When Statistics Canada Classifies Canadians by "Race," What Categories Does

question 29

Multiple Choice

When Statistics Canada classifies Canadians by "race," what categories does it use?

• A)Visible minorities,Aboriginal peoples,Caucasians
• B)Negroids,Caucasoids,Asiatics
• C)Coloured peoples,Aboriginal peoples,Whites
• D)French,English,Multiculturals

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Definitions:

Dawes Act

Law passed in 1887 meant to encourage adoption of white norms among Indians; broke up tribal holdings into small farms for Indian families, with the remainder sold to white purchasers.

Popular Front

A period during the mid-1930s when the Communist Party sought to ally itself with socialists and New Dealers in movements for social change, urging reform of the capitalist system rather than revolution.

Communist Party

A political party that advocates for the principles of communism, aiming to establish a classless society based on common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state.

Cultural Movement

A change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work, reflecting a new societal emphasis or preference.