• Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 22, 2020) Immigration through the Port of Quebec during the 1920s In the 1920s, the Port of Quebec’s primary function became grain export. However, the site continued to be a major point of entry for immigrants to Canada. On 28 May 1921, Toronto's Globe …
  • Tom and Vi Appleton and Family
    Tom and Vi Appleton and Family …
  • Alfredo Mancini
    Alfredo Mancini …
  • Edith May Thompson Hauger
    Edith May Thompson Hauger …
  • Canziano e Iolanda
    Canziano e Iolanda …
  • Trooper Carl Andrew Danroth
    Trooper Carl Andrew Danroth …
  • Joan Eileen Cusack
    Joan Eileen Cusack …
  • Carmine Antonio Marrone
    Carmine Antonio Marrone …
  • Immigration Act, 1906
    The Immigration Act of 1906 introduced a more restrictive immigration policy, expanding the categories of prohibited immigrants, formalizing a deportation process and assigning the government enhanced powers to make arbitrary judgements on admission. The new immigration act was developed under the …
  • Gentlemen’s Agreement, 1908
    (Hayashi-Lemieux Agreement) In 1908, Canadian Minister of Labour Rodolphe Lemieux negotiated an agreement with Japanese Foreign Minister Tadasu Hayashi to restrict Japanese immigration to Canada. Under the terms of the “gentlemen’s agreement,” the Japanese government agreed to voluntarily limit the …