Canada is a nation of obvious cultural diversity. Over the past two centuries, heavy immigration has made it one of the most multicultural of all industrial nations. These immigrates are among people from Asia, Middle East, and partly from United Kingdom. Given this diversity, many people call Canada a cultural mosaic. Multiculturalism is defined as a social policy designed to encourage ethnic or cultural heterogeneity. This essay will discuss the advantages of multiculturalism and the challenges that Canada faces due to the built up of many different nationalities and ethnic groups.
             Language is one of the most debatable issues that cause controversy in Canada over multiculturalism. Canada is officially bilingual; however, the country consists of people with many different mother tongues. The minority part of our culture are force to either speak English or French and gradually, they will lose the use of their mother tongues and with that, their unique culture characteristic will also be lost. A major question that faces Canada is to what extend should Canada encourage minority groups to maintain their language and culture. As a bilingual myself I believe that it is very complex to maintain my own culture in my point of view. At home, I speak my mother tongue, which is Chinese, but I speak English to my peers. I was not born in Canada myself; however, I came to Canada at a very young age. I find it harder to practice the language Chinese and also some Chinese traditions, as I grew older. I tend to speak more English not just to my peers, but also t!
             o my parents. However, I do find multiculturalism a very helpful to learn about other languages and ethnic backgrounds.
             Aside from languages, another challenge that multiculturalism faces is that with such diversity in our culture, minority groups tend to identify with their own subculture instead of Canada as a whole. There are evidences that students are more prone ...