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Road signs in Canada may conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada ... The imperial speed limit (left) is a BC-style sign, ...
The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era), [1] was a Canadian Act of Parliament passed by the government of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (French: Musée canadien de l'immigration du Quai 21), in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's national museum of immigration. The museum occupies part of Pier 21, the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed.
The launch of the North-West America at Nootka Sound, 1788. In 1788, some 120 Chinese contract labourers arrived at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. [1] [2]: 312 British fur trader John Meares recruited an initial group of 50 sailors and artisans from Canton and Macao, China, hoping to build a trading post and encourage trade in sea otter pelts between Nootka Sound and Canton. [1]
The Canadian Immigrant Investor Program was an initiative of the federal government of Canada lasting from 1986 to 2014 that promoted immigration from people investing in Canada. Under the program, successful applicants and their families received permanent and unconditional Canadian residential visas and were then eligible to obtain Canadian ...
The Century Initiative [a] [3] is a Canadian charity that aims to increase Canada's population to 100 million by 2100. [4]The Century Initiative was co-founded by Mark Wiseman and Dominic Barton, who also led the Advisory Council on Economic Growth under three-term Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In the 2010s, there was a shift in immigration policy due to small businesses needing affordable labor, making student visas a step towards permanent residency, currently known as “two-step immigration.” [42] [43] This led to a historic population growth in Canada in 2022, affecting housing due to a lack of housing plans.
Bilingual (English/French) stop sign on Parliament Hill in Ottawa [7] Royal Military College Paladins Bilingual (English/French) Scoreboard, inner field, Royal Military College of Canada [8] Bilingual (French/English) sign for Preston Street (rue Preston) in Ottawa, placed above a sign marking that the street is in Little Italy, an example of bilingualism at the municipal government level [9