Comments on: 10 Facts About Canadians

By: Priyank

Priyank — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:42:32 +0000

Over half of Canada’s immigrants live in the GTA…
.-= Priyank´s last blog ..Three years in Toronto =-.

By: Linguist-in-Waiting

Linguist-in-Waiting — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Thanks for the interesting facts! I never realized that Canada can be a little skewed, like a lot of the population living near the US border, a significant amount of the population being foreign-born, et cetera. .-= Linguist-in-Waiting´s last blog ..Minarets =-.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:49:53 +0000

Great list, Zhu. I’m surprised to see Spanish as one of the most spoken languages and not Portuguese, given the big Portuguese community that we have in Toronto and West (from Portugal, not Brazil). I know that the Spanish-speaking community has grown lately, but I still find it minuscule.

The other thing that caught my attention is that Stats Canada continue to ignore Mississauga’s city status and puts it right with Toronto. Mississauga has more than 1,000,000 people living there as well.

Finally, a comment about what Adem wrote. I’ve been in Canada for nine years now, and though 90% of them (ahem, of us) use the word ‘eh’ all the time, I have never heard anybody saying ‘aboot’, except Terrence and Phillip from South Park…
.-= Gabriel´s last blog ..There are places I remember #03 =-.

By: Adem

Adem — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:42:54 +0000

I love it that Canadians (the ones I've met) do say 'eh' and 'aboot', which are stereotypes I'd heard about before I visited. Of course this doesn't apply to all Canadians, but can be added to all the stereotypes about other nationalities. .-= Adem´s last blog ..Eddie Gilbert’s feature in the Times. =-.

By: richard

richard — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:01:44 +0000

As an expat Canadian in Madrid, the thing I miss most about Canada (or at least Ottawa and Montreal) is diversity. Madrid is incredibly monocultural and monolingual. I miss hearing other languages as I walk about or go to the stores. .-= richard´s last blog ..Manifesto of Aphorisms =-.

By: shionge

shionge — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:17:37 +0000

What a list there about Canada Zhu Yes, ageing population is a concern in every nation likewise in SIngapore too

By: Zhu

Zhu — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:08:27 +0000

@Seb — Oh yeah. Not as bad as in the US but still…

@Nigel Babu — This is one of the reason why Canada needs immigrant, along with shortage of skills in some professions.

@Agnes —

@RennyBA’s Terella — I had never realized Norway had such a small poluation — it’s like NZ!

@Beth — I wouldn’t know about France either!

@Sidney — Apparently not! There is a big Dutch population, I believe mostly in the Prairies — along with Ukrainian immigrants.

@Lizz — Same as in many developed countries… I think the situation is the same in Europe.

@khengsiong — Maybe they immigrated somewhere else? I guess it could be like Chinese immigrants. Mandarin is more widely spoken than Cantonese, but in some countries, the immigrant population is almost all from the South, so they speak Cantonese.

@Bluefish — I’m not sure about the USA. Maybe if you include the number of illegal immigrants, which apparently makes a huge difference. I will double-check the figures.

@London Caller — 我不会说广东话。我在香港工作了的时候，我会说几个句子，但是我什么都忘了。

By: London Caller

London Caller — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:31:08 +0000

哈哈，你会法文，英文和中文。那你在加拿大一定很吃香吧！
我听说温哥华就好像是个小香港！？
你也会粤语吗？

By: Bluefish

Bluefish — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:25:11 +0000

I’m surprised at Dutch…I never heard anyone speaking Dutch in Canada. I’d thought it’s be Arabic, Russian, Polish or some other language…I’m quite surprised, actually.

Also, didn’t USA reached 300 million residents a while back? Maybe I’m wrong…

By: khengsiong

khengsiong — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:31:06 +0000

There are more Punjabi speakers than Hindi or Urdu speakers. That's a bit surprising. In South Asia itself, the latter 2 languages are more commonly spoken. .-= khengsiong´s last blog ..The Storm over Copycat Remarks =-.