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Ethnic Diversity Survey: portrait of a multicultural society
Abstract
The Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS) was developed by Statistics Canada in partnership
with the Department of Canadian Heritage in order to provide new and important
information on the ethnic and cultural background of people in Canada and how
it relates to their lives in Canada today.
The survey followed the 2001 Census with the census providing the frame for
the sample. The target population for the survey was persons aged 15 years or
older living in private households in the 10 provinces. The population did not
include persons living in collective dwellings, persons living on Indian reserves,
persons of Aboriginal origins living off-reserve, or persons living in Northern
and remote areas. There was a separate post-censal survey designed for Aboriginal
peoples, the Aboriginal Peoples Survey, which was conducted in 2001 and 2002.
Using the EDS data, this article examines Canada's ethno-cultural mosaic in
2002, providing a portrait of the different generations of Canadians who today
make up this country. It also analyses the level of attachment that people in
the different generations and ethnic groups have to their own ethno-cultural
backgrounds and to the broader Canadian society.
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