Early History of Canadian Immigration- The first immigrants to Canada were the Acadians (Of french descent) who arrived in 1604 Most French speaking descendants of 8,500 French settlers arrived in the 1600s and 1700s.
When Canada became a country in 1867 our first Prime Minister was, of course, an immigrant. Sir John Alexander Macdonald, was born in Scotland and he came to Upper Canada as a child.
Dominion Lands Act was the 1872 piece of legislation that granted a quarter section of free land (160 acres or 64.7 hectares) to any settler 21 years of age or older who paid a ten–dollar registration fee, lived on his quarter section for three years, cultivated 30 acres (12.1 hectares), and built a permanent dwelling.
Between 1901 and 1914, over 750,000 immigrants entered Canada from the United States. While many were returning Canadians, about one–third were newcomers of European extraction—Germans, Hungarians, Norwegians, Swedes, and Icelanders—who had originally settled in the American West.
Before 1914, some 170,000 Ukrainians, 115,000 Poles, and tens of thousands from Germany, France, Norway, and Sweden settled in the West and developed a thriving agricultural sector.
No one today is excluded from Canada because of their race or country of origin. The point system, for example, evaluates people based on there skills and education. In the past, Canada favored immigrants of British ancestor and restricted immigration from Asian countries, such as China and India
The following is taken from the Immigration act of 1976:
19. No person shall be granted admission who is a member
of any of the following classes:
• persons who have engaged in… acts of espionage or
subversion against democratic government, institutions
or processes, as they are understood in Canada…
• persons who there are reasonable grounds to believe
will, while in Canada, engage in or instigate the
subversion by force of any government…
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2002
34. A permanent resident or a foreign national is
inadmissible on security grounds for:
(a) engaging in an act of espionage or an act of
subversion against a democratic government,
institution or process as they are understood in
Canada;
(b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by
force of any government;
(c) engaging in terrorism;
(d) being a danger to the security of Canada;
(e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might
endanger the lives or safety of persons in
Canada; or
(f) being a member of an organization that there
are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has
engaged or will engage in acts referred to in
paragraph (a), (b)
When Canada became a country in 1867 our first Prime Minister was, of course, an immigrant. Sir John Alexander Macdonald, was born in Scotland and he came to Upper Canada as a child.
Dominion Lands Act was the 1872 piece of legislation that granted a quarter section of free land (160 acres or 64.7 hectares) to any settler 21 years of age or older who paid a ten–dollar registration fee, lived on his quarter section for three years, cultivated 30 acres (12.1 hectares), and built a permanent dwelling.
Between 1901 and 1914, over 750,000 immigrants entered Canada from the United States. While many were returning Canadians, about one–third were newcomers of European extraction—Germans, Hungarians, Norwegians, Swedes, and Icelanders—who had originally settled in the American West.
Before 1914, some 170,000 Ukrainians, 115,000 Poles, and tens of thousands from Germany, France, Norway, and Sweden settled in the West and developed a thriving agricultural sector.
No one today is excluded from Canada because of their race or country of origin. The point system, for example, evaluates people based on there skills and education. In the past, Canada favored immigrants of British ancestor and restricted immigration from Asian countries, such as China and India
The following is taken from the Immigration act of 1976:
19. No person shall be granted admission who is a member
of any of the following classes:
• persons who have engaged in… acts of espionage or
subversion against democratic government, institutions
or processes, as they are understood in Canada…
• persons who there are reasonable grounds to believe
will, while in Canada, engage in or instigate the
subversion by force of any government…
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2002
34. A permanent resident or a foreign national is
inadmissible on security grounds for:
(a) engaging in an act of espionage or an act of
subversion against a democratic government,
institution or process as they are understood in
Canada;
(b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by
force of any government;
(c) engaging in terrorism;
(d) being a danger to the security of Canada;
(e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might
endanger the lives or safety of persons in
Canada; or
(f) being a member of an organization that there
are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has
engaged or will engage in acts referred to in
paragraph (a), (b)