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Impact of Immigration on Canada. Focus: 19 th and Early 20 th Century.
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Impact of Immigration on Canada Focus: 19th and Early 20th Century “Immigration, the entrance of people into a country for the purpose of settling there, has always played a central role in Canada’s history…In fact, without the immigrants who have settled in all areas of the country since the turn of the century, Canada would not be the culturally rich, prosperous, and progressive nation that it is today.” Citizenship & Immigration Canada http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/legacy/chap-1.asp
What is the Impact of Immigration on Canada? • What do we mean by Impact? • Positive/Negative/Neutral • Short term/Long term (legacy) • Personal/Collective • Local/National • Formal/Informal • Social/Political/Economic Different methods of analysing (finding patterns within observations)
Impact of Immigration • Observation • Who Came (groups, gender, age, ethnicity, linking characteristics) • When • From Where • How (transportation, processes) • Why • Analysis • Contributions to development of Canada • Impact • Positive/Negative/Neutral • Short term/Long term (legacy) • Personal/Collective • Local/National • Formal/Informal • Social/Political/Economic
Impact of Immigration • Time Period: 19th & Early 20th Century 1800 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 • Groups • Early European Explorers & Settlers • Americans- Loyalists • Americans- Gold Rush & Agricultural • Chinese • Ukrainian • German • British & Home Children • Japanese • Themes • Opposition to Immigration • Clifford Sifton
Observed (1851 to 2011) and projected (2011 to 2061) annual average growth rate, natural increase and migratory increase in Canada per intercensal period (StatsCan)
“…without the immigrants who have settled in all areas of the country since the turn of the century, Canada would not be the culturally rich, prosperous, and progressive nation that it is today.” and but
Primary Resource: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/legacy/chap-1.asp
What is the impact of immigration on Canada in the 19th & early 20th centuries?
social political economic short term long term