HIS263Y1 Lecture : immigration as peril and promise
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Immigration as peril and promise january 13: migration in canadian history. Biggest serge of immigration is during laurier period to wwi. Usually migration is a series of steps (complex set of movements that take place over a single lifetime, or over generations). Often times, internal migration can be one step towards emigration and immigration (intertwined multiple steps). A nation of emigrants: canadians are often more anxious to leave canada then they are to stay. Essentially, more are leaving then coming: vast majority of emigrants go to the united states. In 19th c over 1million canadians lived in the united states. If they had not left, then there would be a 20% increase in canada"s population: english-canadians often migrated over the border not far from their present establishments. They largely migrate for land: difficult to track, because they integrate well into american society, a big chunk are also french canadians who generally migrate to new england.
