communities in canada

the mennonites first arrived in the late 18th century and they settled in southern ontario and today around 200,000 mennonites live in Canada and mainly live in canada.the mennonites came to canada because they were promised land, cultural and educational autonomy, and guarenteen the first mennonites came to canda in 1786 from pennsylvania

between 1850 and 1858 20,000 Chinese immigrants came into canada.Chinese immigrants came to Canada to provide cheap labour and because of the dificult economic conditions in China.the Chinese immigrants came to Canada to escape poverty and war at home. they also came to work on the Canadian Pacific railwaythey began first arriving in Fraser River Valley and later on settled in Baskerville British Columbia

Between 1845 and 1851 hundrend of thousands of irish immigrants came to canada to escape the potato famine.The potato famine was a fungus that affected the whole potato crop in Ireland which caused starvation across the whole country.when the Irish came to canada most of them settled in newfoundland, Halifax, Prince Edward islands, new Brunswick and northern Nova Scotia. when the Irish came to canada they helped by working on the roads, canals, early railroads and in the lumber industry