#canadianization

[kozilmog]

What about Wolverine into a big bald lumberjack? With big boots and a flannel jacket showing his chest hair? He is Canadian after all!

Wolverine -> Lumberjack

You should be careful going out now-a-days. You never know when a slime, made from concentrated Canadian Masculinity dissolve each layer of your clothing and take over your body, turning you into a bald, bearded Canadian Lumberjack.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Sault Moulds the Alien Into Good Canadian; Clubs, Lodges and Churches Help,” Sault Star. December 12, 1932. Page 3. ---- Italians Lead Numerically Those of Foreign Extraction; Finns Next ---- That the west end of the city is progressing from a social standpoint is amply demonstrated by a review of the various organizations existing in that section at the present time. Church, club and commercial enterprise have done a great deal in transforming he west end district from a sparsely settled shrub covered country of 20 years ago into the prospering, pleasant locality which it is today. With churches numbering in the neighborhood of 20, attended by residents of the west end to a great extent, clubs and lodges with an almost exclusive west end membership. numbering eight, not including those. with church connections and business establishments which compete with the average of any community, the residents of that part of the city are due to a great portion of the credit for the making of a thriving and friendly Sault Ste. Marle

Unlike the eastern part of the city, the west end is divided to a great extent into small communities, each populated by people of a certain nationlity. The new Canadians, consisting of people of Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Fincish, Ruthenian and Croatian stock, occupy the greater part of the section generally referred to as west. Each one of these small communities has its own churches, clubs and to some extent business establishments, but despite this fact the new Canadian resident cannot be termed clannish, for at all times he is willing to mingle and enjoy himself with the crowd.

There are several institutions which have done a great work in moulding the character of the people from the old land and their children, in such a manner as to render them first class Canadians, but probably the most outstanding of these are the All Peoples' United Church, the St. Mary's School and the McFadden School. In cases where the parents were poor and terribly busy in the grind and rush of earning a livelihood in a strange land, the three named institutions are deserving of every commendation for instructions and care rendered to the children along religious, social and physical lines.

The two leading Italian organizatlons are the Marconi and Sons of Italy Societies. The Marconi Society, which was established in the Sault in 1912, with only a few members, has now over 225 on the roll. Having been incorporated in 1917, it carries a sick relief fund, practically guaranteeing the members from financial distress on account of illness. The president of the Marconi Society is Mr. A. Candelori. The organization met for some time in the Sons of Italy headquarters, but last year built and opened their own hall on Albert Street West, on November 25. Their hall is located just opposite the St. Mary's School. The Sons of Italy, who for several years met in their hall en Queen Street, West, built a new hall on Cathcart Street which was opened September 21, of this year. The combined value of these two new buildings is estimated at about $30,000 and emphasises in a way the progress of the Italian people in the Sault. Mr. L. Pasquantonio Is the president of the Sons of Italy. There are sister lodges of these two organizations, the Princess Marie Jose Lodge of the Sons of Italy and the Electra Marconi Society, the ladies' lodge of the Marconi Society. There is also the Fratellanza Calabresía, a brotherhood society of the Italians. The Italians too. are artistic by nature and there are several musical groups, orchestras and bands, that give good entertainment. There is this year also a good dramatic club, that under the auspices of the Sons of Italy produces very creditable plays and concerts.

The Italians rank first as far as population is concerned among the New Canadian classes. There are 4,500 people in this city who are Italian by birth

Next to the Italians come the Finnish who in the past three or four years have come to the Sault in great numbers. The climate of the Sault is similar to that in Finland and the Finnish people favor the cold of the north country. Since 1928 the number has grown from nearly 1,000 to about 1,800. They are, to a considerable extent, the types that are known as seasonal workers, doing bush jobs in the winter and construction work in the summer. Owing to this fact the Finnish population of the Sault fluctuates with the seasons, there being twice as many here in the summer then there are in the winter. There are two distinct groups of Finnish people, the members of the Finnish Organizations, the official headquarters of which is on Thompson Street, and the Hussey Hall Group. They are ardent physical culturists, going in for wrestling and discus throwing a great deal.

Two nationalities that have close to the same population in the Sault, are the Ukrainians and the Croatians The Ukrainians number about 1,800. A great many of them reside in Bay View. They have two branches of their cultural organizations here, the Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temple and the Workers' Benevolent Society. Headquarters of both organizations are situated in Winnipeg. Two schools are maintained here, one in the city and one in Bay View, the purpose of which is to teach the children the language of their forefathers and to train them along musical lines. They have a keen sense of the artistic, and among them are some fine musicians. They have had a mandolin orchestra of 50 places, practically all children taking part. As these have grown older they have taken places in other orchestras. At the All Peoples' church there is a very good orchestra of Ukrainians, under the direction of Mr. D. Bondur. There is also an exceptional Croatlan orchestra under the direction of S. Bosnakovich, who is a composer as well as leader, and their music is full of lilting melody. The Ukrainians have the third largest language group in Canada, there being 300,000 in all from coast to coast. They come to a great extent from a state called Eastern Galicia, where land is scarce and the farmer (and Ukrainians are farmers by choice), has a hard time making his living.

The Croatians number about 100 families, and a population including single men, of about 1,500. They are not all west end residents. They have two local societies. the Croatian Fraternal Union and the Slavonian-Croatian Union.

The Poles and Russians in the city number less than is generally supposed, there being no more than 150 Poles and 100 Russians, though they have no classified organizations a number of them belong to the Ukrainian groups.

The Jewish group is the smallest yet most interesting body in the city. There are only 14 families, who have a 100 per cent organization in the Zionist Society, and who maintain a school to teach their children the Jewish language.

Other groups in the city of foreign stock are the Chinese, numbering 100, who have a society of 75 members known as the Kuo-min-tang, the Serbians numbering 100, the Czecho-Slovaks 150. Then there are several other nationalities represented by from 10 to 30 people. Among them are the Rumanian, the Bulgarian, German, Swede, Norwegian, Armenian, Syrian, Greek, Spaniard. Danes and White Russians, a nationality distinct from the Russian.