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3 categories of immigrants |
Refugee - people who are escaping persecution, torture, or unusual punishments in their home country Family class - people that have relatives already living on Canada Economic immigrants - skilled workers and business people wanting to do business in Canada |
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Immigration & refugee protection act |
To make sure people are assisted when they move to Canada & are successful in our society |
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Demographics of a population |
Age, life expectancy, health, growth rate, labor force growth (where jobs are needed) |
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Point system |
Points for Education, official language, work experience, age, arranged employment, adaptability Min. Of 67 points Application Fee Medical exam Security check |
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1800 Chinese immigrants allowed in Canada but |
Had to pay head tax (fee) |
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1900 Indians allowed to enter if they |
Came directly without stopping along the way |
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Immigrant laws can be |
Challenged in court of they don't think they are being respected |
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Aboriginal communities issues |
Collective rights Job issues |
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Francophone community |
Immigrants are encouraged to learn French |
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Many immigrants settle in which areas of Canada... |
Larger, well know known areas Due to availability of resources and those areas of Canada are really the only places they know about Ex. Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver etc. |
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Province nomination ability |
Request particular numbers of immigrants that have certain skills They can make a request to Immigration Canada and they will see if any of the applicants match Ex. If Alberta needs oil field workers they can send a request for people in that skill area |
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Quebec Accord |
Special agreement with federal government and province of Quebec that allow them to require immigrants that settle in Quebec to: children learn in Francophone schools French 1st language This makes sure that the province stays French and has French speaking people to keep their heritage |