Essay on Immigration To Canada

The Portuguese immigrated to Canada around the 19th century. It all started in the year 1953, when a group of Portuguese pioneers immigrated to Canada (Moura, 2003). Once the first couple of Portuguese pioneers crossed the ocean to immigrate into Canada, others followed and sort of started a wave. However, in 1957 a volcano erupted, known as the Capelinhos, which end up making Portuguese families and pioneers move to North America (Morrison & James, 2009), because the living conditions had changed. Many Portuguese people immigrated to Canada in order to make a better living, looking for a job for them to survive and to not serve the war. This paper will discuss the Portuguese minority ethnic group in Canada, and to take a further look into

It took along time until Canada came to the policy of multiculturalism that it has today. The first nations went through a lot to get to where they are today which is still not a great place considering they were here before any of the European settlers. When Europeans first got to Canada they didn’t consider it as more than a land with lots of fishing. The encounters between the Europeans and Aboriginals were usually pleasant and friendly, because they both wanted to trade with each other and the europeans did not yet have imperialistic ambitions. In the later half of the 1500s Canada started to be seen for more than a fishing district and the Europeans desire for beaver fur started the early trade routes with Canada thus beginning colonization. When the Europeans decided to settle in Canada that’s when cultures began to clash because they both had such different beliefs. The British began making treaties with the first nations in order to share the land but they were making oral promises that were not the same as the ones written on the treaties. When settlers began taking the land of the beothuk they tried to drive the settlers away but, ended up just making them angry so the Europeans began hunting and killing them eventually leading to the extinction of the Beothuk culture. Then the royal proclamation gave the first nations land and

Canada, known to its citizens as being diverse and having multicultural history.One historical events of Canada is the Ukrainian immigration. In the 1800, the waves of immigration from the Ukrainian area began as one Ukrainian family came to. Ukrainians are one of the predominant groups that arrived to Canada to start anew. This led them to change a lot of Canada’s society then in the late 1800s.

Canada is a country built on immigration, mainly British at first, but from all over the world afterwards. Chinese immigration to Canada dates back to the period of the gold rush when they were recruited to mine. In the 1880's, the Chinese population increased after Canada joined the confederation and extra labour was required to build a cross-country railway. Due to the poor economy in China, many Chinese were willing to migrate and work for low wages. The Canadian government seized this opportunity and allowed the companies working on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to import Chinese immigrants. With a drive for completion a significant number of Chinese were recruited. In order to control this increase in immigration, the

1924’s Johnson-Reed Act lowered the quota to two per cent and used the 1890 census figures. It also provided that in 1927 no more than 150,000 immigrants per year would be admitted on the basis of their national origin. These quotas favored the Western European countries. No restrictions were placed on Western Hemisphere countries such as Canada and Mexico. Asians were totally excluded. Another feature the 1924 law provided was the partiality and non quota status given to certain relatives of American citizens such as parents, children under twenty-two, husbands and the wives and children under eighteen.

Immigration is of great economic and social benefit to Canada. It’s an important role in developing our economy, and it shapes the nation into a multicultural nation. Immigration is a significant role in building our economy, providing growth in the labor force, making a strong economy, and becoming a multicultural nation.

Canada has continuously served as a home to immigrants and refugees from decade to decade harbouring people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The first set of immigrants to settle in the country came from Britain, the United States and from other nationalities mostly including immigrants from Europe who were either desperate to escape from religious or political turmoil or were simply attracted to Canada’s economic promise. Soon after the Canadian confederation in 1867, immigrants from Irish and Chinese backgrounds who occupied most of the country were used as workers and the demand for labourers to

This is how immigration has changed from the 1800s and now. Many people moved to canada and north america in the early 1800s. Also during the slavery time africans and black people immigrated to canada to live a free life. Now they get money to help them start a new lifestyle and so they don't end up being homeless. They also immigrate so they can get better jobs and more money to provide for their kids and family so they DON'T go into debt or be poor. Also don't have enough money to get food for everyone so they have to starve. Some people do still have to live on the ground and be homeless because they immigrated illegally or they didn't let the government know that they were moving to canada. In ww1 and ww2 people immigrated to canada so

