Talk:List of Canadians by ethnicity

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[edit] Hyphenated Canadian

I think that it is innappropriate to have each ethnicity suffixed with -Canadian. This list is supposed to represent the ancestry of Canadians. Many Canadians' ancestors did not live in Canada, thus the "-Canadian" doesn't make sense. I suggest we just leave each ethnicity as it is described on the StatsCan website, but then link them to the "-Canadian" article if it exists. --Lesouris 21:44, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

We want to encourage people to create articles on each ethnic group, so keeping the red links is important. I also think keeping the '-Canadian' visible is useful because it shows the readers that there is a specific article on English-Canadians, and we are not just pointing to the general page on the English. - SimonP 22:27, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Major error in table

This article states the number of "Only Canadian" as 11,682,680. However look here. Notice that "4,934,545" are "multiple" respondents, meaning they choice another origin. They are listed in this table as "Only Canadian", but there are just 6,748,135 people who were "only Canadian". This article also uses arbitrary/innancurate use of hyphenated Canadian. StatCan did not capture who combined which origin, with which other origin. In other words, there's no seperate count for "French-Canadian" or "English-Canadian". French Canadians were counted as "French", and "Canadian", but not in a combined group of "French-Canadian". --rob 22:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
I noticed the "Only Canadian" number was originally correct, but than changed. I would have done a revert, but there is another error. StatCan didn't capture who was "(group)-Canadian". That is it counted "(group)-Canadian" as "(group)", and Canadian, but kept no count of "(group)-Canadian". The easiest thing would be to re-make the entire data table from original source. --rob 22:27, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I edited the article, and re-copied the data into it. I removed the hyphenated Canadians, because it's not information gathered. For example, if a Chinese citizen comes to Canada to attend a school, but doesn't become a citizen, or wish to be, or think they are, they are still given the census, will probably answer "Chinese" as their ancestory. --rob 01:02, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I still feel the hyphenated links are useful. The Chinese Canadian article covers all Chinese people in Canada, whether citizens or temporary residents. - SimonP 01:14, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

I will be willing to support the hyphenated *links*, but please don't display "--Canadian" next to the numbers, as that is false information. But, I would be fine with somebody clicking on "Irish", and going to "Irish-Canadian". --rob 01:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I extended the table to cover the smaller origins. I kept any valid links to all "(group)-Canadian" articles. But, I do not display the "-Canadian", since it's misleading. --rob 05:03, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

That is a fair compromise. - SimonP 12:30, August 12, 2005 (UTC)