English-speaking Canada

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English-speaking Canada refers to the regions of Canada where English is the dominant language and cultural life is primarily conducted in English.


Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
linguistic region
contrastsWith Francophone Canada
French-speaking Canada
country Canada
dominantBusinessLanguage English
dominantEducationLanguage English
dominantLanguage English
dominantMediaLanguage English
excludesCoreRegion Quebec
governingSystem parliamentary democracy of Canada
hasCommunity Anglophone Quebecers
English Canadians
hasCulturalIdentity Anglophone Canadian culture
hasEconomicProfile diversified economy
hasHigherEducationLanguage primarily English in most universities outside Quebec
hasIndigenousLanguagesPresence various Indigenous languages
hasMinorityLanguageCommunities Francophone minorities
hasMinorityPresenceIn Quebec
hasReligionProfile religiously diverse
hasUrbanCenters Calgary
Edmonton
Halifax
St. John’s
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
historicalColonialInfluence British Empire
historicalLanguagePolicy promotion of English as administrative language
includesProvinceOrTerritory Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Yukon
includesRegion Atlantic Canada
Central Canada
Northern Canada
Western Canada
legalSystem common law (except Quebec civil law)
majorEthnicOrigins British Isles descent
English descent
European immigrant groups
Irish descent
Scottish descent
Ulster Scots descent
Welsh descent
non-European immigrant groups
officialLanguageStatus part of Canada’s English–French bilingual framework
sharesCultureWith United States
sharesPopularCultureWith Anglophone world
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
English-speaking Canada ("Anglophone Quebecers")
English-speaking Canada ("English Canadians")
hasCommunity
East Division
North Channel
languageRegion
John Charles Smith ("English Canadian")
ethnicGroup
Western Canada ("English Canada")
partOf
Canadian English
primaryRegion
English American ("English Canadian")
relatedEthnicGroup
European Canadians ("Anglophone Canadians")
relatedTo

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