Who/what do you consider to be a "Canadian" in 2022? In Toronto and the surrounding cities, for example, about half of the population are foreign-born. A sign

Who/what do you consider to be a "Canadian" in 2022? In Toronto and the surrounding cities, for example, about half of the population are foreign-born. A significant proportion of the population of many other Canadian urban areas are foreign-born. About 20% of the overall Canadian population are foreign-born. Many of these people are from cultures that are quite different to anything resembling "traditional" Canadian culture. Acquiring Canadian citizenship later in life doesn't necessarily change a person's values, attitudes, and so on. A lot of Canadian-born individuals have one or both parents who are foreign-born, which also can have an impact on one's values, attitudes, and behaviour. Even among those with multi-generational ties to Canada, there were already significant cultural/values/attitude/behavioural differences among the various groupings. Ultimately, in any given interaction with somebody in Canada today, there's a good chance you're dealing with somebody whose ties to "traditional" Canadian culture are limited, or even non-existent. Maybe some kind of a relatively cohesive "Canadian" culture or identity existed at one point, several decades ago, but I don't think that's the case any longer, especially in the urban areas.