Canadian Immigration History

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Early Europeans

  • French

    French

    Pull Factors : Resources are plentiful here , and there are many opportunities to make money for young men.
  • BRritish

    BRritish

    Pull factors: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.
  • America

    America

    Pull factors: more pieceful , near.
  • Northern Europeans

    Northern Europeans

    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 have
    been impossible in Austria-Hungary.
  • Southern Europeans

    Southern Europeans

    Pull factors: For the 'China towns' of Toronto and Sydney,
  • African & Caribbean

    African & Caribbean

    Pull factors: come for the job opptunities.
  • Asians

    Asians

    Push factors:We are simply not treated like the other workers, who unfortunately are not treated well to begin with!
  • Afghanistan,Indian,Pakistan

    Afghanistan,Indian,Pakistan

    Pull factors: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 .There are many more job opportunities compared to Iran, especially for young nurses like me.
  • Kevin Fu China

    Kevin Fu China

    Kevin came from an island in China. He has never seen snow before coming to Canada, because his hometown is close to the equator, it's pretty hot there and it never snows!
    Pull factors: the educations are better , he came here for further education.
    Push factors: his parents told him to come to Canada.
  • Hong Kong

    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,