What is Immigration?
What does the word "immigration" mean?
Moving to a new country to live permanently.
Who were the original inhabitants of Canada?
Indigenous Peoples.
What did the government offer to attract settlers to the prairies in the late 1800s?
Free land for farming.
What big change happened to Canada’s immigration system in 1967?
The points system made it fairer by focusing on skills, education, and experience
Name one type of food immigrants brought to Canada that became popular.
Pierogies, curries, dim sum
Name one reason people immigrate to Canada
Land availability, family, equal opportunities for women, political reasons, or escaping war
Name one reason French settlers came to Canada in the 1600s.
To build towns, trade furs, or farm.
Which group of workers faced discrimination and had to pay a "head tax" in the 1850s?
Chinese workers
Which policy, created in 1971, celebrates diversity in Canada?
The Multiculturalism Policy.
What is Canada’s Ellis Island, and where is it located?
Pier 21, in Halifax
What is one way immigration helps Canada today?
Growing the economy, filling jobs, bringing cultural diversity.
What treaty gave Britain control of Canada in 1763?
The Treaty of Paris.
What was Pier 21, and why is it important?
An immigration hub in Halifax that welcomed over a million newcomers
True or False: Refugees only started coming to Canada in the 2000s.
False, refugees have been welcomed since the 1900s, including after WWII.
Name one group of refugees Canada welcomed in the 1970s–1980s
Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian refugees.
True or False: Immigration only started in Canada in the 1900s
False, people have immigrated to Canada for centuries
Why did many Irish people move to Canada in the 1800s?
They fled poverty and the Great Irish Famine
Why did immigration slow during World Wars I and II?
Immigration laws favored Europeans, and other groups were excluded.
About how many immigrants does Canada welcome each year today?
500,000
What does family reunification mean in immigration?
Allowing families to join their relatives in Canada
Taylor Swift may be Miss. Dragicevic's favourite artist, but who is her second favourite?
Rihanna
What is my favourite animal?
Turtle
What are all the names of my four nephews?
Fenix, Marcel, Aris, Leon
What is Miss. Dragicevic's background, and why did her family come to Canada?
Serbian and to escape war.
What is my dream vacation destination?
Greece