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==Emigration== | ==Emigration== | ||
===Canada=== | ===Canada=== | ||
*It is difficult to determine the exact date of arrival of the first Finnish settler in Canada. However, Finns began to settle in large numbers in the 1880s. | |||
*During this period, several Finns who had arrived in the United States in the 1860s crossed the border into Canada. | |||
*By 1890, several communities of Canadians of Finnish origin had formed. The largest of these communities were '''Nanaimo (British Columbia), New Finland (Saskatchewan), Port Arthur, Toronto and Sault Ste-Marie (Ontario)'''. Many of these early settlers were pious individuals and therefore churches of various denominations played an important role in cultural and social regrouping. | |||
*The first great wave of Finnish immigration to Canada occurred in the early 20th century, just before the First World War. Approximately one third of all Finnish immigrants to Canada arrived between 1900 and 1914. | |||
*A civil war broke out in Finland during World War I and one faction received support from Germany to defeat the other. As a result, the Government of Canada declared Finland an “enemy country”. | |||
*It was not until the end of the war that Finnish immigration to Canada resumed. During this period in the United States, quotas were put in place for immigration from Finland; as a result, many Finns choose to settle in Canada. The number of Finnish speaking Swedish also increased during this same period. | |||
Several Canadians of Finnish origin fought and died in the Spanish Civil War. | |||
During World War II, Finland was once again declared an enemy country due to its participation with Germany in an attack on the Soviet Union. This declaration was repealed after the end of the war. The last great wave of immigration from Finland to Canada took place between 1948 and 1961. Since then, Finnish immigration has declined significantly. | |||
=== United States === | === United States === | ||