The largest culture group living in Quebec are descendants of who?
french, britsh got the other part of canada
What are some of the major cultural groups of Canada? Where are these groups predominantly located?
The original would be First Nations people, who have been on the land called Canada for thousands of years. Was involved in the construction of a marina in Victoria, where we invited the Songhees natives to participate in a ceremony, since it was/is their traditional lands. The first nations are quite varied from coast to coast to coast. Prairie, Pacific Coast, Inuit, and Eastern Woodlands are probably the main groups. Next, I would say that the next two groups are the English & French. Canada has two official languages, French & English.Next are the European immigrants, mostly Scottish & Irish, who have a strong presence in Eastern Canada. As an example, I lived a few years in Montreal Quebec (French city & province) and moved just 100 km away to Cornwall (named after a county in England) Ontario (mostly English & mixed province) that itself is in counties Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. - all Scottish names.On the prairies, there is a strong Ukrainian, German, and French. Vegreville, Alberta has world's largest pysanka, Edmonton has a long history with people of Ukrainian & German descent. My first boss was Ukrainian, and a girlfriend I had there was Irish-Ukrainian. These people came early in history to farm and escape troubles in their homelands, from the late 1800s. Other European groups also followed, but I don't know much about them. I should also mention a another group, the Metis, which are a mixed race - usually First Nations and either Englsih or French ancestry. Not being full native and not being full non-native, they faced significant troubles and only recently have been afforded recognition.These is a large Chinese population in Western Canada, also from early times, who were brought over for labour for the railway construction. In Victoria were I went to High School, there was a significant Chinese population, as well, the Victoria Chinatown was at one time one of the largest in North America. Also Indians (from India) came here, as they were British subjects, mostly military, but faced discrimination so the numbers were low but steady. However, when things became a little more fair, there was significant Indian immigrations.The 1970s saw large settlements of Vietnamese "boat people" ( I have worked with a few, all stellar people). The 2010s will see lots of Syrians. I hope this trend continues. I think that the strength of Canada is in its diversity. I have ancestry from Wales, Scotland, Germany, & Italian, which makes me a Canadian. :)
Should geographers reguard culture and social as meaningful generalization about a group of people or should?
An anthropologists looks at the small interactions between people (through ethnography) to tell us about a culture. In other words, an anthropologist would look at how an individual of another culture interacts with their physical environment and show how both the personal and cultural/social motivations influence such interaction. They need to strike a middle ground. Interaction with the physical environment is both cultural/social (a beach clean-up, farming, or national parks) but also individual action (going on a hike, cutting a piece of fruit). They are just different sides of the same coin.
How does the rest of Canada view Quebec?
Quebec has a chip on their shoulder that piss off a lot of Canadians. They demand that the english provinces have bilingual signs. Then they pass a law making English translations on signs within Quebec illegal. Uhm… ok.Then the Supreme Court strikes down that law. So Quebec uses a “not-withstanding clause” to re-issue the law. That “not-withstanding clause”, by the way, was agreed to by every province and territory in Canada other than Quebec. They fought it tooth and nail. Then they were the first ones to use it.And what do their actions accomplish? We can still infer speed limits and such by the numbers. Now we basically just don't underatand their school zone specialized warnings… So they've endanfered their children for no reason.English won the battle. It's the international language of business, computer language, etc…They're basically viewed as an entire province full of mimes…
What keeps Quebec, a cultural Romance speaking region in the Americas, separate from the Latin American label?
It’s arbitrary. In theory, Québec should be included, as it’s a Romance language. There is no reason why it should be only for Ibero-Americans, excepted Guyane, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti that for some reason are included.Some Quebecers also pushed the notion that Québec ought to be Latin American as well, like the O’Leary brothers in the 1930’s. Many Quebecers since the 1930’s claimed Latinity for themselves.While it’s true there was an Anglo-Saxon influence, this is still not a good argument. Belize was an outright British colony and it’s considered Latin American. Mexican-Americans are often considered as such despite they are significantly integrated to the US. Besides, British influence in Québec is relatively superficial, as it’s in the institutions but less in the culture below, especially when you go back in time. Besides, the anglo influence in the typical Latin American states was significant. It was the British that built trains in Argentina. Many Latin American leaders in the 19th century sought to emulate Great Britain as a counter-model to Spain. The British also had a trade exclusivity with Brazil due to a treaty with Portugal.
What Ethnic/Race/Religious group (normally) has the biggest families?
Devout Catholics, regardless of race or ethnicity, usually have larger families due to the fact that contraceptives are considered taboo. Many Latino families also have large families, but that's a cultural thing--family is highly valued, so it's quite normal for extended families to be very close-knit and live near or around one another. Lastly, countries with high infant mortality rates tend to have large families due to the fact children's survival isn't guaranteed. As for my family (I'm Nigerian): Close family: - Mother and father - Two sisters, one brother Paternal Extended: -1 grandmother, 1 grandfather [deceased] - 14 uncles [6 deceased] 4 aunts - 2 great-grandmothers - 1 grand-aunt - 4 grand-cousins Maternal Extended: - 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother [deceased] - 8 aunts [1 deceased] - 1 uncle - 32 cousins [1 deceased] - 1 grand-uncle - 1 great-grandmother Dunno about all the removed business. Really don't want to get into that. People in my family also ordinarily live to be extremely old. My great-grandmothers are 106, 108, and 110, and still going. Mind, my father's side of the family was polygamist up until my grandfather (so it's very convoluted, and not all of us have the same last names), and my mother's side of the family has been Catholic for at least 100 years, so my family tree is more like a family jungle.