Canada: A welcoming land?
About this theme
This theme explores the history of immigration to Canada and the policies that shaped the country.
Filmed interview with a specialist
An immigration and refugee lawyer discusses Canadian immigration policies.
Filmed interview with lawyer Barbara Jackman of Jackman & Associates in Toronto
Article by a specialist
“Strangers Within Our Gates”: The Legacy of Intolerance
Article by Dr Vadim Kukushkin of the University of Alberta.
Excerpts from NFB films
Pierre Sidaoui left Lebanon during that country's civil war. He eventually moved...
A young Canadian woman of Ukrainian origin relates the story of her father's...
Fe Bertrand is a Filipina woman who came to Canada under a Canadian Government...
In 1942, Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King ordered all Japanese people relocated...
Domenico Nardoccio was interned with other Italian- Canadian men in Petawawa...
On June 10, 1940, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on Britain and...
Many Chinese people immigrated to Canada during the nineteenth century to escape...
The Canadian immigration policy of "continuous passage" was used to keep Indians out...
Excerpts from the NFB archives
The citizenship ceremony pinpoints the moment of becoming Canadian. The names of...
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Photographs
In 1885 thousands of Chinese men were laid off after the last spike was struck at...
During the peak periods at Halifax's Pier 21 Examination Hall, up to a thousand...