Overview American "melting pot"--immigrants coming to the new country of the US and throwing off their old customs,languages and traditions in favour of becoming“American'' Canadian"mosaic"--immigrants do not throw off their customs and ways of life but adapted them to the new environment,thus resembles a mosaic of different cultures which overlap but do not overwhelm each other Overview American “melting pot” -- immigrants coming to the new country of the US and throwing off their old customs, languages and traditions in favour of becoming “American” Canadian “mosaic” -- immigrants do not throw off their customs and ways of life but adapted them to the new environment, thus resembles a mosaic of different cultures which overlap but do not overwhelm each other