanish-speakers seems very small compared to others.

 

[prairie_girl]

Well Spanish and English are the most spoken languages in the Americas , so I would think Canadians would normally have the option available to them.

Not in Canada it’s not, as others have pointed out.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Not in Canada it’s not, as others have pointed out.

I think some if you are misunderstanding me. I'm not saying Canada has a huge population that speaks the language, just that I find it interesting that it's not regularly offered.

 

[prairie_girl]

I think some if you are misunderstanding me. I'm not saying Canada has a huge population that speaks the language, just that I find it interesting that it's not regularly offered.

We got it, but it’s still the same question. We don’t have a large portion of our population from South America and Mexico, as the US does.

 

[Buzz Rules]

We got it, but it’s still the same question. We don’t have a large portion of our population from South America and Mexico, as the US does.

They may change as Canada takes in more refugees from our southern border.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Do Canadians (by percentage) travel more outside their own country more than the USA?

 

[Aladora]

They may change as Canada takes in more refugees from our southern border.

Given these stats, probably not.

Where are Canada's Permanent Residents coming from?

1. India (118, 095 immigrants) – 27%
2. China (31,815 immigrants) – 7.2%
3. Afghanistan (23,735 immigrants) – 5.4%
4. Nigeria (22,085 immigrants) – 5.05%
5. Philippines (22,070 immigrants) – 5.04%
6. France (14,145 immigrants) – 3.2%
7. Pakistan (11,585 immigrants) – 2.6%
8. Iran (11,105 immigrants) – 2.5%
9. United States of America (10,400 immigrants) – 2.3%
10. Syria (8,500 immigrants) – 1.9%

 

[Buzz Rules]

By the way @prairie_girl , why do think of pennies?

 

[Buzz Rules]

Given these stats, probably not.

Where are Canada's Permanent Residents coming from?

1. India (118, 095 immigrants) – 27%
2. China (31,815 immigrants) – 7.2%
3. Afghanistan (23,735 immigrants) – 5.4%
4. Nigeria (22,085 immigrants) – 5.05%
5. Philippines (22,070 immigrants) – 5.04%
6. France (14,145 immigrants) – 3.2%
7. Pakistan (11,585 immigrants) – 2.6%
8. Iran (11,105 immigrants) – 2.5%
9. United States of America (10,400 immigrants) – 2.3%
10. Syria (8,500 immigrants) – 1.9%

Is that a recent statistic? Immigrants are classified statisticaly differently compared to refugees in the USA

 

[Aladora]

Is that a recent statistic? Immigrants are classified statisticaly differently compared to refugees in the USA

2022

https://www.cicnews.com/2023/02/irc...new-immigrants-to-canada-in-2022-0233180.html

 

[declansdad]

Given these stats, probably not.

Where are Canada's Permanent Residents coming from?

1. India (118, 095 immigrants) – 27%
2. China (31,815 immigrants) – 7.2%
3. Afghanistan (23,735 immigrants) – 5.4%
4. Nigeria (22,085 immigrants) – 5.05%
5. Philippines (22,070 immigrants) – 5.04%
6. France (14,145 immigrants) – 3.2%
7. Pakistan (11,585 immigrants) – 2.6%
8. Iran (11,105 immigrants) – 2.5%
9. United States of America (10,400 immigrants) – 2.3%
10. Syria (8,500 immigrants) – 1.9%

Three of the four top countries claiming refugee status are Mexico, Haiti and Columbia.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/549366/top-10-origin-countries-of-refugee-claimants-in-canada/

 

[Aladora]

Three of the four top countries claiming refugee status are Mexico, Haiti and Columbia.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/549366/top-10-origin-countries-of-refugee-claimants-in-canada/

Fair enough, I was looking at PR status, not refugee status.

 

[prairie_girl]

By the way @prairie_girl , why do think of pennies?

If I told you, I’d have to kill you


Obviously this is a joke..I am not threatening you lol

 

[Buzz Rules]

If I told you, I’d have to kill you


Obviously this is a joke..I am not threatening you lol

What if I gave you 100 American pennies (that's $1 in coins)?

 

[prairie_girl]

What if I gave you 100 American pennies (that's $1 in coins)?

I could probably buy a car with the exchange rate LOL

 

[Buzz Rules]

I'm very proud that this thread is almost 2 years old and still active. But now that this thread is almost 2 years old, I would like to ask everyone what have you learned most from this thread so far?

 

[john7994]

I'm very proud that this thread is almost 2 years old and still active. But now that this thread is almost 2 years old, I would like to ask everyone what have you learned most from this thread so far?

That you like soccer