Deck 3: Diversity and Multiculturalism

Question 1

Which of the following phrases did former Prime Minister Joe Clark use to describe Canada?

A) "A community of communities"
B) "A nation of communities"
C) "A land of communities"
D) "A family of communities"
E) "A country of communities"

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following groups were, for much of Canada's history, referred to without hesitation as the founding nations or "charter groups"?

A) Immigrants and settlers
B) French-speaking Catholics and English-speaking Protestants
C) Liberals and Conservatives
D) Inuit and Métis
E) Old World and New World

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Who was the major spokesperson for French Canada at the time of Confederation?

A) Thomas D'Arcy McGee
B) Wilfrid Laurier
C) John A. Macdonald
D) George-Étienne Cartier
E) Joseph Howe

Answer 3

D

Question 4

As of 2016, roughly what proportion of Canadians were visible minorities?

A) One-quarter
B) One-fifth
C) One-third
D) One-tenth
E) Half

Question 5

What recognition did non-English and non-French groups demand during the B&B Commission?

A) Official recognition as a culture
B) Official recognition of independence
C) Official recognition as a community
D) Official recognition as a multicultural society
E) Official recognition as a province

Question 6

What percentage of respondents to the 1871 census identified as having British Isles ancestry?

A) 71 per cent
B) 31 per cent
C) 51 per cent
D) 61 per cent
E) 41 per cent

Question 7

What percentage of respondents to the 1871 census identified as having French ancestry?

A) 61 per cent
B) 51 per cent
C) 41 per cent
D) 71 per cent
E) 31 per cent

Question 8

According to the 2016 census, what percentage of Toronto's population is comprised of visible minorities?

A) 21 per cent
B) 11 per cent
C) 51 per cent
D) 41 per cent
E) 31 per cent

Question 9

For most of Canada's history, what were the major sources of immigration?

A) The Middle East and Europe
B) Asia and the Unites States
C) Europe and Africa
D) Central and South America
E) Europe and the United States

Question 10

Recently, what have been the leading sources of immigration to Canada?

A) European countries
B) Caribbean countries
C) South American countries
D) African countries
E) Asian countries

Question 11

Which Canadian metropolitan area had the highest percentage of visible minorities in 2016?

A) Montreal
B) Ottawa
C) Toronto
D) Calgary
E) Vancouver

Question 12

People belonging to non-Christian religions account for roughly what percentage of the Canadian population?

A) 4 per cent
B) 8 per cent
C) 12 per cent
D) 9 per cent
E) 2 per cent

Question 13

According to the 2016 census, what percentage of Vancouver's population is comprised of visible minorities?

A) 50 per cent
B) 25 per cent
C) 30 per cent
D) 45 per cent
E) 10 per cent

Question 14

In 2006, what did the Supreme Court rule was protected by the Charter to wear in schools for religious reasons?

A) Yarmulke
B) Kirpan
C) Cross
D) Niqab
E) Burqa

Question 15

In 1871, what was the combined percentage of Canadians who affiliated with Catholic or Protestant religions?

A) 50 per cent
B) 75 per cent
C) 100 per cent
D) 95 per cent
E) 25 per cent

Question 16

What proportion of Canadians are affiliated with Catholic or Protestant religions?

A) One-fifth
B) Three-quarters
C) Two-thirds
D) One half
E) One-quarter

Question 17

In a 2013 survey, what percentage of Canadians agreed with the statement "I feel my identity is threatened when I see people wearing a turban, hijab, or kippa"?

A) 23 per cent
B) 3 per cent
C) 32 per cent
D) 43 per cent
E) 12 per cent

Question 18

What percentage of respondents to the 1871 census identified as not having English or French ancestry?

A) 38 per cent
B) 8 per cent
C) 18 per cent
D) 48 per cent
E) 28 per cent

Question 19

What percentage of respondents to the 1971 census identified as having British Isles ancestry?

A) 24 per cent
B) 44 per cent
C) 4 per cent
D) 34 per cent
E) 14 per cent

Question 20

What was multiculturalism in Canada "given" in 1972?

A) Constitutional recognition
B) Provincial standing
C) A royal commission
D) National slogans
E) A minister of state

Question 21

What has been described as the first official confirmation of the status and the rights of a particular segment of the Canadian population?

A) Multiculturalism Act, 1971
B) British North America Act of 1867
C) Bill of Rights, 1960
D) Quebec Act of 1774
E) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question 22

What document recognized the presence and rights of "the several Nations or Tribes of Indians with whom we are connected, and who live under our protection"?

A) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
B) Royal Proclamation of 1763
C) Bill of Rights, 1960
D) British North America Act of 1867
E) Multiculturalism Act, 1971

Question 23

What section of the Constitution Act, 1982 embeds the treaty rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada?

A) 15
B) 93
C) 35
D) 92
E) 91

Question 24

What section of the Constitution Act, 1867 recognized the Catholic and Protestant religions for schooling purposes?

A) 35
B) 91
C) 93
D) 92
E) 15

Question 25

How much money was distributed to groups and projects by Canadian Heritage in the 2017 fiscal year?