Not only did the law ban Chinese immigration, it also intentionally disrupted family life and stunted community growth. Due to the separation of families caused by this act, most Chinese communities across Canada became a bachelor’s society. In 1941, there were 29,033 Chinese men in Canada, which accumulates to over 80 per cent of whom were married with wives and children who were left behind in China. Enduring this family separation, these “married bachelors” lived alone. The only exceptions to this Act were merchants, diplomats, and foreign students. Communities protested against this racist act in the form of a letter-writing campaign, but the motion was ignored. The amount of racism directed toward Chinese immigrants greatly affected their way of life in

We in Canada are safe, away from the threats of terror, violence and corruption we read about in newspapers or see on the evening news. The same goes for the town in which we live. We are lucky, unfortunately not all are so lucky. Some people coming into the country are trying to escape the violence that has plagued their homeland for so long, others are looking to start over, and some just want to experience what is is like to live in a place where they are not forced to assimilate to a norm, where they can have freedom. Due to all of these reasons, the immigrant population to Canada from other countries has increased significantly and will continue to grow in the coming decades.

The Irish began immigrating to North America in the 1820s, when the lack of jobs and poverty forced them to seek better opportunities elsewhere after the end of the major European wars. When the Europeans could finally stop depending on the Irish for food during war, the investment in Irish agricultural products reduced and the boom was over. After an economic boom, there comes a bust and unemployment was the result. Two-thirds of the people of Ireland depended on potato harvests as a main source of income and, more importantly, food. Then between the years of 1845 and 1847, a terrible disease struck the potato crops. The plague left acre after acre of Irish farmland covered with black rot. The failure of the

Second there is English Canadians who are the descendants of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish settlers, soldiers and immigrants who came to Canada from the 17th to the 20th century. Generations of these pioneers helped to bring British political institutions and traditions to Canada” ("The government of Canada," n.d., para. 1). However there is a ton of diversity and different religions that has expanded across their region. In the last 200 years many travelled and arrived there (The government of Canada," n.d.).

After World War Two, Canada’s immigration policy changed. From World War Two to the 1960s, Canada’s immigration policy was restrictive and the government still favoured European and American immigrants because they were more likely to adapt to the Canadian society. The government did try to limit the number of other immigrants. By 1947, the Chinese Exclusion Act was revoked by the federal government. This was a step in the right direction to make Canada’s immigration policy to be more reasonable. By 1962, Canada removed regulations on immigrants from Africa, Asia and other countries. Under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada’s immigration policy became “colour-blind”

This focus of this article is on the liberalisation of immigration policies in Canada and the US post WWII. Triadafilopoulos (2010, 169) makes an argument that liberalisation of immigration policies were driven by “shifting norms” in concern to race, ethnicity, and human rights. Canada’s commitment as part of its membership to the UN entailed an “unqualified obligation” in eradicating racial discrimination and promoting human rights but this conflicted with its domestic practice (Triadafilopoulas, 2010, 178). Canada’s vision was to preserve its white-European ‘composition,’ which meant discouraging those who do not fit in this vision (Triadafilopolous, 2010, 178). Critics used the shift in normative context to challenge discriminatory policies.

Immigration to the United States has been happening since the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock in 1492. America is one of the most diverse nations in the world, attracting people from every corner of the globe in hopes of a better way of life. America in the past has relied on migrant workers to balance the economies growth when internal resources have been exhausted; moreover, the agriculture business has depended on the seasonal employment of migrant workers from Mexico to meet the labor demand. Programs have been created in the past granting work contracts for the flood of Mexican labor into the United States, and new work programs are being analyzed to suffice the needs of