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Jan 1, 1500
Early Europeans
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British
Pull factor .Resources are so plentiful here, and there are so many opportunities to make money for young men, that I would be a fool to leave. The fur trade is booming here and I am one of the most successful traders at my post -
French
Pull factor .Resources are so plentiful here, and there are so many opportunities to make money for young men, that I would be a fool to leave. The fur trade is booming here and I am one of the most successful traders at my post -
Asians
The whole reason I came to Canada was to get rich, but at this rate I will never even earn enough money to be able to come back to China. Besides, there is nothing in Guangdong for me. No land, no job and no future. I may as well stay in Canada, although the future is bleak here too. -
Americans
Pull Factor. I cannot tell you Dan, how good it feels to finally be free. People in Toronto are very friendly and no one looks upon us with suspicion. There is a small community of former slaves and sympathizers here who will help us find jobs and get back on our feet -
Northern Europeans (Ukrainians, Scandinavian, Russian, British, German)
Push factors : The children will be able to inherit this land and grow their own crops and build their own farms. Such a thing would havebeen impossible in Austria-Hungary. -
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Southern Europeans (Italians, Portuguese, Greek)
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African&Caribbean
Pull factors: come for the job opptunities. -
Hong Kong
In the goldfields, Chinese mining techniques and knowledge turned out to be better in many ways to those of others, including hydraulic techniques. -
Afghanistan, Indian, Pakistan
Pull Factor .The weather in Vancouver is good, the air is fresh and it is never too hot even though it is summer. There are also a lot of flowers everywhere in this city, just like in the parks in Tehran! Vancouver is also very different from Tehran. In Vancouver there are many more job opportunities compared to Iran, -
Daniel Feng China
Pull factors: The educations here are better, he came here for further education.
Push factors: His parents told him to .
