"Canadian" as an ethnic category: Implications for IV lulticulturalism and national unity

Among English-speaking, non-aboriginal Canadians, there is such a thing as an ethnic Canadian identity. Frequently, biological ancestry is confused with social ethnicity, so that everyone's "true" identity is presumed to be rooted somewhere else. Yet most people who are born in Canada, or who immigrate to Canada at young ages, become ethnic Canadians. Against this view of Canadianness, illiberal multiculturalists argue for strong identification …