Point System
This is the year in which Point System for Immigrating to Canada was introduced.
What is 1967?
People from this ancestry/race were preferred for early immigration to Canada
Who are British?
What are the 4 immigration categories?
Refugees
Family-Class
Economic Immigrants
Other, Humanitarian or compassionate reasons
a person who seeks protection in another country because of danger or persecution in his or her home country
Refugee
the program which gives provinces the right to select a certain percentage of immigrants because of needs for particular skills
What is Provincial Nominee Program(PNP)?
This is the number of points needed to qualify to immigrate to Canada.
What is 67?
People from these ancestries were restricted from entering Canada during the early days of immigration.
What are Asian Countries?(China, India)
Of the four immigration categories, which one has the largest share?
Economic
They are skilled workers or businessmen who decided to come to Canada to work and live permanently.
Who are economic immigrants?
Do all potential immigrants coming to Canada have to speak English or French?
No, only economic immigrants must speak French or English
This category of immigrants must qualify within the Canadian Point System.
What is Economic Immigrant/Skilled Worker?
This is how Canada discouraged immigration from China between 1885 and 1923?
What is Head Tax?
When was the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act formed?
2002
the process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship in a country that is not their native country.
What is Immigration?
The name of the agreement to help strengthen the Francophone communities in Canada.
The Canada-Québec Accord
True or False: You get a certain amount of points based on the country you are immigrating from.
False
This is when the first Immigration Act was created
What is 1976?
This is the main role of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
To establish the categories of people who can move to Canada
Characteristics of a population
What is Demographics?
two terms that describe influencing factors in immigration
Push and Pull factors
These 6 factors determine if you are eligible to Immigrate to Canada
What is Education, Ability in Canada's Official Languages, Work experience, Age, Arranged Employment, Adaptability
In this year Canada made refugees one of its immigration categories? What did this mean for the acceptance of refugees?
1976, Canada accepted refugees steadily instead of crisis by crisis.
This is how Canadian immigration laws differ from the past.
nobody is excluded from Canada because of their country of origin or their race.
The growth of the number of people who can work.
What is Labour Force Growth?
WILD CARD!!! 3 large Canadian cities with the most number of immigrants?
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver