Funded by:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada


Cultural Profiles Project


PROFILES  FRANCAIS  ICI

Update:

Please Note: Development of the Cultural Profiles is now complete.

  • No more country profiles are being created.
  • No more hard (print) copies are available for distribution.

To print any of the profiles download the Adobe Acrobat PDF version that can be found in the main menu for each country.

You may only download and print materials for non-commercial, educational use.

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada provides Host Program funding to non profit organizations to recruit Canadian volunteer hosts and match them with new immigrants to Canada. The purpose of the match is to assist the newcomer to adapt quickly to life in Canada as well as provide the host with an appreciation of the challenges that the newcomer faces.

Each cultural profile provides an overview of life and customs in the profiled country. While the profile provides insight into some customs, it does not cover all facets of life, and the customs described may not apply in equal measure to all newomers from the profiled country.

These cultural profiles were developed in association with the AMNI Centre at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.

NOTE: When printing PDF versions, you might need to update your printer drivers (software that allows your computer to communicate with your printer) if the first attempt at printing is not successful. Printer drivers are normally available on the web site of the printer manufacturer.


AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CANADA
CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CONGO (ZAIRE)
CROATIA
CUBA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ENGLAND
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
FRANCE
GERMANY

GHANA
GREECE
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KUWAIT
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
MALAYSIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MOROCCO
MYANMAR
NETHERLANDS
NICARAGUA
NIGERIA
PAKISTAN

PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
QATAR
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAINT VINCENT
SAUDI ARABIA
SCOTLAND
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SRI LANKA
SUDAN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TURKEY
UKRAINE
UAE
URUGUAY
USA
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA