1958
Italian Chain Migration
Italy surpassed britian as the main immigrant group in Canada in 1958.There were two significant waves of Italian waves to Canada; they occured between 1900 and World War I in which 120 000 italians emigrated. Because of a shortage of labour after the Second World War from 1950 to 1970, most interestingly is that post war 70 percent of Canadian immigrants were Italian. This phenomenon is believed to have occured primarily due to family ‘chain migration’.
Italian Chain Migration
Italy surpassed britian as the main immigrant group in Canada in 1958.There were two significant waves of Italian waves to Canada; they occured between 1900 and World War I in which 120 000 italians emigrated. Because of a shortage of labour after the Second World War from 1950 to 1970, most interestingly is that post war 70 percent of Canadian immigrants were Italian. This phenomenon is believed to have occured primarily due to family ‘chain migration’.