{"id":275,"date":"2013-02-14T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kmhs.ca\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2020-12-17T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T02:34:37","slug":"kensington-market-in-the-1930s-1940s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kmhs.ca\/footnotes\/kensington-market-in-the-1930s-1940s\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Immigration to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1953, the first significant wave of Portuguese immigrants arrived in the Port of Halifax aboard the Saturnia<\/em>.[1]<\/a> In the 1950s, the Canadian Government promoted immigration primarily to fulfill the shortage of farm labourers in the agricultural sector and construction workers on the railway.[2]<\/a> Low standards of living and limited economic opportunities were the primary reasons for Portuguese immigrants to leave Portugal.[3]<\/a> Furthermore, Canada\u2019s reputation, lenient immigration policies, and lifestyle provided key attractions for the Portuguese to specifically immigrate to Canada.[4]<\/a> Significantly, many Portuguese immigrants came to Canada because they had relatives or friends living in the country to assist them in finding employment.[5]<\/a> In addition to relatives or friends, Portuguese immigrants relied on immigration offices abroad and employment services in Canada to obtain work.[6]<\/a> Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Portuguese immigration increased because of family sponsorship and reunification.[7]<\/a> From the mid-1970s onward, Portuguese immigration decreased because the Canadian Government implemented the constraining points system, and it became economically more attractive to stay within the \u201cEuropean community.\u201d[8]<\/a> From early 1950s to the present, between sixty to seventy percent of the Portuguese who immigrated to Canada arrived from the Azores region, particularly from the island of S\u00e3o Miguel.[9]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Domingos Marques and Jo\u00e3o Medeiros, Portuguese Immigrants: 25 Years in Canada<\/em>, (Toronto: Marquis Printers, 1980), 26.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/a> Victor Da Rosa and Carlos Teixeira, The Portuguese in Canada: Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment<\/em>, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009), 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[3]<\/a> David Higgs, The Portuguese in Canada<\/em>, (Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1982), 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[4]<\/a> Grace Anderson, Networks of Contact: The Portuguese and Toronto<\/em>, (Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1974), 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[5]<\/a> Anderson, Networks of Contact, <\/em>21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[6]<\/a> Ibid, <\/em>164.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[7]<\/a> Victor Da Rosa and Carlos Teixeira, The Portuguese in Canada: Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment<\/em>, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009), 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[8]<\/a> Da Rosa and Teixeria, The Portuguese in Canada, <\/em>6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[9]<\/a> Ibid, <\/em>7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1953, the first significant wave of Portuguese immigrants arrived in the Port of Halifax aboard the Saturnia.[1] In the 1950s, the Canadian Government promoted immigration primarily to fulfill the … <\/p>\n

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