Canad Multicultural, Free And Harmony - 1537 Words

Social Studies Essay Canada is truly the most marvelous country in the world. Canada has a total area of 9,976,140 km, making us the second largest country in the world. We are bordered by three oceans, the Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean therefore granting us the longest coastline on earth. Canada is becoming more and more populated as the years go by, as we currently have over 35 million people calling Canada their home. Canada is made up of ten provinces along the border of the United States of America and three territories further north. Canada has wonderful freedom thanks to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our strong bicameral system. Canada is an amazing country and has many positive things to†¦show more content†¦Naturally, as human beings we have some racism and discrimination built into us. There have been numerous problems concerning discrimination in the past. A few Canadians blame immigrants for taking â€Å"their† jobs, therefore putting them out of work. One big issue dealing with racism in Canada would be the whole affair concerning the town of Africville in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1896-1907. This was around the time when the Canadian West was being settled. This was a huge case of segregation between the black people from Africa and the white people from Canada originally. During this time, the current Canadians in Halifax decided that they would send all the new black immigrants to a small piece of land near a garbage dump. This land was not considered desirable to the Canadians so they gave it to the black immigrants and called the little settlement Africville. These black immigrants were treated awful. They were given poor living conditions along with no running water. I cannot imagine how horrible it would feel to be secluded and disrespected in that way. Finally 50 years after this terrible act of racism, the city of Halifax apologized for the horrible act that they had done. This apology was overdue but an apology of any sort is better than none. Another big case of discrimination is the Indian Act of 1867. This act forced people to give-up their traditional ways of life and to assimilate Aboriginal peoples so they would adopt the European