• Empire Settlement Act, 1922
    … countries designed to facilitate the resettlement of agriculturalists, farm labourers, domestics and juvenile immigrants throughout the … Act. Inducements for emigration included reduced transportation fares, agricultural training and financial aid. Under the 3,000 Family Scheme, British families were offered financing for farm purchases, placement on Canadian farms and practical instruction …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    … from Canadian immigration policy. Skill became the main criteria for determining admissibility rather than race or national origin. When … Act, Immigration Regulations, Part I, Amended” RG2-A-1-a, volume 2269, PC 1962-86, 18 January 1962. “Immigration Act, Immigration Regulations, Part II, Amended” RG2-A-1-a, volume 2269, PC 1962-86, 1 February 1962 Valerie Knowles, Strangers at Our …
  • Immigration Act, 1906
    … immigration policy, expanding the categories of prohibited immigrants, formalizing a deportation process and assigning the government enhanced … the imposition of more stringent regulations. Immigration was becoming increasingly diverse at the beginning of the twentieth century … as well as the destitute, impoverished and anyone likely to become a public charge. Other inadmissible immigrants included those …
  • The Forgotten Immigrants: The Journey of the New England Planters to Nova Scotia, 1759-1768
    … The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … New Brunswick, between 1759 and 1768. They left a legacy that can be found in the social, religious, and political life of Atlantic Canada. Did You Know? 8,000 New Englanders came to present-day Nova …
  • Immigration Act Amendment, 1919
    … the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 generated widespread fear of communism and suspicion of enemy alien immigrants. The Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 exacerbated anti-foreign sentiment as many European workers were involved in the … accused of engaging in anti-government activity and those that had become public charges. [4] Further amendments authorized the …
  • Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration, 1885
    … the possibility of limiting Chinese immigration. [1] Commissioners J.A. Chapleau and J.H. Gray gathered testimony regarding Chinese …
  • Strategic Winter Port: A History of the Port of Saint John
    … Introduction: Establishing a Port at the Mouth of the St. John River Before the arrival of Europeans, the Wolastoqiyik (also known as … John River (known in Wolastoqiyik as Wolastoq ) and the area later encompassing Saint John ( Menahkwesk ). In 1604, a French expedition … Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-047926 Beginning in the latter-half of the nineteenth century, Saint John …
  • Humanitarian Gesture: Canada and the Tibetan Resettlement Program, 1971–5
    … Raska, PhD, Historian In 1966, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lobbied Canadian officials to accept a small number of Tibetan refugees for permanent resettlement. Initially, Canadian immigration officials …
  • Ben Viccari
    … Public Relations Society (Toronto) Inc. 1961-62. President Toronto Press Club 1981-82. President Canadian Ethnic Journalists' and Writers' … Committee for Ontario 1999. Married to former Anne Elizabeth Welch. Four children, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. …
  • Naturalization Act, 1914
    … The Naturalization Act of 1914 introduced more stringent requirements for naturalization in Canada. Prior to 1914, the process of naturalization was relatively straightforward. After three years of living in Canada, an immigrant could … nationality as determined by its legislature. Canada was the first commonwealth nation to adopt the imperial nationalization policy as …