communitys in Canada

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communitys in Canada

laebanese

• between the 1880s and world war 1 lebanese imigrants came to Canada mainly in p.e.i
• Most religeous groups in Lebanon were facing descrimination and violence. as a result of this lebanese family and entire villages imagrated to Canada
• many lebanese people started there own business when they got to Canada. They traveled through the rural parts of p.e.i selling goods once they got enough money they opened stores in towns
• from world war 1 to 1951 the government stopped immigration from middle eastern countries such as Lebanon

polish

• in 1958 the first wave of polish came to Canada
• they immigrated to Canada fleeing persecution and to build a better life for there kids and thereselves
• most polish people worked in factory's steel mills slaughterhouses and foundries .
• manitoba has the highest population of polish people in Canada

jamican

• in 1796 the first Jamaican immigrants came to Canada most of the were west Indian slave
• most Jamaican women mostly came to Canada to be domestic or household workers or a nurse.
• Most Jamaican men came to Canada to attend university .
• between 1970-1979 about 57,000 Jamaican immigrated to Canada
• most Jamaican immigrants lived in Toronto

mennonites

• in the 1870s 18,000 dutch mennonites were forced to leave for north America
• the promise of land, cultural and educational autonomy,and guaranteed exemption from the military these reasons attracted 7000 of them to come to Manitoba
• mennonites helped Canada open there arms to people fleeing conflict and persecution
• today almost 200,000 Mennonite live in Canada mainly living in Winnipeg

irish

• butween 1825 and 1970 about 1.2 million Irish immigrants came to Canada.
• the main reason they came to Canada was because of the great potato famine
• butween 1845 and 1852 Ireland sufferd starvation and disease because of the potato famine. the Irish depended on there huge potato crop nut the crop was infected from a disease destroying the crop
• they built many canals such as the Rideau canal