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Aboriginal people of Canada - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Inuit
        
        The Inuit mainly inhabit the northern regions of Canada. Their homeland, known as the Inuit Nunangat, includes much of the land, water, and ice contained in the Arctic region.
      - First Nations
        
        First Nations peoples were the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada, often occupying territories south of the Arctic.
        
        The Indian Law, the main statute through which the federal government handles a variety of issues related to Indian affairs, divides Indian peoples into two categories: Indians with status and Indians without status.
      - All indigenous peoples in Canada are protected by section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982, which enshrines indigenous rights. The federal government departments responsible for indigenous peoples' affairs are Corona-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Indian Services.
    - - Both in North America and Canada can be divided into 10 areas, but these first 6 are located on the borders of Canada:
        
        Northwest Coast
        
        Subarctic
        
        Arctic
        
        Plateau
        
        Plains
        
        Eastern Woodlands (sometimes referred to as the Northeast)
      - Contemporary political boundaries in North America do not reflect traditional lands. For example, the Mohawk Nation in Akwesasne straddles provincial and international borders, as its existence predates the establishment of the international border in 1783.
        
        Contemporary political boundaries in North America do not reflect traditional lands. For example, the Mohawk Nation in Akwesasne straddles provincial and international borders, as its existence predates the establishment of the international border in 1783.
        
        Furthermore, contemporary indigenous peoples may live far from their ancestral lands and may indeed form new communities rooted in urban centers rather than traditional lands.
        
        These cultural areas are massive and widespread; what is true of one part is not always true of the whole. The peoples included in these areas are similar in some respects and different in others. What is true of the Wendat may not have been true of the Mi'kmaq, and in fact there were variations between bands within a group.
        
        When considering contemporary situations, it is impossible to assume that any one issue, set of beliefs, or cultural reference could be related to all of Canada's indigenous peoples, although in contemporary politics, large-scale political movements such as Idle No More have gained wide acceptance. and mobilization.
  - - - With white colonization and settlement, traditional indigenous ways of life were forever altered. Colonial practices and policies, such as the Indigenous Law, the pass system, reservations, and residential schools, sought to control and assimilate indigenous peoples.
        
        These have had historical and ongoing impacts on generations of indigenous peoples.
        
        Such practices and policies, when combined with racism, acts of segregation, loss of land, and declining or unequal access to food resources and public services, have had devastating consequences on the health and socioeconomic well-being of peoples. natives. .
- - - - Since the modern formation of Canada, mass immigration has drastically changed the social demographics of the population and established a cultural current in Western Europe.
  - - - Tolerance
        
        Justice
        
        Unity in diversity
        
        Modesty
        
        Informality
        
        Sensitivity
        
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- - - - A handshake is the common greeting between strangers. Shaking hands firmly and making eye contact reflects trust. Canadians may chuckle slightly at handshakes to blur the formality.
- - - - The 2011 National Household Survey estimated that 67.3% of Canadians are Christian, 23.9% are not affiliated with any religion, and 8.1% belong to a religion other than Christianity.
        
        Generally speaking, Francophones tend to be more religious than Anglophones. For example, the percentage of people with no religious affiliation is three times higher in British Columbia than it is in Quebec.
        
        There has also been a growth in minority religions as immigration from Asia, Africa and the Middle East has increased.
- - - - It is common for a Canadian to "date" or meet several people at once over a period of time without being in an exclusive relationship with any of those people.
        
        Canada was the third country to legalize same-sex marriage, doing so in 2005, and public opinion has become progressively more receptive to LGBTQI+ relationships. In turn, same-sex marriages and children born to same-sex couples are relatively common. Canadians are marrying at an older age than previous generations.
        
        The average age of marriage was 30.7 years in 2020. 5 Projections estimate that around 40% of marriages end in divorce.