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Barbara M. Orford Leclerc …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Saturnia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 7, 1957 Age on Arrival: 19 My father came to Canada as a 19- year from a town in Italy called Venzone He had papers that he would have a job with the CN railway. He did not know how to …
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Mario and Giuseppina …
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Emily Bramble and Pauline …
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Luigi, Margherita, Angelo Turchetta …
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Salvatore and Salvatrice La Rosa …
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Time: 9:10 Transcript Neepawa is a small town in western Manitoba, in the Canadian prairies. A service centre for grain and livestock farms, Neepawa has a population of just under 5,000 people. The town has been growing over the past decade, with a 27% increase in the population between 2011 and …
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The Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration was appointed to obtain proof that restricting Chinese immigration to Canada was in the best interest of the country. Approximately 15,000 Chinese labourers came to Canada in the 1880s to work on the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway in …
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(plus amendments: 1887, 1892, 1900, 1903) Following the recommendations published in the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration in 1885, the federal government passed a bill to restrict Chinese immigration to Canada. The Chinese Immigration Act imposed a duty of $50 on every Chinese person seeking …
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The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Immigration of Italian Labourers to Montreal and the Alleged Fraudulent Practices of Employment Agencies was called in 1904 to investigate the recent influx of Italian labourers to Montreal and their exploitation by immigration agents. There were …