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'''1890s:'''The boom era began in western Canada because much of the best public land in United States had already been homesteaded. | '''1890s:'''The boom era began in western Canada because much of the best public land in United States had already been homesteaded. | ||
'''1896–1914:'''The Canadian government’s aggressive immigration policy encouraged agricultural settlers from Britain, then the United States. Canadian colonization agents at the seaports of Hamburg and Bremen recruited Poles, Germans, Ukrainians, and Austro-Hungarians. | '''1896–1914:'''The Canadian government’s aggressive immigration policy encouraged agricultural settlers from Britain, then the United States. Canadian colonization agents at the seaports of Hamburg and Bremen recruited Poles, Germans, [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-ukraine-1891-1930/Pages/introduction.aspx Ukrainians], and Austro-Hungarians. | ||
'''1900s:'''The early 1900s were the peak of U.S. immigration to Canada. | '''1900s:'''The early 1900s were the peak of U.S. immigration to Canada. | ||
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'''1931:'''The 1931 census showed 1,300,000 U.S.-born residents settled throughout Canada: over 12 percent of the population. | '''1931:'''The 1931 census showed 1,300,000 U.S.-born residents settled throughout Canada: over 12 percent of the population. | ||
Leeson, Francis. Records of Irish Emigrants to Canada in Sussex Archives 1839-1847. List of names of heads of families or individuals, followed by year of emigration, of Irish Emigrants from North Munster to Canada. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol.V.no.2.1973. page31-42, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2iv.5-6 | Leeson, Francis. Records of Irish Emigrants to Canada in Sussex Archives 1839-1847. List of names of heads of families or individuals, followed by year of emigration, of Irish Emigrants from North Munster to Canada. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol.V.no.2.1973. page31-42, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2iv.5-6 | ||
=== Emigration Records of Europe === | === Emigration Records of Europe === | ||