Canadians are more likely than their U.S. counterparts to see language, customs and traditions as central to their national identity, a new survey suggests.
Some 84 per cent of respondents to the Pew Research Center poll released Thursday said speaking English or French is very or somewhat important to being Canadian, while only 15 per cent said the opposite.
In the U.S.,
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