Old Stock Canadians

Old Stock Canadians
Vieux Stock canadiens (French)
One version of the Canadian Red Ensign.
The banners on the shield represent the ancestries usually associated with 'Old Stock Canadians' (English, Scottish, Irish, French).
Regions with significant populations
Canada and the United States[1]
Languages
Religion
Christianity
Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Old Stock Americans, English, French, Québécois, Acadians, Irish, Scots, First Nations, Métis, Inuit

Old Stock Canadians is a term referring to European Canadians whose families have lived in Canada for multiple generations. It is used by some to refer exclusively to Anglophone Canadians with British settler ancestors,[2] but it usually refers to either Anglophone or Francophone Canadians as parallel old stock groups. Francophone Canadians descended from early French settlers in New France (prior to the British conquest of French Canada in 1763) are sometimes referred to as Québécois pure laine, often translated as "dyed in the wool", but with the same connotation as old stock.[3]

  1. ^ Hornsby, Stephen. "Explanatory maps of Saint Croix & Acadia: Acadian Deportation, Migration, and Resettlement". umaine.edu. Canadian-American Center. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ Hume, Stephen (2 October 2015). "Harper turns 863,000 Canadians into second-class citizens". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ^ Hopper, Tristin (20 September 2015). "Taking stock of 'old stock Canadians': Stephen Harper called a 'racist' after remark during debate". National Post. Toronto. Retrieved 28 January 2017. "pure laine" (pure wool), a term to describe someone whose lineage is 100 per cent derived from New France settlers.