Scottish Immigration to Canada

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Scottish Immigration to Canada

• By
• Room 7-42
• 2002

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Introduction

• There were 4 main waves of the Scottish
  immigration to Canada.
• The first lasted from 1700 to 1815.
• The second went from 1815 to 1845.
• The third wave was from 1845 to 1860.
• Finally the fourth and final wave was from 1860
  to 1920.
• Now lets get into detail!

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Wave 1. 1700-1815

• The Scots started to immigrate out of Scotland in
  1700.
• The religious and political punishment forced
  them to leave.
• In the 19th century, those who remained didnt
  have a choice. They were forced to leave.
• Many, when they arrived to Canada, recruited to
  the Hudsons bay Company.

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Stop!!!

• Did you Know that Canadas first 2 Prime
  Ministers, Sir John A Macdonald and Alexander
  Mackenzie, were from Scotland!!!

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Wave 2. 1815-1845

• In 1815 many Scots left without work.
• Those who kept their jobs were paid the absolute
  minimum wage.
• With the end of the war in 1815, the government
  no longer needed a large number of recruits.
• The government now started enforcing immigration
  over sea.

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One of The Scottish Flags, Saltine.

• In Scotland there are 2 flags.
• This is the first Scottish flag.
• Its name is Saltine, and it is one of the three
  flags that make up the flag Union Jack.
• Picture from Google pictures.

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The other Scottish Flag Royal Lion Rampart.

• There are 2 Scottish flags.
• This is the other one.
• Picture from Google pictures.

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Wave 3 1845-1860

• It was estimated that in the 18th century there
  was a great starvation every three years.
• The highlanders relied on the potato as there
  main source of food.
• The starvation also caused more Scots to
  immigrate to Canada, Nova Scotia, and New France.
• The Scots were sent to those places by Lord
  Selkirk.

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Lord Selkirk

• Lord Selkirk was the person you learned about in
  the slide we saw earlier.
• Here he is!!

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Wave 4 1860-1920

• Immigration out of Scotland consisted at a steady
  pace.
• Short periods of intense immigration occurred
  serious industrial depressions in the mid 1880s
  and 1906 to 1913.
• Unlike the immigrants of the earlier faces, the
  majority in the period after 1860 were skilled
  laborers, interpreters, and professionals in all
  they do.

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Conclusion.

• Well, I hoped you learned a lot about the
  Scottish immigration to Canada.
• You have just learned about the wave of 1700-1815
• The second wave from 1815 to 1845.
• The third wave from 1845 to 1860.
• And the final wave from 1860 to 1920

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The End

• Good By says the Vintage Brass Band
• Picture from google pictures.

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Bibliography

• All pictures from the Google images.
• information was found in the True North 2 CD
• Information found in the Canadian Encyclopedia.
  Page 2120.