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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 …
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by Lindsay Van Dyk, Former Junior Researcher What do immigration rules tell us about Canada? Since 1869, Canada has had laws and regulations governing the admission of immigrants. Immigration legislation has evolved and changed over time, shaped by the shifting social, political and economic …
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Canada’s first immigration act following Confederation contained few restrictions on immigration. The government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald developed an open immigration policy to encourage the settlement of the West, seeking to enhance access to the region’s natural resources and create a …
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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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Josef and Elisabeth Follmer …
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Margaret, Susan Wort …
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Private Hayward James Harrison …
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Ferro,Pietro,Maria …
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The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին From 1923 to 1930, over 150 orphans of the Genocide of Armenians, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923, were brought …
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Gertrude Wilamoski …