Canada is one of the most diverse and multicultural countries in the world. Home to 32 million people, Canada portrays a vast amount of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity.1 Of this 32 million that reside, approximately 200,000 come in a year from all over the world in search of better life and a home that provides peace and safety that they may not be able to achieve in other countries.2 Canada reflects a welcoming society that helps newcomers with social and economic needs in order to settle down and be successful. It allows people to become a Canadian but still practice their own beliefs and traditions so that they do not have to completely adapt to a new identity and can still keep their own. All these factors …show more content…
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