Canadian Immigration Policy Overview

1896-1914

1st ____________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ is an important goal of the Canadian government

PUSH PULL Overpopulation in homeland Crop failures Starvation Lack of land Poverty Persecution of religious beliefs Political restrictions Rigid social system Improved quality of life Free farmland Rising grain prices Jobs Resources (timber, fish, mining, gold)

Promise of ___________ _____________________ _____________________ ___________________, Minister of the Interior, was in charge of encouraging settlers in the West _____________ policy

Sifton encouraged white _____________ and white ___________ to settle the lands Immigrants from central and eastern Europe were in demand for their knowledge of ________ ____________________ ____________________

Many Canadians were uncomfortable with the new immigrants because many of them did not speak __________ and had different ___________, ___________, and _________________

Land was mapped out in townships (blocks) Needed to raise $500 to buy a plough, wagon, horse, and a milk cow Living conditions were primitive Houses were called soddies because they were built with a wood frame and mud-covered sod; windows were covered with sacks and had a thatched roof Houses were full of flies and fleas, smelled, and leaked Cold winter, monotonous diet, drought, and grasshoppers

SUCCESSES FAILURES ___________ were the most successful: assimilated into Canadian culture, had farming experience, had more money ___________ immigrants were the least successful: they didn t have the farming experience Some ________________ were used as cheap labour and suffered abuse and unbearable living conditions Some ________________ were adopted into new families

Workers disliked the fact that immigrants accepted ___________ and poor working conditions, as well as _________ pay ___________ Canada feared an influx of new cultures would change the British character of the country ___________ Canada feared their culture wouldn t last or be recognized as unique

In 1905, ______________ became the new Minister of the Interior New immigration policy: restricted non-White immigrants from _________, _________, and _________ Limited ________, ________ ____________, and ___________ immigrants

In 1885, the first head tax was imposed on Chinese immigrants at a cost of $______ This tax eventually rose to $_______ By 1923, the tax was replaced with ______________ on all Chinese immigration

In 1906, the Immigration Act was changed: all immigrants from Asia were now required to come to Canada by ______________ ________________