Just to make the point that Im not making this problem up heres the abstract of   Who are the Canadians Changing census responses  Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal  Spring   by Monica Boyd  Doug Norris   At the close of the twentieth century Canadian has become the fastest growing ethnic origin group up from  percent in  to nearly  percent in  and to  percent in the  census of Canada From what groups did this indigenous label draw in the five years between the  and the  censuses Using unpublished tabulations from the   and  Canadian censuses this paper traces temporal shifts for a cohort of the Canadianborn age  in  and age  by  We find that most of the increases between  and  in Canadian ethnic origin responses are accompanied by intercensal losses in British origin responses Between  and  increasing Canadian responses went hand in hand with dramatic losses in both the British and French ethnic origin counts In some provinces notably the Prairie provinces of Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan shifts also occurred out of other ethnic groups