There is no single culture found in Canada. Instead there are many cultures each equally important and valued, all united to form this great country. Each separate culture is unique and defined although it is part of a whole. Values and ways of life are extracted from each culture and adopted by others, but each culture still remains distinct.

Canada was not always a multicultural country. Canada's first culture was that of the Aboriginals who lived here for hundreds of years before the Europeans discovere

d Canada. This native culture was greatly influenced by the French Canadians, the first permanent European settlers. However, the greatest influence on Canadian culture came from Britain. British culture was the institutionalized in Canada for many years. British dominated nationality came to an end when other immigrants inhabited Canada and their cultures remained distinct, yet influenced and respected each other.

Canada is a multicultural country; it is the only place where 30 million culturally diverse people can reside and contribute to the cultural mosaic found here. This cultural mosaic consists of pieces of each unique heritage combining to form one great nation. Canada's ethnic diversity has become an internationally known trademark, and a major feature that attracts immigrants. Multiculturalism allows

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