Inf,snflGRATION
Following confederction in 1867 the governmenf of conodc, lecd by
Frime MEnister Wilfred Lsurier wonted to encouroge people to immigrcte
to Conodc, especiolly to the West (Proiries).
Why the West?
1). To protect ihe lond from the Americons.
2). To increqse troffic on the roilroods thot were being built.
The job of recruiting immigronts wos ossigned to clifford sifton.
At first, Sifton tried to 'keep Conodo British' by only recruiting people from
Britcrin.
Conodo's climote wos too horsh for them.
Sifton then qdopted an OPEN DOOR policy. He recruited people from
centrql, ecstern, qnd Norltrern Europe-countries like Germony, Ukroine,
Russio...
These people were better suited for the conditions in Cancdo.
Ecch fomily wos promised free lond-l60 acres.
New immigronts suffered iniolerqnce beccuse they did noi speok English
ond hod different cultures.
Non-white immigronts like Blocks, Asions, ond Indions were exposed to
open rocism. People wonted to keep Conodo noi only British but also
White.
Sifton wos reploced by Frqnk oliver. Oliver put in ploce a CIO$ED DOOR
policy. Restriciions v/ere ploced on 'undesiroble' immigrcnts to either
prevent them or discourage them from coming to Ccnodo.
Ex. Head tox of $500 dollars on Chinese immiorqnts.
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not survive another day, land
appeared on the horizon. We
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powerf ul landowners. We are
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lives. My husband and his friends
refused to join the army. The
continued down a long wide river
called the St. Lawrence. After
12 days, our ship docked at a large
port. Officiah came on board and
spol<e in an unfamiliar language
that later I realized was French. This
was Qu6bec City. These medical
officials examined us to make sure
Russian cnvcrnment
often
persecuted us because of our faith
and unwillingness to fight. Often
soldiers raided our villages and
we were well and not
damaged our homes and fields.
One day my husband returned
to move
given this poster by a man who said
that the government would give us
land, help us travel to the assigned
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religion, and excuse us from serving
in the military. lt sounded almost
too good to be truel My joy was
I
learned that
Canada was an entire ocean awaY.
Could we survive in this new land?
My mind was made up when
checked
on my five
I
sleeping
children and realized that if we
stayed their lives wbuld be one of
persecution and poverty. For their
sake, my husband and I agreed to
tal<e
the risk.
My
husband was able to
arrange steerage passage for us on
,e shin Stepragc mpant that we
nl:eed in thc hottom deCk
along with many other families.
You can imaeine the noise and
rnrprc
smell. We quickly became sea sicl<.
The children became sick from the
poor food and dirty water,
bringing
diseases, then said we were all
from a trip to town, carrying a
poster that advertised free land in
Canada. My husband had been
short-lived when
bY
and
many suffered with high fevers. We
were allowed on the top decl< for a
short time only once or twice a daY.
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After a day's travel we were
shown our new land. Our first task
was to construct shelters and begin
to build our new village with the
other families. our first homes
were made with the only readily
available resource: sod. The sod
houses were easy to build and well
insulated. Next we began planting,
which was very hard work. The
cntirc familv helned. Since we did
not have any animals, we women
hitched ourselves up to the ploughs.
Thai firsf vear. we harvested a
small crop, then prepared ourselves
for
winter. We had experienced
winter in Russia but we never
on.
endured such conditions as during
Sfid we do the
nHght tffaEmg by leavFreg?
that first winter in Canada. Luckily
our sod houses kept us warm and
our neighbours made life bearable
in our little village.
Next thing we lcnew we were
on a train heading west. After four
days, the train stopped, and we
joined the other families preparing
to find our land in a territory that
would become the Province of
Sasl<atchewan.
Soon a
man
speaking Russian told us that the
government had set aside 64 ha of
land for each of us and that we
would be given tools, seed, and
food to help us start our new life.
We boarded a wagon for the last
part of our voyage.
Some
of our
neighbours
moved west to settle in British
Columbia. My husband and
decided to remain and continue to
work the land with our children.
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am still convinced that this country
is much better than the land we left
and as lonc as our culture
is
respected, we have nothing to fear.
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Canada: A Land of Imntigrants - Worksheet
A. Define
a Push
B. Define
a
Factor:
Pull Factor:
C. List the large groups
of people who came to Canada and the years when they came.
After each group's name, note the PUSH or PLiLL factor which made it willing to
come
Group
to
Canada.
Years Thev Came
Push Factors
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Pull Factor
Intnigration Case Sludy: Class Sunte!
Course Code:
My Name:
Circttlate around the roont atzdinterviev,
the appropriate boxes.
Student's Name
From vthal
country did
thry emigrate?
I0
differentpeople in class.
Whlt difl 11r* immigrate?
State il it is a Push or PuU Factor?
Date:
Fillin theirresponses
H4zen did their
famihes
immigrate to
Canada?
1)
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4)
in
Hkat
languages
are spoken at
home?
Case Studv: C/ass Survey
ImmiQration
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Cova4ty
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