1. Where do Canadians Come From?

3. Immigrants

4. The Canadian Mosaic

5. What country do most people come from?
Top 10 Countries of Origin for Canadians
United States
Italy
India
Hong Kong
China
Vietnam
United Kingdom
Pakistan
Germany
Philippians

6. Visible Minorities
-ethnic groups within society who look different from the majority

7. Mother Tongue or First Language
English or French are not always the first language taught as a child
the languages used varies from region to region

8. Text Book

9. Why do Leave?
Why do people move away from their homeland and why do they choose to come to Canada?
Push Factors- factors that push people to immigrate from their country

10. Push Factors Most common Push Factors War Absence of human rights
Poor economic and educational opportunities
Religious persecution
Terrorism
Natural disasters

12. Why do People choose certain countries over others?

13. Pull Factors Pull Factors- factors that draw immigrants to a country
Most Common Pull Factors
Job opportunities are better
Joining family
Favourable conditions
Climate
Taxes are lower

14. I’ve immigrated, now where do I go

15. Big City Bound - Large cities have large immigrant populations
- 50% of Toronto's, 40% of Vancouver's and 32% of Montreal's population were not born in Canada

16. Why is the? Big City Pull Factors Family Jobs
Culturally Diverse (more welcoming)
Language

17. What Can Stop Someone from Immigrating?

18. Intervening Obstacles
things that discourage or stop people from following through on their decision to immigrate

19. Some common Intervening Obstacles
not meet requirements of Canadian government to qualify as a legal immigrant
distance between homeland and Canada
cost

20. Types of Immigrants
There are 3 types.

21. Economic Immigrants include skilled workers and business immigrants
- to be accepted as a skilled worker you must receive 67 points on a skilled person test

22. Economic Immigrants
- to be accepted as a business immigrant you must show a willingness and an ability to make a significant financial contribution to Canada's economy
- the amount of investment depends on where the person is immigrating to, you need more investment to move to Ontario than to Newfoundland and Labrador

23. Family Immigrant
- this allows Canadians to reunite with close family members by bringing them to Canada

24. Family Immigrant Eligible relations spouses Dependant children parents
grandparents
in some cases- siblings, nieces and nephews and grandchildren   

25. Family Immigrant
every family immigrant must be sponsored by a relative in Canada, who must provide housing and other needs from years should the immigrant run into financial difficulties   

26. Refugees someone who fears cruel or inhumane treatment in home country
persecution could be because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership to a particular social group
the average number of refugees coming to Canada in one year is between and