Matching Articles"Immigration" (Total 13)

  • The unprecedented prosperity of the early 19th century contributed to an extraordinary increase in immigration to Newfoundland
  • Newfoundland and Labrador experienced immigration during the first half of the 19th century and emigration during the latter decades of the century.
  • About the $300.00 head tax imposed by the Newfoundland Government on each chinese immigrant entering Newfoundland in 1906.
  • About the English and Irish origins of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that immigrated between the 17th and 19th century.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador is often described as having the most homogeneous population of European origin in Canada.
  • France was one of the earliest European nations to engage in the migratory fishery and dominated the industry throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • French migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador began in the early 16th century and lasted for approximately 400 years.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery was the major pull factor attracting French settlers to the colony from the 16th through 19th centuries.
  • Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.
  • The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.
  • Newfoundland experienced three types of migration from the English West Country: seasonal, temporary and permanent.
  • The push and pull factors that contributed to immigration to Newfoundland.
  • The major Scottish migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador occurred in the 19th century and involved two unrelated phases.

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