Prairie Immigration By oliver.james 1896 End of the Recession 1896 Sir Clifford Sifton as Minister of the Interior . Period: 1896 to 1914 Prairie Immigration Timespan 1897 Population increase in Europe 1899 Persecution of the Doukhobors 1903 Growth of Regina 1905 Alberta and Saskatchwan Join Confederation 1910 Construction of the Canadian Northern Railway 1913 Immigration Peaks
