choosing Canada as home
who came to Canada and why
looking for land
red river colony
Scottish farmers forced from farms, new farms and flooding
metis were not contused about the land
the underground railroad
slavery illegal in the 1800s
abolitionists helped 30000 escape on the underground railway
1840s and 1860s
war of 1812
British gov encourages people to settle after the war
looking for work
farmers
forestry works
lumber was needed for new building and other goods
remote lumber camps,chop trees, sent lumber to mill
Finnish,Irish,Russian and Scottish
teachers
government begins funding schools
teachers( from Britain and the USA)
gold rush
the Americans came in 1897
they stetted in Yukon
boom towns
in the 1900s most of the miners returned to USA
Why Did People Choose Canada as Their Home?
opportunities
looking for a adventure,joining family
mining,fishing
Canada developing in the 1800s
fleeing poverty and famine
freedom and safety
political believes
in canada people are free to be what they are
Multiculturalism 1971
wars
what was life like for polish immigrants 1800 to 1900
history
from 1854 to 1901 a large wave of polish immigrants came to Canada
they became homesteaders and worked in the forestry and mining industries
these homesteaders received free or inexpensive land from the government
they came from Poland and settled in areas of western Canada, mostly in Manitoba
sir Casimir Gzowski was a polish immigrant he was lieutenant governor of Ontario for only a year
economic life
everyone worked together to run a farm
some men had to work outside the family
didnt have money to buy land and lifestock
family life
in many polish homesteads children lived with their parents and grandparents in one home.
the children did sewed, cleaned, and cooked
both boys and girls helped clear the land and cared for crops and livestock
Grandmother,wives and daughters looked after the household tasks
men were seen as the head of the household in the families.
who came to canada and why - 1900s to today
world wars
Britain and Russia chose to come to Canada
some Europeans country borders were redrawn and the empires collapsed.
from 1914 to 1918 many countries were at war with one another
political unrest
in the 1950s and 1960s
they disagreed with the government
Hungarian Revolution 1956
40000
fleeing war
Canada received a wave of immigrants from Asia in the late 1970s
after a 19 year war in Cambodia,Laos and Vietnam new governments took over in 1975
70000 people came to Canada , some making a dangerous journeys by boat
wars in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
50000 to 125000 Americans who did not want to fight came to Canada in the 1960s
1960s
construction
after world war II there was booms being made in Canada
Greece,Italy and Poland
garment industry
skilled workers to design and sew new styles
eastern Europe
female immigrants from Asia
manufacturing
make cars,food,building,supplies and other products
looking for work
Canada's economy began to change in the 1900s
after world war II ended workers were needed to develop new resources British Columbia,Alberta and Saskatchewan
Manitoba built hydroelectric plants
to find work in the 1900s
silks: silks came to help build cities and develop new tech
black loyalists : 1775 American Revolution Black Loyalists suffered discrimination they fought for the British for better time
fighting for Britain
promised freedom in a farm (40 hectares)
north to Canada
loyalists came to north to Canada ( most in birch town)
-many only received 0.1 hectares and had to work as cleaners and farmhands
about 3500 loyalists
Another war
the war of 1812 Black refugees