Reasons for Immigration

Push factors – conditions that push people away from a country

Pull factors – conditions that attract immigrants to a particular location.

Go over the list we created and identify the reasons as either push factors or pull factors.

Character ProfileName:Nationality:(British, Irish, Scottish, American)Age:Family:Background:Why have you decided to move to Upper Canada?

The Great Migration

Phase One 1791 - 1812

Immigration from the U.S. Immigrants were called “late loyalists” as

they came after the American Revolution.

Reasons for leaving the U.S.:a) cheap land was available in good locationsb) no compensation ($) for losses during the American Revolutionc) persecution at home

Phase Two – 1815-1850

From the British Isles (Scots, Irish, English) Left due to conditions caused by the

Industrial Revolution

-unemployment

-poor working

conditions-conditions in the factories

Results:

Upper and Lower Canada were no longer just English and French in origin

Large growth of farms, towns, villages due to large population

New political ideas (American Revolution) Hatred of English (by Scots and Irish, whose

countries had been invaded by England) Many different religions: Anglican, Catholic,

Presbyterian, Methodist