DCHP-2
multicult DCHP-2 (November 2016)
Non-Canadianism
adj. — Ethnicities, abbreviation, informal, dated
multicultural.
The abbreviation had currency for some time in the 1990s and early 2000s, yet has been declining in use since. Despite COD-2's labelling of the term as "Cdn informal", we find no solid indicator that the short form is indeed Canadian (see also Chart 1, where .ca does not stand out in any clear manner).
The long form, multiculturalism, however, has become federal policy and later law in the Multiculturalism Act of 1985, a piece of legislation striving to accept the cultures of all Canadians regardless of their backgrounds. That policy is Culturally Significant (Type 4), yet the same cannot be claimed for the short form multicult.
