[Rathji]

I believe people in Canada have been culturally socialized by the fragment theory which says that if one culture splits off of another one, the dominant ideologies of the time will be used as the basis of their national culture.

When Canada was formed a large portion of the English speaking population was either from England or was a Loyalist who emigrated here from the US because they did not support the revolution. The 2 groups of people would, generally speaking, have anti-American feelings given the situation of the American revolution etc.

This portion of the national culture is really the only thing that Canadians have that make them unique compared to other English speaking cultures in the world. So this attitude has been passed down from parent to child, through literature, media and other sources and forms a part of our identity as Canadians today.


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I have no idea where I heard of this, maybe history class, but it makes sense to me.