What nationalities are canadian's ancestry mostly made up of?

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MelissA

After the American Revolution, the loyalists (in the south, especially) left for Canada, specifially the West. These were British, some born American, and Canada encouraged immigration from eastern Europe in the late 1800's, with many Ukrainians, Germans, Polish etc moving into the Manitoba area. Canada has alot of immigration, and we have a good mix of many countries, a good representation of most ethnicities.
For me, I am German and Ukrainian, and a 3rd Generation Canadian.
We're all proud of our differences in Canada, and our coexistance builds a string unity and tolerance for other cultures : )

iritadragon

There is no mostly about it...

You have Scots on the east coast, and French.
Then you have mostly French through New Brunswick and Quebec, with a strong undercurrent of North American Indian.
Then you have a real mix in Ontario...French, English, Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian, and other Baltic nations), Italian, Spanish, Scots, and strong NA Indian as well.
Then the prairie provinces are English and French and Slavic and German and NA Indian.
On the West Coast you have that same mix, plus a lot of Chinese and other Orientals thrown into the melting pot.
And in each and every province you would need to take into account all the ex-slaves who made their way to Canada on the underground railroad in the mid-1800's.

And those were all well established ethnic mixes as of the end of the 1800's. Add to that the modern mixes of Phillipino and Asian Indian and South American and African and you have a real melting pot of ethnicities up here.

My own is Polish, Ukrainian, French. And I am a third generation Canadian. My father's mother was born in Winnipeg in 1890.

Danelady

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island were settled first by the Miqmaq and Malecite First Nations. Then came the Acadian French, and in turn, the United Empire Loyalists after the American revolution. The Loyalists were mainly British (English, Scots and Irish), but there were also a good number of Germans who had been in the pay of the British Army. Also a number of free black Loyalists.

regenetech123

French and English

Dana C

I am irish, scottish, ukrainian, metis (scottish & cree indian)

SteveN

I've got French, Welsh, Scottish, and English mixed around in me from way back when.

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