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
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
Description
Women immigrants to Western Canada, enticed by colourful posters depicting idealistic scenes in prairie homestead kitchens (with a view of men working in the grain fields), contributed to the soaring immigration rate during the 1920s.
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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...