Push & Pull Factors
This term describes a positive factor, such as cheap land for farming, that draws people to a new country.
What is a pull factor?
This is the current trend of Canada’s population, which requires the government to plan for more healthcare and doctors.
What is "getting older"?
This was a fee charged specifically to people from one Asian country entering Canada, eventually reaching as high as $500.
What was the Chinese Head Tax?
This term describes negative conditions like poverty, war, or food shortages that force people to leave their home
What is a push factor?
This term describes a society that encourages many different cultural groups to live together and maintain their heritage
What is multiculturalism?
During World War II, members of this community were forced into internment camps.
Who were Japanese Canadians?
While an immigrant might move for better schools, this type of person moves specifically to escape war or a controlling government
What is a refugee?
This term describes a person who chooses to move to a new country to live there permanently.
What is an immigrant?
The Chinese Head Tax was considered this because it targeted a specific group of people based on their race.
What is discriminatory?
In the early 1900s, many people from this continent moved to Canada to escape land shortages and conflict.
What is Europe?
Unlike rural areas, these communities are characterized by big crowds, tall buildings, and lots of shops.
What are urban communities?
This is the primary reason the Chinese Head Tax was implemented—to discourage people from this country from settling in Canada
What is China?
This specific 19th-century disaster in Ireland acted as a major push factor for people moving to Canada.
What was the Potato Famine?
Of Montreal, Calgary, Regina, and Toronto, this city currently has the largest population.
What is Toronto?
Why did European Settlers not want the Chinese immigrants in BC?