A) $100,000
B) $10,000,000
C) $1,000,000
D) $1.1 billion
E) $10,000

Question 26

Which of the following groups received funding from Canadian Heritage?

A) Ukrainian Canadian Congress
B) Iranian-Canadian Centre for Art and Culture
C) Caribbean Promotions Arts and Culture
D) Indigenous Languages Initiative
E) All of the above

Question 27

Through which entities is Canadian multiculturalism detected at the federal level?

A) The National Film Board
B) The CBC
C) The Department of Canadian Heritage
D) Telefilm Canada
E) All of the above

Question 28

What percentage of Sir John A. Macdonald's 1878 cabinet had British Isles ethnic origins?

A) 10 per cent
B) 80 per cent
C) 40 per cent
D) 20 per cent
E) 60 per cent

Question 29

How many members of Stephen Harper's 2018 31-member cabinet were born outside of Canada?

A) 19
B) 2
C) 15
D) 4
E) 11

Question 30

What percentage of respondents to the 1971 census identified as having French ancestry?

A) 49 per cent
B) 39 per cent
C) 9 per cent
D) 19 per cent
E) 29 per cent

Question 31

Based on recent figures, Canada ranks second in foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population in G7 countries. Which country is first?

A) Australia
B) France
C) The United Kingdom
D) The United States
E) Germany

Question 32

What model of cultural accommodation allows and encourages groups to maintain their languages, religion, and identities?

A) De facto but contested multiculturalism
B) Official multiculturalism
C) Deep diversity multiculturalism
D) Interculturalism
E) Universalism

Question 33

What model of cultural accommodation advocates the official recognition of minority cultures and state measures to protect their rights and sustain their practices and beliefs?

A) De facto but contested multiculturalism
B) Universalism
C) Deep diversity multiculturalism
D) Official multiculturalism
E) Interculturalism

Question 34

What model of cultural accommodation allows and even encourages the retention of minority cultural identities through state support for cultural organizations, heritage language instruction, inclusion in state symbols, ceremonies, etc.?

A) Deep diversity multiculturalism
B) De facto but contested multiculturalism
C) Official multiculturalism
D) Universalism
E) Interculturalism

Question 35

Which of the following jurisdictions has instituted a cultural policy of official multiculturalism?

A) France
B) The United States
C) Australia
D) Canada
E) The Netherlands

Question 36

Which of the following jurisdictions has instituted a cultural policy of integration without major accommodation?

A) The United States
B) Switzerland
C) Canada
D) The Netherlands
E) France

Question 37

In a 2012 survey, what percentage of Canadians stated that they believe that too many immigrants do not adopt Canadian values?

A) 70 per cent
B) 40 per cent
C) 80 per cent
D) 50 per cent
E) 60 per cent

Question 38

What Canadian provincial party has advocated citizenship-value contracts?

A) Saskatchewan Party
B) Liberal Party of Newfoundland
C) Wildrose Party of Alberta
D) Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
E) Parti Québécois

Question 39

When did the number of ethnic studies programs begin to increase on American university campuses?

A) Mid 1940s
B) Late 1960s
C) Late 1930s
D) Early 1920s
E) Early 1990s

Question 40

In 2016 how many Canadians reported multiple ancestries?

A) 21 per cent
B) 100 per cent
C) 31 per cent
D) 41 per cent
E) 11 per cent

Question 41

In what area is multiculturalism most evident, institutionalized, and contested in American life?

A) The health care system
B) The legal system
C) The political system
D) The educational system
E) The social welfare system

Question 42

What did the Bouchard-Taylor report recommend?

A) Nationalism
B) Intraculturalism
C) Interculturalism
D) Monoculturalism
E) Multiculturalism

Question 43

Which of the following are measures employed by France and other Western European nations to preserve the fundamental principles of these societies?

A) Citizenship-census questionnaires
B) Citizenship-values contracts
C) Citizenship-commitment oaths
D) Citizenship-oaths of all allegiance
E) Citizenship-knowledge courses

Question 44

According to the 2016 census, about two-thirds of immigrants in Quebec came from where?

A) Countries outside of Europe and the Middle East
B) Countries outside of Europe and the Caribbean
C) Countries outside of Europe and Asia
D) Countries outside of Europe and the United States
E) Countries outside of Europe and Africa

Question 45

Which of the following has not become a major source of immigration to the province of Quebec?

A) The Middle East
B) South America
C) Asia
D) The Caribbean
E) Africa

Question 46

Who was the Quebec Premier who responded to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission?

A) Pauline Marois
B) Lucien Bouchard
C) René Lévesque
D) Jean Charest
E) Jacques Parizeau

Question 47

In 2016, how many Canadians claimed Asian ancestry?

A) 17 per cent
B) 47 per cent
C) 27 per cent
D) 37 per cent
E) 7 per cent

Question 48

What was the name of the controversial legislation that the Parti Québécois minority government introduced in 2012-13?

