150+ Canadians Day 11: Canada’s Refugee Policy

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First Syrian refugee family arrives in Canada. Image credit: Domnic Santiago on flickr.

Canada’s Refugee Policy contributes to peace by welcoming the world’s displaced, especially those fleeing war and persecution.#Canada150

Mass migrations to Canada include the following:

  • 3,000 Black Loyalists (1776), 35,000 Loyalists (1783), 170,000 Scots (1815-70)
  • 170,000 Ukrainians (1891-1913), 119,770 Italians (1900-14)
  • 250,000 displaced persons from Europe as a result of WW II
  • 37,000 Hungarians (1956), 11,000 Czechs (1968-69), 7000 Muslims from Uganda (1972-73)
  • 60,000 Vietnamese (1979-80)
  • Canada has also welcomed large numbers of Asians, East and West Indians, Irish, Doukhobors, American war resistors and currently Syrian refugees.