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    During the Pier 21 years (1928-1971) Dutch immigrants were the fifth largest ethnic group to arrive in Canada. In the pre Second World War years most Dutch immigrants settled in Ontario (15,000 between 1918 and 1939). They trickled in through the depression (3,200) but immigration largely halted …
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