A) Bill of Quebec Rights
B) Charter of Quebec Laws
C) Charter of Quebec Values
D) Bill of Quebec Traditions
E) Quebec Charter of Rights

Question 49

What eliminated racial discrimination and ethnic favouritism and established a points system?

A) Bill of Rights, 1960
B) Multiculturalism Act, 1971
C) Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982
D) Charter of Quebec Values, 2013
E) The Immigration Act, 1967

Question 50

John Porter's classic book The Vertical Mosaic, published in 1965, was primarily about which aspect of Canadian society?

A) Multiculturalism
B) Indigenous poverty
C) French-English conflict
D) Inequality
E) Feminism

Question 51

How much did immigration from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean to Canada grow during the 1991-2001 decade?

A) 67.5 per cent
B) 77.5 per cent
C) 47.5 per cent
D) 57.5 per cent
E) 37.5 per cent

Question 52

In 2011, how many Canadians claimed to have no religious affiliation?

A) 24 per cent
B) 44 per cent
C) 14 per cent
D) 4 per cent
E) 34 per cent

Question 53

Who said the practice of wearing a niqab was "rooted in a culture that is anti-woman"?

A) Elizabeth May
B) Stephen Harper
C) Rona Ambrose
D) Andrew Scheer
E) Justin Trudeau

Question 54

In a 2013 survey, what percentage of French-speaking Canadians felt threatened when they see a turban, hijab, or kippa?

A) 2 per cent
B) 22 per cent
C) 52 per cent
D) 32 per cent
E) 12 per cent

Question 55

In a 2016 survey how many respondents said that a higher priority should be given to encourage minorities to be more like most Canadians?

A) Three out of 10
B) Four out of 10
C) Five out of 10
D) Two out of 10
E) Six out of 10

Question 56

In a CROP/Radio Canada survey what percentage of respondents agreed that other cultures have a lot to contribute and their influences enrich Canada?

A) 78 per cent in Quebec, 84 per cent in the rest of Canada
B) 52 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada
C) 75 per cent in Quebec, 74 per cent in the rest of Canada
D) 55 per cent in Quebec, 54 per cent in the rest of Canada
E) 65 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada

Question 57

In a CROP/Radio Canada survey what percentage of respondents agreed that if ethnic groups keep their cultural identity our country will only be more interesting?

A) 55 per cent in Quebec, 54 per cent in the rest of Canada
B) 75 per cent in Quebec, 74 per cent in the rest of Canada
C) 78 per cent in Quebec, 84 per cent in the rest of Canada
D) 52 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada
E) 65 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada

Question 58

In a CROP/Radio Canada survey what percentage of respondents agreed that immigrants should have to take a test for 'anti-Canadian' values?

A) 75 per cent in Quebec, 74 per cent in the rest of Canada
B) 55 per cent in Quebec, 54 per cent in the rest of Canada
C) 52 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada
D) 65 per cent in Quebec, 64 per cent in the rest of Canada
E) 78 per cent in Quebec, 84 per cent in the rest of Canada

Question 59

How many members of Justin Trudeau's 2018 cabinet were born outside of Canada?

A) Ten
B) Fifteen
C) Twelve
D) Four
E) Eight

Question 60

Former Prime Minister Joe Clark used the term "community of communities" when describing the diversity of Canada.

Question 61

English-speaking Protestants are the only charter group in Canada.

Question 62

The Multiculturalism Act, 1971 created the first minister for multiculturalism.

Question 63

Before 1960, approximately 95 per cent of all immigrants to Canada came from Europe and the United States; this figure has changed little in the twenty-first century.

Question 64

Canada remains a predominantly Christian society today.

Question 65

John A. Macdonald's first cabinet had 14 members.

Question 66

Every member of the Supreme Court of Canada has come from a French or English ethnic background.

Question 67

Between 2006 and 2016 the percentage of positions in the federal public service held by Indigenous persons increased from 4.2 per cent to 5.2 per cent.

Question 68

Due to decades of declining birth rates, Quebec has been dependent on immigration for labour market growth.

Question 69

According to the most recent census data, the majority of immigrants in Quebec have come from outside of the United States and Europe.

Question 70

The religious affiliation of MPs is today more difficult to ascertain from public records than it was in the past.

Question 71

After the 2015 federal election about one-half of MPs were female.

Question 72

A little more than 20 per cent of Canada's population is born outside the country.

Question 73

Americans are more likely than Canadians to mention multiculturalism as a defining characteristic of their society.

Question 74

For decades, Quebec's birth rate has been above the level needed to reproduce the population.

Question 75

Justin Trudeau often stated that diversity and inclusiveness are Canada's two major values.

Question 76

The vast majority of immigrants who settled Canada were of French and German origins.

Question 77

George-Étienne Cartier was the major spokesperson for English Canada.

Question 78

John Porter's book The Vertical Mosaic drew attention to the stratified nature of Canada's pluralistic society.

Question 79

Canada's first census from 1871 reported that 61 per cent of the population was of British Isles ancestry and 31 per cent of French ancestry.

Question 80

In the 2016 census, only 22 per cent of Toronto identified as visible minorities.