1902
First Wave of Italian Immigration
Across the Atlantic they came, the first glimpse of their new home Canada that Italian immigrants saw was Pier 21. Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was the gateway into Canada that met Italian immigrants at the end of their long crossing. Having their precious homemade food being confiscated by Customs Officers, they really did not know what awaited them in Canada, all they know is they were looking for a new opportunity. It is in 1901 that a collection of articles published in a Milanese newspaper describing a corrupt system of recruiyting immigrants to Montrealand and the Canadian north. The immigrant labourers who followed these advertisements were often misled through this structure and some even found them selves unemployed. It is in 1902 the General Commissariat for Emigration in Rome sent a commissioner to venture to Canada and how the Italian immigrants were doing in their new home. In which we found problems of exploitation, the Italian government suspended migration until this grave problem was treated.
First Wave of Italian Immigration
Across the Atlantic they came, the first glimpse of their new home Canada that Italian immigrants saw was Pier 21. Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was the gateway into Canada that met Italian immigrants at the end of their long crossing. Having their precious homemade food being confiscated by Customs Officers, they really did not know what awaited them in Canada, all they know is they were looking for a new opportunity. It is in 1901 that a collection of articles published in a Milanese newspaper describing a corrupt system of recruiyting immigrants to Montrealand and the Canadian north. The immigrant labourers who followed these advertisements were often misled through this structure and some even found them selves unemployed. It is in 1902 the General Commissariat for Emigration in Rome sent a commissioner to venture to Canada and how the Italian immigrants were doing in their new home. In which we found problems of exploitation, the Italian government suspended migration until this grave problem was treated.
