If you have comments or proposals regarding the CERIS Working Paper Series please contact the Editor at: (416) 946-3110 or e-mail at Copyright of the articles in the CERIS Working Paper Series is retained by the author(s) The views expressed in these articles are those of the author(s), and opinions on the content of the articles should be communicated directly to the au [...] Assimilation, as defined by Berry, can be understood as a process of adaptation whereby the migrant, or migrant group, takes on the customs, values, and social attributes of the host society to the extent that the immigrant becomes indistinguishable from the majority. [...] Belief in a common national identity was presumed to ensure acceptance of civic obligations by the citizenry (the most obvious examples of which are military service and taxation) and, when the need arises, the subordination of individual interests for the good of the whole (Harles 1997). [...] The goal of the present study, however, is not to analyze the process itself, but rather the outcome of the process. [...] In fact, on both the 1996 and 2001 censuses “Canadian” comprised the largest ethnic/cultural group in Canada.4 In their examination of ethnic origin responses in the Canadian census, Boyd and Norris (2001) argued that reporting “Canadian” as one’s ethnic origin is indicative of the dynamic nature of ethnic affiliation.
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