Impact of Immigration on CanadaFocus: 19th and Early 20th 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 Canadahttp://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/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: 19th & Early 20th Century

1800 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910

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 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.”

and but

Primary Resource:http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/legacy/chap-1.asp

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 19th & early 20th

centuries?

social

political

economic

short term

long term