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The Canadian population, a mosaic of people

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The Canadian population, although basically made up of British Isles and French ethnic groups, is a mosaic of people whose forbears or who themselves have come from many lands. More than 42 percent of them are under 20 years of age.

Copyright photograph: The Montreal Gazette
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book 1967