One in five people foreign-born stats reveal as Canada struggles with overt racism

OTTAWA - One-in-five people in Canada is foreign-born according to census numbers released Tuesday, an immigration surge unprecedented in a quarter-of-a-century and one that comes as the country grapples with acts of overt racism that fly in the face of Canada's reputation for tolerance. While the "neo-racism" that infects society through subtle, systemic practices has largely been the focus of anti-racism crusaders, recent reports of assaults against Asian fisherman in Ontario and open anti-Muslim sentiment in Quebec have become the subject of inquiries and commissions.
Canada garners kudos from around the world for laws promising equality for all, but experts say the true test of a tolerant nation is in day-to-day living.

So I keep on reading, and I come across this line:

Among Western nations, only Australia had a higher percentage of foreign-born residents (22.2 per cent) than Canada in 2006. The United States had 12.5 per cent foreign-born.

And I stopped dead.

I have two questions.

1. What is a Western Nation?

2. Is Australia a Western Nation according to the answer in question 1?

Bizzare.

Yuy Ren