Introduction - Repatriation - A National Open-Door Policy (1867-1895) - Traces of the Past - Moving Here, Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience

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Introduction

Nineteenth-century Canada appeared to be caught up in a fierce competition for immigrants. From Confederation in 1867 until the Great Depression of the 1930s, each successive government, from Macdonald to Laurier, made immigration a priority. As the young country tried to increase its population and settle the West, one of the challenges it had to overcome was the emigration -- or exodus --of its citizens to the United States. From the 1860s until the end of the 19th century, more people left Canada than came here to settle. The Canadian and Quebec governments responded with strategies to repatriate these former citizens. One such strategy targeted French Canadians who had moved to New England.

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