From: The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples/South Asians/Milton Israel
For most South Asian Canadians, significant elements or the whole of traditional family values and norms remain primary in the ordering of their lives. Virtually all of them are either immigrants themselves or members of a family whose senior members are immigrants. Intergenerational disputes have introduced assimilating pressures into their homes and they have responded with a range of adaptive and defensive strategies. In general, South Asians have integrated successfully into Canadian society. They have managed as well to recreate essential aspects of their social and religious institutional life. The extent to which the next generation will preserve what has been transferred from their cultural homelands remains unclear.
