Research Paper on:
History and Trends of Canadian Immigration of Italians

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Canada. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration regulations were largely non-restrictive if immigrants were laborers destined or recruited by labor agents for the major industries of mining, forestry  and the construction of the railroads. European workers were considered skilled and hard working in addition to accepting lower wages than British and American workers. In 1906 and 1910 Immigration  Acts were introduced to try and restrict immigrants of ethnic origin but because of the influence and the demand of the industrialists, Italian laborers were still very much in demand  and could emigrate from Italy through Italian labor agents affiliated with North American industrialists. After the Second World War and the establishment of a Canadian Embassy in Rome, immigration into  Canada increased greatly due to the demands of the Canadian economy and the high unemployment in Italy. Family sponsorship allowed for "family chains" from Italy and increased the populations of  Italian immigrants greatly within Canada. This decreased somewhat when the introduction of the points system in 1967 highlighted education of new immigrant applicants. The 1976 Immigration Act however removed any  discriminatory factors which existed and instead placed the emphasis on family class, humanitarian class, independent class and assisted relatives which once again allowed for an easier process for Italian immigration.  Background to Italian Immigration Historically, Italians had been coming to Canada for literally hundreds of years as John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) had initial contact with Canada in 1497 and claimed  the coast of Newfoundland for Britain (White Pine, 2003). Other Italians explorers were to follow in the 16th century and many Italians served in the military of New France and  for their duties received land and settled in the East in the late 17th century. The Italians who served with the British in the war of 1812 were also rewarded