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Immigration to Canada facts for kids

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Come To Stay
Come to Stay, printed in 1880 in the Canadian Illustrated News

Immigration to Canada is a way that people from other countries can move to Canada. Some laws about this include the Immigration Act 1976, and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002.

Canada lets many people move to Canada. Because of this, there are some high percentages of non-Canadians in ethnicity results.

History

Even after Canadian colonization by the United Kingdom and France, there have been many other people coming to Canada in large groups.

First large group: 1700s

In the 1700s, the French were settling in Quebec and Acadia, followed by some American and European movement.

After the American Revolution ended many Americans loyal to Britain went to Canada as it was the last main territory in North America still loyal to the Crown.

Second large group: 1800s

The War of 1812 promoted British and Irish immigration to Canada. Some British officers went to Canada, fearing that the Americans would invade Canada. While Irish immigration was still high, eventually some went to the United States.

Others went to Canada from America, especially during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Third and fourth groups: 1900s

This time, many people went to Canada from Europe. A large spike in the third group was pre-World War I.

Fifth group: the present

This group saw an increase in Asian immigrants.

Images for kids

  • Canadian pop from 1851 to 1921

    A collection of four maps showing the distribution of the Canadian population for 1851 (Newfoundland 1857), 1871 (Newfoundland 1869), 1901 and 1921 by historical region.

  • Demand-oriental-exclusion-1907-Vancouver

    Exclusionist cartoon in Saturday Sunset magazine by N. H. Hawkins, Vancouver (24 August 1907).

  • Sikh men standing in front of a house at a lumber camp in British Columbia, circa 1914 (INDOCC 1526)

    Punjabi Sikh settlers at a lumber camp in British Columbia, circa 1914

  • Canadian Children Immigration

    Fifth-wave Canadian children celebrating Canada Day in Vancouver, 1 July 1999

  • Sikhs on the move!

    Sikhs celebrating the Sikh new year in Toronto

  • COB data Canada
  • Immigration and public transit in Toronto, 2016

    Immigrant settlement patterns and public transit in Toronto, 2016

  • Asylum seeker entering Canada from Roxham Road, Champlain, NY

    A Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Quebec-New York border in Lacolle directs a man entering Canada outside of a port of entry to a nearby tent for processing.

  • Sean Fraser MP September 2021

    Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Inmigración en Canadá para niños

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