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  2. Vietnam War resisters in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Estimates of the total number of American citizens who moved to Canada due to their opposition to the war range from 50,000 to 125,000 This exodus was "the largest politically motivated migration from the United States since the United Empire Loyalists moved north to oppose the American Revolution."

  3. Great Migration of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Great Migration of Canada (also known as the Great Migration from Britain or the second wave of immigration to Canada) was a period of high immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850, which involved over 800,000 immigrants, mainly of British and Irish origin. [1] Though Europe was becoming richer through the Industrial Revolution, population ...

  4. Immigration to Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.

  5. Expulsion of the Loyalists - Wikipedia

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    Many Loyalist refugees resettled in Canada after losing their place, property, and security during the Revolution. The Loyalists, some of whose ancestors helped found America [citation needed], left a well-armed population hostile to the King and his loyalist subjects to build the new nation of Canada. The motto of New Brunswick, created out of ...

  6. How to move to Canada from the U.S. and everything to know ...

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    With uncertainty surrounding the U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic, more Americans are once again showing an interest in moving to Canada. How to move to Canada from the U.S. and everything ...

  7. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada. /  45.400°N 75.667°W  / 45.400; -75.667. Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.

  8. AOC skewers Elon Musk’s anti-immigrant stance with four-word ...

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    Mr Musk was born and raised in South Africa — he moved to Canada in 1988 before migrating to the US. ... “We are in this absurd situation where the vast majority of people are not in fact ...

  9. History of Chinese immigration to Canada - Wikipedia

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    e. Chinese immigrants began settling in Canada in the 1780s. [1] The major periods of Chinese immigration would take place from 1858 to 1923 and 1947 to the present day, reflecting changes in the Canadian government's immigration policy . Chinese immigrants were initially sought after by Canadian employers as a source of cheap labour due to ...