Discuss TWO reasons, other than language, why Canada does not fit the nation-state concept.

The sovereign nation is a geographical phrase for a structure of management in which the overwhelming majority of a community or region has the same ethnic heritage as national identity, which equates to state boundaries, a physical border, and a single government administration. Japan, Croatia, and other countries are examples.

The reason for unfit Canada for the nation-state concept other than language is:

1. Ethnic diversity: in Canada, there are many East, South, and Southeast Asians, Eastern Europeans, French Caribbean, Latin Americans, and African immigration.

2. Diverse culture: various religious groups (e.g., Catholics, Protestants, Hutterites, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Sikh, Animist, secularism) or cultural heritage (e.g., Catholics, Protestants, Hutterites, Muslim, Jews, Buddhist, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Sikh, Animist, secularism) or cultural traditions (e.g., Catholics, Protestants, Hutterites, Muslims, Jews, Buddhist (e.g. food, customs).

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Explanation:

The nation state a geopolitical term that describes a system of organization in which a great majority of a country or nation shares the same cultural identity as national identity which equals political boundaries, with a physical border and single government administration. For example, Japan, Croatia etc.

Hence, Canada cannot be categorized as a nation state because aside language, there exist the following:

1. Multiple nations: there is presence of people of First Nations, indigenous people; Québécois, Anglo Canadians in the country.

2. Multiple ethnicities: there exist quite a number of East, South, or Southeast Asians; Eastern Europeans; French Caribbean; Latin Americans; or African immigrants in Canada.

3. Cultural diversity: there is also presence of various religious groups (e.g. Catholics, Protestants, Hutterites, Muslim, Jews, Buddhist, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Sikh, Animist, secularism) or cultural traditions (e.g. food, customs).

Others factors or reasons include the following:

4. Ethnoregionalism

5. Regional party politics

6. Government policies

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