Most Canadians of British descent know their roots, as most of their ancestors came in the 19th or early 20th centuries, rather than colonial times. Though of course there are people of Loyalist and colonial American stock in the Maritimes, the Eastern Townships of Quebec and southern Ontario.
So there aren't a lot of "my family's been here so long I don't know" types in Canada, like they are in the US South (though these people are mostly of British descent). Plus Canada was a British Dominion.
In English Canada, I think "Canadian" responses are most common in Newfoundland - which didn't join the Canadian federation until 1949.
Last edited by Docere; Jan 6, 2023 at 12:44 AM.
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