emigration agents who were salesman who advertised to Canada's

attraction's to prospected immigrants. They targeted wealthy

farmers, agricultural laborers and female domestics, preferably from

Great Britain, the United States and Northern Europe.

Canada's first immigration legislation, the Immigration Act of 1869

reflected the laissez-faire philosophy of the time by not saying

which classes of immigrants should be admitted but , merely that

the "governor" could prohibit the landing of pauper or destitute

immigrants at any Canadian port.

The Chinese, who were arriving in large numbers to build the

railway, were a special target of fear and suspicion. An act passed

in 1885 to "restrict and regulate" Chinese immigration, was later

complemented by head taxes designed to discourage Ch

most people immigrated to Canada which was a grand total of

three million.

population was 141,464. It rocketed to 400,970 by 1913. Some

The authorities wanted to keep African-Canadians out of Canada

attracting farmers. Immigration from central and southeastern

immigrants entered Canada. When Sifton left in 1905, the

and set out to attract people suited for farming, In 1896, 16,835

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