Image Gallery On the Prairies, women were often responsible for farm work, and had to perform certain tasks when equipment or livestock was not available. Here, Doukhobour women are shown pulling a plough through a field in Saskatchewan, ca. 1903. Jewish immigrants to the West came in large numbers, but did not settle in rural areas permanently. As most Jews were employed in retail and other urban businesses, Jews tended to congregate in cities. Winnipeg became a centre for Jewish immigrants. Ukrainians were one of the largest groups to settle the Prairies between 1867 and 1914, traditionally building whitewashed homes with thatched roofs. Canadian immigration agencies produced millions of pieces of literature in European languages as to advertise to potential European immigrants. Winnipeg became the centre of the Canadian West. It was the hub of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and usually the arrival point of immigrants, who would then disperse into the vast Prairies. Between 1910 and 1911, about 1500 Blacks came to the Prairies from the United States, specifically from Oklahoma. The majority of these people settled in Amber Valley, Alberta.
