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Burnaby North—Seymour
Burnaby North—Seymour () is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Burnaby—Douglas and North Vancouver (electoral district), North Vancouver. Burnaby North—Seymour was created by the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. Demographics :''According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation'' Languages: 58.2% English, 10.1% Cantonese, 7.7% Mandarin, 2.9% Italian, 2.6% Korean, 1.8% Persian, 1.7% Spanish, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.2% French Religions (2011): 44.8% Christian (21.3% Catholic, 4.5% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.1% Other), 3.6% Buddhist, 2.9% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Year 1359 ( MCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 25 – The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France. * June 21 – Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army. * July 4 – Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander, Gil de Albornoz. * August – Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg. * August 23 – Ismail II overthrows his uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panethnicity
Panethnicity is a political neologism used to group various ethnic groups together based on their related cultural origins; geographic, linguistic, religious, or "racial" (i.e. phenotypic) similarities are often used alone or in combination to draw panethnic boundaries. The term panethnic was used extensively during mid-20th century anti-colonial/national liberation movements. In the United States, Yen Le Espiritu popularized the term and coined the nominal term panethnicity in reference to Asian Americans, a racial category composed of disparate peoples having in common only their origin in the continent of Asia. It has since seen some use as a replacement of the term '' race''; for example, the aforementioned Asian Americans can be described as "a panethnicity" of various unrelated peoples of Asia, which are nevertheless perceived as a distinguishable group within the larger multiracial North American society. More recently the term has also come to be used in contexts outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Reserves
In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Reserves are areas set aside for First Nations, one of the major groupings of Indigenous peoples in Canada, after a contract with the Canadian state ("the Crown"), and are not to be confused with Indigenous peoples' claims to ancestral lands under Aboriginal title. Demographics Canada has designated 3,394 reserves for over 600 First Nations, as per the federal publication "Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence, Indian Status is granted to members of a registered band who are eligible to live on these reserves. By 2020, reserves provided shelter for approximately half of these band members. Many reserves have no resident population; typically they are small, remote, non-contiguous pieces of land, a fact which has led many t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Highway 7
Highway 7, known for most of its length as the Lougheed Highway and Broadway, is an alternative route to British Columbia Highway 1, Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. Whereas the Limited-access road, controlled-access Highway 1 follows the southern bank of the Fraser River, Highway 7 follows the northern bank. Highway 7 was first commissioned in 1941, and originally went from Vancouver to Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Harrison Hot Springs; between Port Moody and Port Coquitlam it followed the then existing Dewdney Trunk Road. In 1953, Highway 7 between Vancouver and Coquitlam was moved to its current alignment. Its eastern end was moved south from Harrison Hot Springs to Agassiz, British Columbia, Agassiz in 1956, and then east to Ruby Creek, British Columbia, Ruby Creek in 1968. In September 1972, the eastern end of Highway 7 was extended to include a junction with Highway 1 just north of Hope, British Columbia, Hope. The name of the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
