Throughout Canada’s history, millions of immigrants have come to build this country. Today, Canada, a country with two official languages, welcomes people from more than 150 countries each year.

Canada is a country where many different cultural and ethnic groups live and work together in harmony. The Canadian Multiculturalism Act recognizes the cultural diversity and states that everybody is free to maintain and share its cultural heritage and participate fully and equally in the national life.

In a country as large and diverse as Canada, the idea of equality is very important. it is written into the Constitution as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This shows how much they value this idea. Canada, also believes in the importance of working together and helping one another. People who help others without being paid are called volunteers. There are millions of volunteers across Canada.

Some people join community groups and help with local projects. Others help friends and neighbours in need. There are hundreds of different ways you can help others in your community.

There is no racial or social discrimination in Canada. A large number of Indians, now Canadians, have excelled in all fields in Canada. Quite a few of them are honourable Ministers & Members of Canadian Parliament, namely Mr. Gurbax Singh Mallhi, Mr. Raminder Gill, Mr. Herb Dhaliwal, etc. Mr. Ujjal Dosanj the Premier of British Columbia, hails fromPunjab, India.

Canada’s official languages English- and French-speaking people have lived together in Canada for more than 230 years, and English and French are Canada’s two official languages. Linguistic duality is an important aspect of the Canadian identity -- over 98 percent of Canadians speak either English or French or both. You must know either English or French to become a Canadian citizen.