A little history
1871
Among the Canadian population, 31.1 per cent of population was of French origin, 24.3 per cent of Irish origin, 20.3 per cent of English origin, 15.8 per cent of Scottish origin and 5, 8 per cent of German origin.
1901
In the first census where data on languages were collected, English was the mother tongue of 61.8 per cent of Canada’s population, French 27.9 per cent, German 2.7 per cent and Gaelic 2, 2 per cent.
How about the future?
2036
Nearly one in two Canadians in 2036 would be an immigrant or a child of an immigrant.
The immigrant population would continue to be concentrated in census metropolitan areas, particularly in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
More than half of immigrants to Canada in 2036 would be from Asia.
More than one-third of the working-age population would belong to a visible minority group.
