Newfoundland and Labrador Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

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:::IMMIGRATION: The unprecedented prosperity of the early 19th century contributed to an extraordinary increase in immigration to Newfoundland.

:::19TH CENTURY MIGRATION: By end of the century, the country had a population of approximately 220,000 people.

:::NEWFOUNDLAND’S 1906 CHINESE HEAD TAX: About the $300.00 head tax imposed by the Newfoundland Government on each chinese immigrant entering Newfoundland in 1906.

:::ENGLISH: About the English and Irish origins of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that immigrated between the 17th and 19th century.

:::ETHNIC DIVERSITY: A representation of John Guy's encounter with the Beothuk in 1612. Newfoundland and Labrador is often described as having the most homogeneous population of European origin in Canada.

:::FRENCH INVOLVEMENT IN THE NL FISHERY: France was one of the earliest European nations to engage in the Newfoundland and Labrador migratory fishery.  

:::FRENCH MIGRATION IN NL, 1504-1904: French migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador began in the early 16th century and lasted for approximately 400 years.

:::FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN NL, 1504-1904: Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery was the major pull factor attracting French settlers to the colony from the 16th through 19th centuries.

:::IRISH MIGRATION: Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.

:::THE IRISH IN NEWFOUNDLAND: The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.

:::IRISH SETTLEMENT PATTERNS: The cod fishery and its mercantile activities greatly influenced Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland and Labrador.

:::ENGLISH MIGRATION: SEASONAL, TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT: Newfoundland experienced three types of migration from the English West Country: seasonal, temporary and permanent.

:::PUSH AND PULL FACTORS: The push and pull factors that contributed to immigration to Newfoundland.

:::SCOTTISH OCCUPATIONS IN NL: Scottish immigrants to Newfoundland and Labrador worked predominantly in the fields of commerce and agriculture during the 19th century.

:::SCOTTISH IN NL: The major Scottish migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador occurred in the 19th century and involved two unrelated phases.

:::WEST COUNTRY: The seasonal migrations from England to Newfoundland, begun in the 1500s, endured for nearly four centuries and involved numerous generations and hundreds of thousands of individuals.