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English Canadian
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English Canadian
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent


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Alarmed at the rise of nationalism in French Canada, and fearful that as the British Empire receded from memory the United States would replace Great Britain in the affections of English Canadians, a new breed of federal politicians and bureaucrats attempted to erase Canada's very real divisions (and centuries of history) by appealing to a largely rhetorical set of "Canadian values" shared by all from sea to sea.
French and English Canadians united to create the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
It boils down to this: for English Canadians it's our proximity to the U.
 
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