Immigration To Canada Research Paper
On December 9, 1956, the ocean liner Arosa Sun arrived in Quebec City, carrying 257 passengers who escaped Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution just two months ago. They were greeted by Quebec City and federal officials along with more than three thousand Canadians on the docks. These people were just a microscopic portion of the 2,099,641 immigrants who came to Canada from 1945 to 1961. While Canada always had a door open for immigrants, the nation’s attitude towards immigrants has changed dramatically in the mid 20th century. Between the end of WWII to the beginning of the cold war, a nation with mostly closed doors started to open them up. Canada’s attitude towards immigrants shifted from “keeping non-ideal immigrants out of the country”
to accepting immigration for humanitarian reasons meanwhile fulfilling its needs. Canada’s new immigration policy was not only beneficial to refugees, satisfying the economic needs, but also rewriting the definition of “non-ideal immigrants”.
to accepting immigration for humanitarian reasons meanwhile fulfilling its needs. Canada’s new immigration policy was not only beneficial to refugees, satisfying the economic needs, but also rewriting the definition of “non-ideal immigrants”.