Canada accepts 250,000 immigrants every year, coming from more than 200 countries and also has the highest per capita immigration in the world three times higher than The United States, which makes Canada one of the most multicultural countries in the world. Immigration is a process where people come to a foreign country to settle permanently. Changes in immigration policy have always been an essential part in shaping the Canadian history and the present. These changes in immigration policies resulted
Canada has generally seen immigration as a positive chance and an important tool to expand the country and construct the economy. It has built a status throughout the years for being a massively diverse nation. However, the historical backdrop of Canada’s immigration strategies through the years has been one of rejection and prejudice. Even today, the nation keeps on welcoming some, yet not others. Nevertheless, immigration is essential to the improvement of Canada’s society, economy, and culture
Canada being a well-rounded multicultural country has to face important factors to maintain its stability in all aspects to uphold the quality of living for each individual in the country. In 1869, the federal government passed the first Immigration Act, which initiated the basic framework of the Canadian immigration policy. This opened doors for newcomers to migrate. The previous 1976 Immigration Act was substituted in 2001 when the federal government presented the Immigration and Refugee Protection
the times when immigrating to Canada was simply the relocation of British subjects within the empire, to todays global migration. Policies previously structured to attract white, european labourers have now become open to people from many facets of global life, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, orientation, gender, or race. There have been many different departments controlling immigration, and multiple laws passed to regulate it. One such law was the Immigration act of 1976. The Act was designed
its population as of 2006, Canada is looking to double its immigration number to 400 000 migrants annually (Friesen). Balancing between ethnically diversifying Canada while heeding the fundamental dedatirums of Canadian citizens, however, has become a game of tug-of-war with unemployed Canadians and increasing insecurity pulling through, victoriously. Entering an economic recession, Canada remains blind to acknowledging the compulsion of refining its immigration policy even though it’s impact on
Canada has established itself as a nation built on diversity, housing millions of individuals with different ethnicities, religions, and cultural backgrounds. Over the years, Canada has been voted as the most preferred country of travel and immigration by multiple news outlets and travel magazines. Thousands of individuals embark on a journey to Canada each year because the country holds a remarkable reputation as a nation built upon peace, diversity, and acceptance. The history of Canada is very
Canada During the 20TH Century During the 20th century, many ethnicities had to undergo many hardships and problems due to certain nations. These nations were racist and not at all humanitarian. One of these nations was Canada. Canada has not proven itself to be a humanitarian nation over the course of the 20th century. They display their non-humanitarian like actions by, treating the Japanese Canadians horribly, forcing Aboriginal children into residential schools and by having extremely racist
Canada is ranks first out of other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members for annual flow of immigration. Every year, Canada accepts about 250, 000 immigrants and spends about 64 million on immigration per day. This raised many questions as to whether immigration is a good idea, or Canada became simply a social assistance and job finding program for people from other countries. Although the benefits of immigration started to decline within the last decade, overall it
Canada is a country that depends on immigrants to improve its economy and population. Immigration always has great influence on the size and growth of the population in Canada. In order to arrive at a conclusion several factors has to be discussed such as labour shortage, economic impact and productivity, social aspects, and policies adopted. With more opportunities arising on Western side of Canada, one solution to labour shortage is foreign labour. One good example is Giusti Group one of Western
The image of Canada that exists today derives from the historical events that have occurred in the past. This history has shown that Canadians continue to build their identity based on the experiences of racial discrimination and cultural divides of the past. A specific group of immigrants that contributed to the Canadian identity were the Chinese, which were the main contributors to the Canadian Pacific Railway, a significant part of Canada as this railway created the connection between the East