Impact of Immigration on Canada Focus: 19 th and Early 20 th 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 lications/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: 19 th & Early 20 th Century 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 periodObserved (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.” andbut
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Early European Explorers & Settlers
Americans- Loyalists
Americans- Gold Rush & Agricultural
Chinese
Japanese
British & Home Children
German
Ukrainian
Opposition to Immigration
Clifford Sifton
What is the impact of immigration on Canada in the 19 th & early 20 th centuries?
social political economic short term long term