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Canadian Americans are American citizens or nationals who were born in and/or largely grew up in Canada, but later moved into the United States. It can also be used to refer to American-born citizens who either have parents who immigrated from Canada or have significant Canadian ancestry and/or identity. The term is particularly apt when applied or self-applied to people with strong ties to Canada, such as those who have lived a significant portion of their lives or were educated in Canada, and then relocated to the United States. To others, especially for those living in New England or the Midwest, a Canadian-American is one whose ancestors came from Canada.〔Mark Paul Richard, "From 'Canadien' to American: The Acculturation of French-Canadian Descendants in Lewiston, Maine, 1860 to the Present", PhD dissertation Duke U. 2002; ''Dissertation Abstracts International,'' 2002 62(10): 3540-A. DA3031009, 583p.〕 The term ''Canadian'' refers to some as nationality, and to others as ethnicity. English-speaking Canadian immigrants easily integrate and assimilate into American culture and society as a result of the cultural similarities and in the vocabulary and accent in spoken English.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Veta: Good vocabulary - Accent training online - American Accent )〕 French-speaking Canadians, because of language, culture, and religion, tend to take longer to assimilate.〔l’Actualité économique, Vol. 59, No 3, (september 1983): 423-453 and Yolande LAVOIE, L’Émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis de 1840 à 1930, Québec, Conseil de la langue française, 1979.〕 However, by the 3rd generation, the assimilation is complete, and the Canadian identity is more or less folklore.〔Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups,Stephan Thernstorm, Harvard College, 1980, p 392〕 This took place, even though half of the population of the province of Quebec emigrated to the US between 1840 and 1930.〔l’Actualité économique, Vol. 59, No 3, (september 1983): 423–453 and Yolande LAVOIE, L’Émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis de 1840 à 1930, Québec, Conseil de la langue française, 1979.〕 Many New England cities formed ''Little Canadas'', but many of these have gradually disappeared. This cultural "invisibility" within the larger U.S. population is seen as creating stronger affinity amongst Canadians living in the U.S. than might otherwise exist.〔This American Life Program No. 65 "Who's Canadian", Chicago Public Radio, Broadcast May 30, 1997, http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=65〕 According to U.S. Census estimates the number of Americans of Canadian ancestry was around 640,000 in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=c2kbr01-2.qxd )〕 Some sources have cited the number to possibly be over 1,000,000. Canadians who travel to the U.S. to escape their colder winter are known as "snowbirds". They sometimes have residences in the Southern half of the U.S. (e.g. Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia, Southern Texas, Southern California, and Arizona).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snowbird RV Parks )〕 ==Americans of Canadian descent== *Walter Chrysler, automotive industry executive and founder of the Chrysler Corporation *Walt Disney, Animator〔Lori Rackl (September 27, 2009). "Walt Disney, the man behind the mouse". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-10-21.〕 *Will Durant, Historian and philosopher〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will Durant Online: The Gentle Philosopher )〕 *Thomas Edison, Inventor〔http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=443&ResourceType〕 *Brendan Fraser, Film and stage actor *Missy Franklin, Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer *Rene Gagnon, U.S. Marine hero〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestry of Frances Ether Gumm ('Judy Garland') )〕 *Robert Goulet, Singer and actor〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Goulet Biography (1933–) )〕 *Mike Gravel, Senator from Alaska〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestry of Mike Gravel )〕 *Phil Hendrie, Radio personality and comedian〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Phil Hendrie Show Log – April 2000 )〕 *Jimi Hendrix, Musician 〔Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Caesar (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. St. Martin's Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-312-13062-7.〕 *Jack Kerouac, Poet and writer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack Kerouac – bio and links )〕 *Grace Metalious, Author *Paul LePage, Governor of Maine〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul LePage )〕 *Rudy Vallée, Saxophone player〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rudy Vallee )〕 *Mark Wahlberg, Actor 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Americans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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