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'''Black Canadians'''. There is a sizable community of Black Canadians in Southern Ontario who trace their ancestry to African-American slaves who used the Underground Railroad to flee from the United States, seeking refuge and freedom in Canada. From the late 1820s, through the time that the United Kingdom itself forbade slavery in 1833, until the American Civil War began in 1861, the Underground Railroad brought tens of thousands of fugitive slaves to Canada. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Canadians Wikipedia: Black Canadians]. | '''Black Canadians'''. There is a sizable community of Black Canadians in Southern Ontario who trace their ancestry to African-American slaves who used the Underground Railroad to flee from the United States, seeking refuge and freedom in Canada. From the late 1820s, through the time that the United Kingdom itself forbade slavery in 1833, until the American Civil War began in 1861, the Underground Railroad brought tens of thousands of fugitive slaves to Canada. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Canadians Wikipedia: Black Canadians]. | ||
'''Home Children''' | '''Home Children'''. Some children certainly arrived in Canada before Confederation in 1867, but it is the estimated 100,000 or more who came between 1869 and 1948 whom Canadians call [http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=4les Home Children]. These young people, between the ages of six months and their mid-twenties, were from institutions in Great Britain. They were brought to Canada for adoption, or as farm helpers, farm labourers and domestic servants | ||
'''Eastern Europeans'''. Large numbers of immigrants came into Ontario from Britain and from eastern Europe during the pre-World War I period, 1891-1914. '''Jews, Slavs, Ukrainians, and Italians''' contributed to the ethnic diversity of large cities such as Toronto. | '''Eastern Europeans'''. Large numbers of immigrants came into Ontario from Britain and from eastern Europe during the pre-World War I period, 1891-1914. '''Jews, Slavs, Ukrainians, and Italians''' contributed to the ethnic diversity of large cities such as Toronto. | ||