Why did we come to Canada?
About this theme
This theme shows people talking about their decisions to immigrate to Canada. Many state that political and economic pressures were compelling.
Filmed interview with a specialist
A University of Moncton professor talks about the regionalization of immigration and about the hope immigration brings.
Filmed interview with Dr. Chedley Belkodja of University of Moncton
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
Description
Before the World War I, the Canadian government considered Americans to be one of the preferred classes of immigrants. The poster exemplifies a mode of advertising distributed in the U.S. to promote the Canadian Prairies as the "last best West".
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Photographs
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
[1920]
Women immigrants to Western Canada, enticed by colourful posters depicting...
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
[1911]
Before the World War I, the Canadian government considered Americans to be one of...