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Spanish Canadians, in Spanish as Canadienses-Españoles, and in French as Canadiens Espagnols. A Canadian Spaniard would be a person who holds a European Union Spanish citizenship from Spain as well as one from Canada. The Laws in Spain (see Spanish nationality law) limits who may be granted Spanish citizenship from Latin America to parents and grandparents who once held spanish citizenship. More recently the legal system in Spain has granted citizenship to Cubans, who can prove that their grandparents immigrated to Cuba during the Spanish Civil War (see Law of Historical Memory). ==Population== The population of Canadians self-identified as of Spanish descent is 325,740, including those with multiple ethnic backgrounds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables (2006 Census) )〕 However, the laws in Spain limit the people who may be called Spaniard to those who can hold a European Union Spanish Citizenship. For example, a Latin American would not be considered Spanish or a Spaniard in Spain until he can prove that his most recent parents or grandparents once held a Spanish passport or citizenship. The actual population that can legally be called Spaniard is probably only a fraction of the 325,730 since most Latin Americans with a Spanish heritage without Spanish citizenship falsely assume its right to self identify themselves as Spanish Canadians. This error originates with the actual Canadians who tend to blindly group all Latin Americans who speak the Spanish language as Spanish. Spanish Canadians who hold Spanish Citizenship from Spain are mostly concentrated in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. Spaniards are found in all areas of the city of Montreal as well as in suburbs such as Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Laval, Brossard and Greenfield Park. There is no "Spanish quartier", but Montreal’s Rue Saint-Laurent is home to Spanish associations, which should not be confused with Latin American Associations, as well as to the Librería Española.〔(Community Life )〕 The present day Canadian Spanish population did not appear in Ontario and Quebec until the mid 20th century and have not really had a profound impact in developing or promoting their language and culture, unlike the Spanish Speaking Latin American Canadian community. This in part is due to the fact that the Spanish population in Canada is almost insignificant in comparison to the Spanish speaking Latin American Canadian community. Another reason is that in Spain there exists the Catalan, Basque, and Galician languages and most spaniards seem to be more regionalistic and more loyal to the heritage and culture associated with one of these languages. As a rule of thumb, the second generation Spanish Canadians seem to have become indifferent or have lost interest in having any ties to Spain and have easily been absorbed into the anglophone or francophone Canadian culture. (see Catalan People, Basque people, Galician People, and Castilian people ). Ironically, the spanish speaking Latin Americans have made a great effort to promote their Latin American spanish heritage by organizing soocer leagues for all ages, spanish newspapers - El Popular, spanish radio stations, spanish television - Telelatino, the year round Hispanic Fiesta etc... In addition Latin American families are so loyal to the spanish language that they have taken great efforts to preserved it down to the fourth generation, so much so that the face of spanish speakers in Canada tends to be overwhelmingly Latin American instead of Spaniard. 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「Canadians of Spanish descent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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