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Originally Posted by jamincan
For a province that is overwhelming composed of immigrants, or children of immigrants, it's pretty hard to have a shared cultural identity.
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We tend to see differences more but the permissible behaviours in Canada amount to a very narrow range in the overall spectrum of human social norms that currently exist around the world.
It's absolutely standard to downplay North American culture and history in general (e.g. McMansions and burgers and freeways are seen as "generic", not a part of shared culture here), partly because it's been exported then reimported so much, partly because a lot of it is American, and partly because some of it is low status.
How many immigrants to Canada completed their schooling here, and before that were taught prerequisites to enable them to succeed? How many lived in tiny comparative islands of Westernization before coming here, while most of their compatriots had no way of emigrating? Immigrants to Canada are not a random sample of people from around the world.