Jewish Immigration
These attacks against Jewish people in Europe caused many to flee to Canada and the USA.
Anti-Jewish riots and mobs.
German and Dutch immigrants came to Canada West mainly because of this opportunity.
Cheap farmland and better economic opportunities.
This government official promoted immigration to Western Canada from 1896–1905.
Clifford Sifton.
Immigrants struggled to survive because of this difficult prairie condition.
Harsh weather.
Canada is often described as this because of its many cultures and ethnic groups.
A multicultural mosaic.
This successful Jewish settlement in Saskatchewan had fertile land and survived without bank aid.
The Wapella settlement.
This natural disaster encouraged many Scandinavian immigrants to leave Iceland.
A volcanic eruption.
The Canadian government offered settlers this amount of free land for a $10 fee.
160 acres of land
Many settlers built homes using these simple natural materials.
Grass, logs, clay, and sod.
Immigration helped strengthen this major Canadian industry involving farming.
Agriculture.
Many Jewish settlements failed because of these two environmental problems.
Harsh weather and infertile land.
Polish immigrants came after World War II because they wanted this after surviving concentration camps and war.
A new life and better future for their families.
Sifton especially wanted these kinds of immigrants to settle the Prairies.
Experienced farmers
Immigrants often traveled to Canada using these three forms of transportation.
Trains, boats, and wagons.
These settlements were populated mainly by one ethnocultural group.
Block settlements.
After World War I, Canada passed this type of law that restricted many immigrants, including Jewish people.
An immigration act restricting certain groups.
The Dutch immigrated to Canada after WWII because of an agreement involving this.
Farmland in Canada’s agricultural belt.
Sifton hoped immigrants would improve Canada by increasing these two things.
Crops and economic growth.
Immigrants from many countries struggled with this communication problem.
The language barrier.
This immigrant group formed many successful block settlements on the Prairies.
Block settlements.
After 1945, approximately this many Holocaust survivors immigrated to Canada.
About 40,000 Holocaust survivors.
Overpopulation, inheritance laws, and lack of farmland in Europe are examples of these.
Push factors for immigration.
Today, Sifton is criticized because many people view his immigration ideas as this.
Discriminatory or racist.
Many immigrants faced this emotional challenge because they lived far away from others and support systems.
Immigration helped shape Canada into a diverse country with a strong economy based on these opportunities.
Farming, jobs, and natural resources.