In 1931, Canada achieved near total independence from the United Kingdom with the Statute of Westminster 1931<span>, and full sovereignty was attained when the </span>Canada Act 1982<span> removed the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the </span>Parliament of the United Kingdom<span>.Canada is a </span>federal parliamentary democracy<span> and a </span>constitutional monarchy<span>, with Queen </span>Elizabeth II<span> being the head of state. The country is </span>officially bilingual<span> at the federal level. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and </span>multicultural<span> nations, the product of </span><span>large-scale immigration from many other countries</span>
