HISTORY 2TT3 Lecture 3: Immigration and Exclusion, 1885-1914
17 Jan 2017
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Despite new geography and forms of state power, canadian immigration plans had largely failed, pre. 1890"s: there was optimism by macdonald, the us was the preferred destination of european migrants, 12 millions 1867-1890, canada has actually lost people, 1967-1890: 900,000 immigrants, 1 millions emigrants. 1896-1914 immigration increases: the end of a global depression - people had the resources to move, and chose to move. Canada had more money to spend on receiving the migrants: the us frontier closed - stopped giving away land for free in the us west, nominally filled up and occupied. Canadian government policy changes stressing immigration: canada becomes an increasingly diverse nation of immigrants. Causes rifts and contestation. the state attempts to contain with racist policies: immigration. Wanted the prairies to become the granary of the empire : approves the construction of two more trans-continental railroads by 1900 they reached the pacific.
