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2. Canadians - Wikipedia

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   Canadians ( French: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian . Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of ...

3. List of Canadians by net worth - Wikipedia

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   Historical. The richest Canadian to have ever lived is believed to be Herbert Samuel Holt, president of 27 corporations (including Royal Bank of Canada and Montreal Light, Heat & Power ), and a director of 250 companies worldwide, who had an estimated net worth of CA$ 3 billion in 1928 (equivalent to $46.7 billion in 2021).

4. Métis - Wikipedia

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   Background Etymology. The word métis itself is originally French for "person of mixed parentage" and derives from the Latin word mixtus, "mixed.". Semantic definitions. Starting in the 17th century, the French word métis was initially used as a noun by those in the North American fur trade, and by settlers in general, to refer to people of mixed European and North American Indigenous ...

5. Name of Canada - Wikipedia

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   Name of Canada. The Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543, showing Cartier's discoveries. Newfoundland is near the upper right; Florida and the Bahamas are at lower left. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning 'village' or ...

6. List of people from Canada - Wikipedia

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   B. Barrie (Ontario) Bedford (Nova Scotia) Brampton (Ontario) Brandon (Manitoba) Brantford (Ontario) Brooks (Alberta) Burlington (Ontario) Burnaby (British Columbia)

7. Canadian nationality law - Wikipedia

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   Canadian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship Act, which came into force on February 15, 1977 and is applicable to all provinces and territories of Canada . With few exceptions, almost all individuals born in the country are automatically ...