HISC45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clifford Sifton, Migration Period, Immigration Policy
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1867: confederation/canada ont, que, ns, nb. Ca(cid:374)ada"s populatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1004)(cid:1004) is a(cid:271)out (cid:1010),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004: by (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004), it"s a(cid:271)out (cid:1005)(cid:1006),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) This is primarily due to immigration & natural birth rights. About 1,000,000 british immigrants came in the early 20th century. People were coming from the more preferred northern europeans some such places like scandinavians, swedes, icelanders, etc. From the russian empire, many ethnic minorities came as many of them were being persecuted: groups from ethno-religious sects (i. e. menonites, doukhobors) Sir john a. macdonald wanted to expand the west: national policy: broader east-west economic nation. Ontario and quebec are industrialized + west takes on agriculture. The railroads will connect the two sides together: western canada was the region where the most economic development was happening and most ethnic diversity. There were a couple of pre-requisites that they all had to meet: the disposition and removal of the aboriginals from the prairies and move them to reserves.
