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*A third wave of immigration took place after 1945, with urban areas the destination. The 1961 census counted 61,000 Canadians of Belgian ancestry. | *A third wave of immigration took place after 1945, with urban areas the destination. The 1961 census counted 61,000 Canadians of Belgian ancestry. | ||
*During the Second World War, Belgian émigrés from Canada and elsewhere in the Americas were formed into the 2nd Fusilier Battalion of the Free Belgian Forces, which was based in Canada.<ref>"Belgian Canadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Canadians, accessed 3 May 2021.</ref> | *During the Second World War, Belgian émigrés from Canada and elsewhere in the Americas were formed into the 2nd Fusilier Battalion of the Free Belgian Forces, which was based in Canada.<ref>"Belgian Canadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Canadians, accessed 3 May 2021.</ref> | ||
===England=== | |||
====England Background==== | |||
The first wave of many thousands of French-speaking Protestants were Walloon refugees who arrived in England from the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium and the Netherlands) in 1567, having been forced to flee the suppression of Protestantism by King Philip of Spain’s forces lead by the Duke of Alva. | |||
*Protestant immigrants from Flanders and Brabant spoke Flemish, a Dutch dialect, and can thus easily be confused with Dutch settlers. Edward III (1327-1377) encouraged the Flemish to settle in England, as he valued their silk and other textile skills. Other waves came in 1551 and 1567 fleeing the occupying Catholic Spaniards, as did the Walloons. They settled primarily in south eastern England, particularly in London, Norwich and Canterbury and were employed especially in silk weaving, the New Draperies and market gardening. In the 17th century more Flemish immigrants arrived with the Dutch to drain the fens of East Anglia (Beharrell).<ref>"England Church History", in Wikipedia, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=England_Church_History&action=edit§ion=10, accessed 5 May 2021.</ref> | |||
===Sweden=== | ===Sweden=== | ||
===Sweden Online Records=== | ===Sweden Online Records=== | ||
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Belgians | *[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Belgians | ||