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