The whole diversity issue

I might be obsessed with the concept of cultural diversity. As of late, the issue has been plaguing my conciousness. In particular, I am increasingly concerned about the 'Canadian identity' and what that will mean in the future.

Like most of the people I know, I consider Canada to be a multi-cultural country. This is true and not up for debate. Unlike some people however, I fear that Canada's identity is at risk of being replaced by a series of individual cultural identities, rather than a unified multi-cultural identity.

The situation isn't so dire, but at the same time it is something that needs to be addressed. In many communities around Canada, there is extreme ghettoization of certain immigrant groups. Individuals can exist speaking their mother tongue not knowing a word of either official language nor needing to. For individuals who live in these areas, I wonder what the Canadian identity means to them. What does Canada represent to someone who lives a marginally different life than the one they lived in China, India, Iran or Italy?

If Canadian municipalities continue to foster this cultural isolation versus an integrated social fabric, the Canada of years to come will merely be a society of societies each distinct. None the Canada I believe we can be.