Question: Early History of Canadian Immigration.

Canada’s Immigration

Laws and Policies

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1896 - 1906

British - 327,119Chinese - 27French - 6,653German - 11,459Jewish - 24,415Italian - 27,786Japanese - 2,282

Black - 47Dutch - 1,122Polish - 42,538Russian - 16,046Ukrainian - 269American - 259,332East Indian - 432

Population:

British - 926,003Chinese - 32,295French - 18,811German - 27,755Jewish - 52,494Italian - 92,349Japanese - 14,514

1906 - 1915

Black - 47Dutch - 1,122Polish - 42,538Russian - 16,046Ukrainian - 269American - 259,332East Indian - 432

Population:

1916 - 1925

British - 402,348Chinese - 11,622French - 4,713German - 10,891Jewish - 31,284Italian - 20,672Japanese - 6,107

Black - 575Dutch – 5,002Polish - 18,213Russian - 10,976Ukrainian - 3,671American - 313,499East Indian - 178

Population:

1926 - 1935

British - 273,695 Chinese - 7French - 3,699German - 64,512Jewish - 21,856Italian - 11,828Japanese - 2,479

Black - 604Dutch - 7,855Polish - 35,187Russian - 5,153Ukrainian - 57,719American - 180,945East Indian - 515

Population:

1936 - 1945

British – 45,793 Chinese – 1French - 1,681German - 2,753Jewish - 3,656Italian - 1,439Japanese - 397

Black - 161Dutch - 912Polish - 2,288 Russian - 560Ukrainian - 5,663American - 56,043East Indian - 62

Population:

1946 - 1955

British - 367,705Chinese - 14,104French - 24,152German - 159,207Jewish - 37,474Italian - 135,156Japanese - 251

Black - 1,406Dutch - 114,777Polish - 61,568Russian - 7,709Ukrainian - 34,335American - 90,752East Indian - 1,139

Population:

1955 - 1961

British - 244,278Chinese - 11,162French - 16,823German - 98,234Jewish - 15,975Italian - 150,573Japanese -952

Black - 4,941Dutch - 40,773Polish - 17,842Russian - 1,212Ukrainian - 2,106American - 65,732East Indian - 3,238

Population:

1946 - 1980

Italy - 485,191United States - 470,991Netherlands - 185,006 West Indian - 183,998Portugal - 147,327 Greece - 131,452Poland - 113,323

Austria - 70,321Yugoslavia - 60,098Hungary - 57,001Australia- 55,533Ireland - 46,151Belgium - 45,780Switzerland - 40,950

Population:

1900 - 1970

Regional Origin of Canadian Immigrants:

North/West Europe: Belgium, British (British Isles, Ireland, Australia, New Zeland, Union of South Africa, Newfoundland), Denmark, Finland, Holland, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, SwitzerlandEastern/Central Europe: Austria, Czech and Slovak, Estonia, Hungary, Jewish, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine.Southern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Yugoslavia.Asia: Arab, Armenian, China, India (Indian sub-continent), Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey.Africa: Egypt, Black, Carribean

1930’s

Why did Canada Refuse to Admit Jewish Refugees in the 1930's?

The rise to power of Hitler in early 1933, and the establishment of Nazism in Germany, led in the remaining years of the 1930's to a set of increasingly severe measures against Jews that were to end, in the course of the Second World War, with the Holocaust, an attempt to destroy an entire population and in which an estimated 6 million European Jews were to die. In the 1930's, the boycotts initiated in 1933 and 1934, the Nuremberg laws (1935) and Kristallnacht (1938) gave clear sign to the Jews of Germany that they should leave the country and seek settlement elsewhere. The main problem they faced was that few countries were prepared to accept large numbers of refugees. For its part, Canada only admitted around 5,000 Jewish refugees in the 1930's.

Sources:

http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/ImmigrationHistoryofCanada.htm

www.google.ca

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