English, Scottish, and Irish stock is the main settler beam in the house. A compound timber.
An Englishman from England is English. A Scot from Scotland is Scottish. An Irishman from Ireland is Irish.
A family planted here in the 1700s and 1800s is Canadian. Same rule as the St. Lawrence.
Same rule as the German concession.
1871 census:
Irish: 24%
English: 20%
Scottish: 16%
Together: three-fifths of the country.
Today that old line is still the largest historic block -- and the one most often told it has no particular claim.
The rose is not a guest.
The thistle is not a guest.
The shamrock is not a guest.
They stay planted only if those peoples replace themselves.
French Canadien stock is the deepest settler root in Canada.
Old German stock is part of the same country, not a guest in it.
A German from Germany is German. A family planted here in the 1700s and 1800s is Canadian.
Same rule as a family from the St. Lawrence.
1871 census:
French: 31%
German: 6%
Today, estimate:
Old French Canadien / Acadian line: high teens
Old German line: 5%
The poke is not contempt.
It is old neighbours asking each other to last.
The fleur-de-lis was here first.
The hat has been here a long time.
Both stay only if those peoples replace themselves.