communities in canada

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Irish

• 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

Chinese

Chineese

• 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 railway
• they began first arriving in Fraser River Valley and later on settled in Baskerville British Columbia

Mennonites

Mennnites

• 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
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