100 Years of Immigration to Canada
Guided Notes
I 1900 – 1915
A)Economy was growing and immigrants were attracted by possibility of good job prospects
- Three reasons for the increased demand for labour:
- ______
- ______
- ______
B)Aggressive ______
campaigns by the Canadian government increased immigration
C)The high volume of immigrants dramatically increased Canada’s population
- Immigrants made up approximately ______
percent of the population by 1911.
D)By 1911, most immigrants settled in the ______
E)Between 1904 and 1914, the most common occupation reported by adult
women immigrants was ______
II Immigration from Outside Britain and the U.S.
A) By the end of the 19th century (1800s), the following groups had begun to
enter Canada:
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
B)The above groups continue to immigrate to Canada until the start of
______
C)Immigration policy in the early 1900s discouraged the following groups
from coming into Canada:
- ______
- ______
- ______
III The Wars and the Great Depression 1915-1946
A)Immigration came to a ______
with the outbreak of World War One
B)In the ______immigration increased again
C)The ______and ______
caused immigration to decrease again in the 1930s and 1940s
D)Increasingly, immigrants gravitated to ______
areas
E)______was still the leading source of
immigrants.
F)In the 1920s, most immigrants came from:
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
G)During the Depression, most immigrants came from:
- ______
- ______
- ______
4. ______
H)Many people fleeing World War II atrocities were banned from entering Canada such as:
- ______
I)Laws were also passed which restricted the movement of people who came
from “enemy” countries such as ______
IV The Boom Years: 1946-1970
A)Beginning in 1946, Orders-in-Council paved the way for immigrants who
had been ______from their homeland
B)By 1958 immigration levels started to fall because
- ______
- ______
C)Between 1951 and 1971, the population grew more because of
______
than because of immigration.
D) Fewer immigrants settled in the Prairies due to an economic shift. Our
economy was no longer based on agriculture but based on
______and ______
E) After World War II, most immigrants were still British, but a lot also came
from the following countries:
- ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
- ______
V New Immigration Policies
A)Immigration Act of 1952 labelled “white” immigrants as preferable
B)Immigration Act of ______changed this so that immigrants from
non-white countries could enter Canada
VI 1970-1996: Growth and Diversity
A)The ______Immigration Act officially allowed
refugees into Canada for the first time (people who were
escaping their home countries due to discrimination, war, etc.)
B)By the time of the 1996 census, ______percent of the Canadian
population were foreign born.
C)The fact that the immigration policy was now based on:
- ______
And
- ______
changed the types of immigrants who were coming to Canada. We now had
many non-Europeans entering Canada.
D)By ______27% of Canadian immigrants had been born in
______
E)The top five countries for immigrants between 1991 and 1996 were:
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
VII Immigration and the Growth of Visible Minorities
A)Most recent immigrants live in Canada’s largest cities of:
- ______
- ______
- ______
B)Because of the size of Toronto, ______
percent of all immigrants end up settling in Ontario
VIII Recent Immigrants’ Adjustment to the Labour Force
* Disparities between recent immigrants and the Canadian born population
in terms of employment seem to ______
over time. This is because there is a period of adjustment when moving to a new
country. (A good case in point is the Irish, Italian, Greek, Polish, Jewish
immigrants….. who came to Canada over the past 150 years and faced
discrimination as well as lower employment earnings than their Canadian born
counterparts. The children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of these
immigrants, however, now occupy a large section of the generously paid labour
force and play a significant leadership role in politics and society, generally)