• Canadian Multiculturalism Act, 1988
    … Canadian Multiculturalism Act of 1988 provided a legislative framework for the official policy of multiculturalism adopted by the government … The act grew out of a 1987 report issued by the parliamentary standing committee on multiculturalism which stated the existing policy of … emerged. In addition to cultural and linguistic retention, newcomers expressed concerns about employment, housing, education and …
  • Immigration Act, 1869
    … access to the region’s natural resources and create a larger market for manufactured goods. [1] The Immigration Act of 1869 primarily … 1869 limited the number of passengers aboard each vessel to one person for every two tons of the ship’s total weight. Ship captains were … Act contained few restrictions, large-scale immigration failed to become a reality. During the first three decades of Confederation, the …
  • Search for the First Families of Pier 21
    … Pier 21 and an historic moment at what would become the gateway to Canada for nearly one million immigrants over the next 43 years. One of … Family History Centre is the Museum’s research centre where visitors can have assistance tracing their family history and immigration … A History by Steven Schwinghamer and Jan Raska, co-published by the Canadian Museum of History, the Canadian Museum of Immigration, and the …
  • White Paper on Immigration, 1966
    … The White Paper on Immigration was a policy document commissioned by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester B. … in 1966 by Jean Marchand, the minister in charge of the newly formed Department of Manpower and Immigration. The report called for a … Policy since 1945,” International Journal 48, no. 2 (Spring 1993): 269. ↩ Kelley and Trebilcock, 358. ↩ …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in Council PC 1967-1616, 1967
    … immigration regulations introduced in 1967 established new standards for assessing potential immigrants and determining admissibility. … the discretionary power of immigration officials. [1] Based on the recommendations of the task force, a points system was established in … fashion. [4] Also included in the new policy was a provision allowing visitors to apply for immigrant status while already in Canada. If an …
  • Royal Commission on Italian Immigration, 1904-1905
    … to 150 percent above cost. [2] Cordasco induced Italian labourers to come to Canada by taking out advertisements in Italian-Canadian …
  • Railway Agreement, 1925
    … In September 1925, the Canadian government formalized an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) allowing the railway companies to control the recruitment and settlement of European … Railway and Department relating to Immigration,” R1206-127-4-E, volume 262, file Part 1, 1 September 1925 Valerie Knowles, Forging our Legacy …
  • Gentlemen’s Agreement, 1908
    … of Labour Rodolphe Lemieux negotiated an agreement with Japanese Foreign Minister Tadasu Hayashi to restrict Japanese immigration to … [7]   Library and Archives Canada. Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Debates, 10 th Parliament, 4 th Session, Volume 1 (21 January … 16 July 1894 http://web.archive.org/web/20120930132954/http:/www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/treaties/TS1/1894/23 ↩ Patricia E. Roy, A …
  • Reflections on Oral History Interviews from Prague Spring Refugees
    … July 19, 2021) Introduction As the Research Intern here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, as well as a History and … Additionally, as the granddaughter of Dutch immigrants who came to Canada after the Second World War, there’s nothing I love more than … the event becomes their (and our) collective strength. This is not to say that there are no overarching similarities in the Prague Spring …
  • The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
    … (plus amendments: 1887, 1892, 1900, 1903) Following the recommendations published in the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration in 1885, the federal government … to Canada were only permitted to transport one Chinese person for every fifty tons of the ship’s total weight. In comparison, ships …