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-== Montage ==
-Do you guys think it would be suitable to put a montage for the Canada page? The country is pretty large with different landscapes and such
-== Dominion of Canada ==
-Canada is sometimes referred to as this. Could it be said somewhere that it is? To avoid confusion. [[User:Flosssock1|Flosssock1]] ([[User talk:Flosssock1|talk]]) 01:09, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
-:It already does. From '''Etymology''':
-::''Upon Confederation in 1867, the name Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country,[14] and Dominion was conferred as the country's title;[15] combined, the term Dominion of Canada was in common usage until the 1950s. Thereafter, as Canada asserted its political autonomy from Britain, the federal government increasingly used simply Canada on state documents and treaties, a change that was reflected in the renaming of the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982.[16]''.
-:Hope that answers the question. [[User:Singularity42|Singularity42]] ([[User talk:Singularity42|talk]]) 01:25, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
-Hi Singularity42,
-After reading through the archives of this page, I have to say that there is by no means any consensus whatsoever (even among Canadians) regarding the official name of this country. Is it "Canada" or is it "The Dominion of Canada"? Does anyone in Canada have any thoughts or opinions on this subject? Please post.
-Was Michaelle Jean correct when she announced that she was head of state? Or is Queen Elizabeth II the head of state of Canada?
-[[User:Mardiste|Mardiste]] ([[User talk:Mardiste|talk]]) 02:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
-:What was chosen was Canada because it is now what the government uses on all official documents. Plus the fact that if someone is searching for info on Canada the odds are they are not going to call it anything else then just Canada....Most if not all Canadians would refer to the country simply as Canada...but you are right there is still a debate going on i guess. We made any article to cover this fact pls see [[Name of Canada]] for what the general consensuses and evolution of the  name.
-In all its forms it has always has Canada in the name. [[User:Buzzzsherman|Buzzzsherman]] ([[User talk:Buzzzsherman|talk]]) 02:32, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
-== Misreported minority statistic ==
-''According to Statistics Canada's forecasts, the number of visible minorities in Canada is expected to double by 2017.''
-That immediately struck me as implausible.  The doors are open, but not that wide.
-From [http://www42.statcan.ca/smr04/2005/03/smr04_08805_04-eng.htm STC's Media Room - One-fifth of population by 2017]
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-Under the scenarios considered for these projections, Canada would have between 6.3 million and 8.5 million visible minorities 12 years from now. They would represent between 19% and 23% of the population.
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-Depending on the growth scenario, this would be an increase ranging from 56% to 111% from 2001, when their number was estimated at about 4.0 million. In contrast, the projected increase for the rest of the population was estimated at between only 1% and 7% between 2001 and 2017.
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-This was a 2005 report stating that, in the high scenario, the number of visible minorities could double between 2001 and 2017.
-''Also, 16.2% of the population belonged to non-aboriginal visible minorities.''
-On the high side, 23% is only a 50% increase from this number in the article text shortly above.  It's a bit confusing to have possibly different definitions of visible minority juxtaposed together.  It appears many online journalists rushed to sensationalize this without understanding the claim.  It seems the phrase "12 years from now" unnecessarily confused matters, since no statistic from 2005 is reported here.  &mdash; [[User:MaxEnt|MaxEnt]] ([[User talk:MaxEnt|talk]]) 00:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
-::Plunged in with a change to "According to Statistics Canada forecast from 2005, the number of visible minorities in Canada could rise as high as 23% by 2017." &mdash; [[User:MaxEnt|MaxEnt]] ([[User talk:MaxEnt|talk]]) 00:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
-::: Should a statement like what you added or was there before even something that should be in a encyclopedia? Do encyclopedia deal with projections in general? +++++ we need to trim article...an would guess most of all that info could be seen  on MAIN demographics page...just a though...[[User:Buzzzsherman|Buzzzsherman]] ([[User talk:Buzzzsherman|talk]]) 00:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
-:::: In general, I would say not, but Canada is a world leader in the immigration dept., a statistics Canada projection of this nature would be more reliable than most (it's a direct input to present policy), and changing world immigration patterns is of significant interest.  I was only concerning myself with factuality here, so it's not for me to say.  [[User:MaxEnt|MaxEnt]] ([[User talk:MaxEnt|talk]]) 22:04, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
-:::::That may be, but I think I agree with Buzz.  Such projections belong in the [[Demographics of Canada]] page and this article should detail what is now, not what some think will be in the future.  [[User:TastyCakes|TastyCakes]] ([[User talk:TastyCakes|talk]]) 22:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
-== Foreign relations and military  CF-18 ==
-Under the Foreign Relations and Military Category, I believe that the Canadian Aircraft next to the Russian Bear aircraft should be a CF-18 and not a CF-188 as shown.
-[[Special:Contributions/66.222.161.252|66.222.161.252]] ([[User talk:66.222.161.252|talk]]) 10:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
-:Canadian F/A-18s are officially designated CF-188s. [[User:Bosonic dressing|Bosonic dressing]] ([[User talk:Bosonic dressing|talk]]) 12:35, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
-== Ethnic Groups ==
-. The percentages don't add up.
-. It lists French and English as major ethnic groups (rather than Anglophone-Canadian and Francophone-Canadian) with links to the English/French People. This implies those percentages are made up of French (from France) and English (from England), which is simply inaccurate.
-[[User:Masterenglish.ca|Masterenglish.ca]] ([[User talk:Masterenglish.ca|talk]]) 02:52, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
-:I can't answer number 2, but as for number one, that's been discussed before. The census lets you choose as many ethnicities as you want. Each individual person's ethnicity should add up to 100% (say, 50% English, 25% French, 12.5% Native, and 12.5% Kenyan), but the list as a whole doesn't have to add up to 100%. So you can say that you have an ancestry of English, French, German, Russia, Chinese, and First Nations (native), and even if all of those except Chinese are something like 2% (ie, you're mostly Chinese, with only little bits of the rest, all coming from your great, great, great, great grandmother), you're still placed in all of those categories.
-:Also, because that list comes entirely from self-reporting (and biased self-reporting at that. For instance, I list my ethnicity as "Canadian" ;o) ) rather than genetic testing (or even historical documentation), that list doesn't state what people are, but what they ''report themselves as''. It's interesting simply because it shows how people think of themselves. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 04:23, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
-What do they mean by Canadian? All people living in Canada are Canadians.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/199.214.167.15|199.214.167.15]] ([[User talk:199.214.167.15|talk]]) 20:12, 29 November 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-:It just means those that answered "Canadian" when asked what demographic they believed they belonged to. That's it. [[User:Singularity42|Singularity42]] ([[User talk:Singularity42|talk]]) 22:07, 29 November 2009 (UTC)