How Did Immigrants Change In Canada
During the postwar period Canada was transformed by the increase in immigration from Europe. Immigrants were hoping for a better life in Canada rather than in their war torn country, this was a new start for themselves and their families. Canada welcomed the influx of immigrants due to its recovering population level and strong demand for skilled workers after World War II. It is in part to immigration that multiculturalism and city redevelopment in Canada assimilated as fast as it did.
Firstly, after World War II immigration to Canada and the west seemed to be a safer and more promising endeavour. With the world on the long hard road to reconstruction Canada’s economy was instead booming but needed workers to meet the demand for expanding …show more content…
Many of the people that immigrated were in their early twenties with their families and didn’t know any English. There appeared to be two different reactions by immigrants to living in Canada, one being contentment and the other being of disappointment. In CBC Digital Archives: Postwar Series video of “Immigrant Experiences in Postwar Canada” an Italian women states that there were no jobs for her when she arrived but on the other hand a Ukrainian man was delighted as he found work easily in Winnipeg. Immigrants were eager to escape their war torn lives but also dissatisfied due to the impression that they didn’t belong in Canada. Integration into a new country was hard but a necessity that each immigrant had to bear.
Additionally, during the postwar period Canada was faced with an economic boom leading to a growing labor market and hence a large demand for workers. Immigrants were the remedy to Canada’s need for labourers. In 1944 there was an annual of 12000 immigrating to Canada where as in 1957 there was an annual of 282,000 immigrating to Canada. Many of these people went to Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia. Canada’s postwar prosperity continued on as it did due to the contributing effects of immigrants as well as from the lasting investments that were funded by these new
Firstly, after World War II immigration to Canada and the west seemed to be a safer and more promising endeavour. With the world on the long hard road to reconstruction Canada’s economy was instead booming but needed workers to meet the demand for expanding …show more content…
Many of the people that immigrated were in their early twenties with their families and didn’t know any English. There appeared to be two different reactions by immigrants to living in Canada, one being contentment and the other being of disappointment. In CBC Digital Archives: Postwar Series video of “Immigrant Experiences in Postwar Canada” an Italian women states that there were no jobs for her when she arrived but on the other hand a Ukrainian man was delighted as he found work easily in Winnipeg. Immigrants were eager to escape their war torn lives but also dissatisfied due to the impression that they didn’t belong in Canada. Integration into a new country was hard but a necessity that each immigrant had to bear.
Additionally, during the postwar period Canada was faced with an economic boom leading to a growing labor market and hence a large demand for workers. Immigrants were the remedy to Canada’s need for labourers. In 1944 there was an annual of 12000 immigrating to Canada where as in 1957 there was an annual of 282,000 immigrating to Canada. Many of these people went to Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia. Canada’s postwar prosperity continued on as it did due to the contributing effects of immigrants as well as from the lasting investments that were funded by these new