Chinese And Irish Immigration. By: Christian .B

How And When The Chinese Came To Canada. In 1858, Chinese immigrants began arriving in the Fraser River valley from San Francisco, as gold prospectors. Baskerville, British Columbia, became the first Chinese community in Canada. By 1860, the Chinese population of Vancouver Island and British Columbia was estimated to be 7,000. Chinese Canadians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the country. Despite their importance to the Canadian economy, including the historic construction of the CPR, many European Canadians were hostile to Chinese immigration, and a prohibitive head tax restricted immigration from 1885 to 1923.

5 Reasons Why The Chinese Immigrated To Canada. 1. More freedom. 2. The Gold Rush from 1897 to 1899. 3. A better life to live. 4. More jobs and higher paying jobs. 5. More land and residences.

Main Reason For Chinese Immigration. The year 1858 marked the start of ongoing Chinese immigration to the regions of British North America that would later form the present-day Canada. In the east were the colonies of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, as well as the "United Province of Canada," including Quebec and Ontario. On the Pacific coast was the colony of Vancouver Island. At the time, none of these colonies had immigration restrictions.

First Chinese Immigrants. Quongying Wong was one of first Chinese immigrants to Canada. She came to Canada along with her mother, father, and little brother by boat in 1858 and arrived in Fraser River valley from San Francisco. The reasons why her family settled in Canada is because of higher paying jobs and more land and freedom.

5 Reasons Why The Chinese Immigrated To Canada. 1. To start a new life. 2. Year after year the potato seasons failed. 3. Better jobs and better income. 4. For large plots of land. 5. For better land to grow their crops.

Main Reason For Irish Immigration. Pre-Confederation British North America became home to thousands of people fleeing poverty or oppression in their homelands with hopes to build a better life. In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Year after year, the potato crop failed in Ireland.

How And When The Irish Immigrated To Canada. The Irish peasants came to North America in overcrowded and unsanitary ships known as "coffin ships." Cabin passenger Robert Whyte recorded the horrifying conditions in the steerage section of a ship. Ships flying the flag of disease were forced to dock at the quarantine station on Grosse le, an island located in the St. Lawrence, downriver from Quebec City.

First Irish Immigrants. Thomas D'Arcy McGee was one of the first Irish immigrants in Canada. He had came to Canada to hopefully find better soil for the potato seasons that went on every year. He had also come to Canada because of the lack of money they were making off of their potatos.

Bibliography. 1. http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/05/22/the-chinese-immigrant-experience- in-early-canada-alison-marshall/ 2. http://multiculturalcanada.ca/timeline 3. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/irish/