German Canadians

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/german-canadians

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the census data (2016)?3,322,405 Canadians reported full or partial German ancestry
2. What is the socio-economic impact?Significant contributions to agriculture, industry, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship
3. Who are German Canadians?German Canadians are people living in Canada who have family roots in Germany or other German-speaking places like Austria, Switzerland, and parts of Eastern Europe.
4. Where did German Canadians first settle in Canada?Early German immigrants mainly settled in Southern Ontario, building communities such as Kitchener-Waterloo, which was once called Berlin.

Diaspora: A group of people who have spread out from their original homeland to live in different parts of the world.
Assimilation: The process by which a person or group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group.
Multiculturalism: The presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society.