Why isn't Canada considered part of Latin America?

[PaleoEuropean]

Cajuns in the USA are also Latinos, they are actually even race mixed with strong Non-European admixtures.



Many Latinos are White too, especially from countries like Uruguay, Argentina or from Southern Brazil.

French Canadians are mixed with Amerindian blood. Especially Acadians, Cajuns and related groups.



Politically they are rather Anti-Anglo:

the way I am using political is kind of nuanced, but it's like how we use race for statistics when we know race is not a valid notion and it's basically psuedo-science. There are some exceptions for sure, we would consider Cubans Hispanic probably. It's just the way it is, it probably doesn't make much sense as it doesn't to me either . Just kinda the way things are and nobody says anything because they aren't educated enough to know what the differences and correct ways are.

[Cristiano viejo]

I do consider Canadians as Latinos

[billErobreren]

Does it matter?

Well, If it's just Quebec, sure. It's just half frozen chunk of Argentina under protest subject the British crown. Quebec's got as much business being Latin American as the US protectorate of Puerto Rico( fun sized Cuba or alternatively Cajuns/Creoles that butcher Spanish instead of French and fly a Cuban flag they colored backwards) neither have been nations in their own right and simply went from being one empire's colony to that of another. Brazil and Haiti are often counted as Latin American though. People are arbitrary when it comes to this.

[Tenma de Pegasus]

If Haiti is latino, Quebec is Latin America too.

But both are not Ibero Americans, Ibero America is the best term to me.

Hispanics only include countries derived from Spain and exclude the portuguese Brazil which acounts for more than half of South America population, french ones like Quebec, Haiti and French Guyana are also excluded.

Many people feel confortable lumping Haiti with Latin America and let Quebec apart. Because Haiti is like Africa and Quebec like Europe, even still the majority of Latam regions are closer to Quebec development than to Haiti low ones. Thats only because they wanna feed their stereotypes.

Also, very poor shit countries like Suriname, Guayana and Belize are not Latin America, but Anglo Saxon America. Unfortunately americans never lump USA with Belize or Jamaica. But they love to lump Uruguay with Honduras and Panama??? Wtf?

[PaleoEuropean]

Does it matter?

Well, If it's just Quebec, sure. It's just half frozen chunk of Argentina under protest subject the British crown. Quebec's got as much business being Latin American as the US protectorate of Puerto Rico( fun sized Cuba or alternatively Cajuns/Creoles that butcher Spanish instead of French and fly a Cuban flag they colored backwards) neither have been nations in their own right and simply went from being one empire's colony to that of another. Brazil and Haiti are often counted as Latin American though. People are arbitrary when it comes to this.

I agree it's not a metric that should be read too much into XD.

[Peterski]

I do consider Canadians as Latinos

Tell me he doesn't look Latino, of course he does:

[Cristiano viejo]

Cajuns/Creoles that butcher Spanish instead of French

The Cajun flag contains the castle of the coat of arms of Castilla, in honour to Spain, since it was Spain who allowed that Cajuns settled in Lousiana



The gold star on the white field symbolizes Our Lady of the Assumption, the patron saint of Acadiana (the star also symbolizes the active participation of the Cajuns in the American Revolution, as soldiers under General Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Acadiana

[Tietar]

Canada began its history as a French colony, and a Latin language is still spoken by a large percentage of the population.

some states of america began as spanish colonies

[Pandit]

It's absurd to call French people Latinos.

They are Pale skinned, Alpine, dark haired and eyed and looks similar to British people than southern Europeans.

My mother's side of French with brown hair and eyes and all of her pure French family looks just like Anglos.

[Autrigón]

You are right in some aspect but the meaning of the word "Latin" has lost all of its original meaning. Nowadays the term "Latin" has been deformed, distorted and hasn't any kind of sense.

Even in Spain we call "Latins" people from South America but it has a racial connotation because we call Latins people with amerindian, black or mixed heritage...but we don't call Latins people from Argentina or Uruguay.
I see pure Amerindians from Ecuador or Peru calling themselves "Latins" without knowing the original meaning of the term Latin.

As you can see all of this is ridiculous. Originally you were Latin if you spoke a Latin language, in that way even the Romanians are Latins.

In any case the only pure Latins are the Italians.