If you are traveling from a European or American city, the Canadian culture may seem very similar to your own. However, there are many cultural traditions unique to Canada. The uniqueness of Canada is that it protects the multiculturalism of its melting pot of citizens. While other countries create policies to form a single national culture or identity, Canada promotes the European, Asian, African and Caribbean peoples that make up a modern day Canada.

In fact, the town or neighborhood you are in will have vastly different cultural nuances. One is hard-pressed to delineate Canada. Andrew Cohen phrased it best when he wrote, "Canada resists easy definition", The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are.

Canadians salute the maple leaf flag and rally behind their nation. Perhaps it is because Canada embraces her past and respects the cultures of people who influenced who she is today.

The French had a large role to play in developing the multiculturalism and bilingualism that Canadians enjoy today. Canada has passed several acts and policies that protect the rights and acceptance of diversity. In fact, the expectation of diversity has created a social norm of multiculturalism. In cities suck as Montreal and Toronto, bilingual cultures unite around the ideal of maintaining diversity. A community celebrating its differences and uniqueness is a model for the rest of the world to embrace.

When traveling to Canada, one can expect to see flavors and customs of the world. Keeping an open mind and embracing the vastness of Canadian culture is the key to traveling to Canada and seeing the country and her people for all their beauty.

The spirit of embracing the multiculturalism of a rich history is not confined to history books and museums. Even still today, Canada opens its arms to citizens of the world; immigration accounts for more than 50 percent of Canada's population growth. The majority of immigrants come from Asia and the Middle East.

Canadians may embrace European and Asian nations more than they embrace their neighbor to the south, The United States. Many civic nationalists encourage a closer relationship with the European Union and discourage ties with the U.S. This anti-American group holds hostility towards the U.S. to the point of doing things unlike America in order to try and set the country apart. This mantra is typically adopted by the Liberal Party of Canada, who is known for making off-color remarks about Americans.

If having a common enemy brings a people together, then the left side of this group definitely has a common interest. However, not all Canadians boast this attitude and many are friendly to American tourists, and tourists of all nations. Regardless of nationalist ideals and historic rivalry, the two countries - Canada and the United States - are more alike than any two nations on earth may be. Perhaps the difficulty of defining a people so similar encourages Canadians to define themselves as who they are not and a "we are not Americans" attitude evolves. For a country so emphatic on accepting diversity, there is some hypocrisy toward accepting an American culture so close to Canada's own.

Despite the similarities or differences, Canada stands out as a unique and rich culture that draws tourists, immigrants and loyalty from her people. Canadians offer a rich contribution to music, literature, film, sports and more.

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