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People in France came to Canada because, there wasn't enough land for every one. Men were also sent to defend there colony
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United Empire Loyalists in the 13 colonies were persecuted because they wanted to remain British. Runaway slaves and Aboriginal peoples fought for the British and left with the loyalists.
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English, welsh, Irish and Scottish emigrants fled poverty and feminine. Hundred of thousands of Irish emigrants left there country because of the great potato famine.
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There was much unemployment in Europe; Black people left the United States to escape from slavery; and the British government sent their "home children" to Canada.
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People left Europe to escape high rents and taxes. People in Russia fled from religious persecution and those from the Ukraine, Norway and Finland left because of poor farming conditions.
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People had their homes destroyed during the first world war
