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Originally Posted by 4X4
I've met enough people in enough places that I'm very self assured about Canada's culture. Seems to me that it's mostly snobby Canadians that have traveled to a couple other countries and ate some bug on a stick that suddenly think that Canada (or Calgary) lacks "culture".
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I think Canada has its own culture, it may not be as vibrant, colorful or flamboyant, but there is culture here.
I have been to few places outside of Canada and have had a taste of different culture and how the society works compare to here. I have to say that I wasn't born in Canada, but I have lived here long enough to call it my home more so than the country I was born in.
I went to Pakistan a while ago, amongst the people of my own color and language, and yet I felt like an outcast. I think what changed was my way of thinking and that is when I realized that no matter what traditional food I eat and how I dress, the values that have been instilled in me because of living in Canada is what mattered the most. I found good and not-so-good within the culture I used to follow, so I have kept what I think is the best and left the rest out.
I live in Toronto, and the multiculturalism over here is mind-blowing, I get to learn something new everyday, let it be food, music, dance or even people's perspective influenced by their own culture. Can one say that having multiculturalism is a culture in itself?
You don't have to dress a certain way or eat certain foods to define Canadian culture. I think maybe that itself is a culture. Though, I do have to say when I watch The Great Canadian Food Show, regardless of the European influence on the food, I still find it to be a part of our culture.
So, I guess I would say Canada has its own culture, and it may not be comparable to the "richness" in other cultures around the world, but we definitely have "richness" in our way of thinking.