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The first large emigration from Canada was between 1755 and 1758 when 6,000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_French French Acadians] were deported from Nova Scotia. Some settled temporarily in other American colonies and in France. Many eventually found permanent homes in Louisiana, where they were called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun "Cajuns."] A few returned to the Maritime Provinces. | The first large emigration from Canada was between 1755 and 1758 when 6,000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_French French Acadians] were deported from Nova Scotia. Some settled temporarily in other American colonies and in France. Many eventually found permanent homes in Louisiana, where they were called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun "Cajuns."] A few returned to the Maritime Provinces. | ||
During the[http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/michigan_fever.html "Michigan Fever"] of the 1830s, large numbers of Canadians streamed westward across the border. By the late 1840s, over 20,000 Canadians and newly landed foreign immigrants moved to the United States each year. California gold fever attracted many, beginning in 1849. | During the[http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/michigan_fever.html "Michigan Fever"] of the 1830s, large numbers of Canadians streamed westward across the border. By the late 1840s, over 20,000 Canadians and newly landed foreign immigrants moved to the United States each year. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush California gold fever] attracted many, beginning in 1849. | ||
After 1850, the tide of migration still flowed from Canada to the United States. Newly landed immigrants tended not to stay in Canada very long. Between 1851 and 1951, there were up to 80 emigrants, both natives of Canada and others, who left Canada for every 100 immigrants who arrived. A few immigrants returned to their native lands or went elsewhere, but many eventually went to the United States after brief periods of settlement in Canada. | After 1850, the tide of migration still flowed from Canada to the United States. Newly landed immigrants tended not to stay in Canada very long. Between 1851 and 1951, there were up to 80 emigrants, both natives of Canada and others, who left Canada for every 100 immigrants who arrived. A few immigrants returned to their native lands or went elsewhere, but many eventually went to the United States after brief periods of settlement in Canada. | ||