Entering and Leaving Canada

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Entering and Leaving Canada
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LOOKING BACK

• - In the 20th century, over 10 million immigrants
  came into Canada

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Pre- Confederation

• - The earliest people to reach North America
  arrived between 15, 000 and
• 20, 000 years ago.

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New France (1600-1760)

• 27,000 people came to New France between 1608 and
  1760, only 10,000 stayed.
• Immigration was low because of some French
  policies
• ie you had to be Catholic
• By 1759 the population of New France was 75,000

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Post -Conquer Period (1763-1815)

• Most immigrants that came to Canada, came from
  the United States.
• Americans came North in search of land in the
  1790s.
• The population of upper Canada was 95,000
• In 1815, the population of Lower Canada was
  335,000
• 90 of whom were French speaking

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Toward Confederation (1815-1867)

• In 50 years , more than a million British
  immigrants came to British North America
• In 1885, Parliament imposed a 50 head tax on
  every Chinese person who entered Canada. In 1905
  it increased to 500.
• Then in 1914, a 200 landing tax was added on to
  discourage Chinese immigrants.
• These taxes were to try and stop the Chinese
  from coming in because the British thought they
  would take away their jobs.

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The Laurier Era (1896-1911)

• Clifford Sifton, Minister if the Interior of the
  new Laurier government took an aggressive
  campaign approach to bring imigrants to the west
  of Canada .
• He brought in a policy of selective immigration
• He wanted British and American farmers to settle
  in the prairies so he offered free land.
• When the chosen ones didnt want to come he
  settled for the undesirable immigrants which
  were Southearn and Westearn Europeans.
• In 1910, the federal Parliament passed a new
  immigration Act, which included three specific
  classes of undesirable immigrants
• those considered to be physically, morally, and
  mentally unfit
• those belonging to nationalities thought unlikely
  to assimilate.
• Those thought likely to settle in cities and
  contribute to unemployment.

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The Immigration Act,1976

• The Immigration Act,1976 proclaimed into law in
  April 1978.
• The main parts of the Act deal with who can
  enter Canada and who can be excluded or expelled,
  and related appeal procedures.

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Entry into Canada

• Anyone coming into Canada must apply for entry at
  a designated port of entry, such as a border
  crossing, international airport, seaport, or
  railway station.
• An immigration officer can search someone if they
  need to.
• A Canadian citizen and permanent residents can
  enter Canada upon producing necessary proof
  passports, birth certificates, or naturalization
  papers.
• Visitors and immigrants must satisfy specific
  requirements set out in the Immigration A ct
  before they are allowed in.

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Visitors

• Visitors can be asked to leave Canada if they
  violate any of these terms ones visa, comitting
  a serious criminal act, engaging in subversive
  activities or being identified as a possible
  security risk, and entering Canada illegally.

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Tourists

• Visitors must obtain a visitors visa prior to
  coming into Canada.
• Visitors also must give information on where
  theyre staying, and the length of time they will
  be staying.
• Visitors are not allowed to work or receive any
  or go to any educational site.

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Students

• Large amount of young people come to Canada on a
  student authorization program.
• They must prove that they have already been
  accepted to an educational institution
• They must have already paid for a years tuition
  and have enough money for living in Canada.

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Temporary Workers

• If performing a certain job such as a United
  Nations personnel, a diplomat, members of allied
  armed forces, crew members of ships and
  airplanes, athletes participating in
  international sporting events, performing
  artists, and foreign news correspondents on
  assignments, it is a lengthy process.
• A person wanting to come in must have a
  prospective employer in Canada willing to apply
  for a work permit, known as an employment
  authorization.

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Business Visitors

• The 1989 Free Trade Agreement concluded by Canada
  and the United States has created a more open
  border between the two countries.
• U.S citizens may now come in temporarily to do
  business for short periods of time.

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Immigrants

• An Immigrant is someone who seeks landing.
• Landing means Lawful Permissions.
• A landing immigrant is someone permitted to seek
  permanent residents.
• After three years an immigrant can apply to
  become a citizen through a process called
  naturalization
• The Act divides immigrants into three main
  catagories
• Family Class
• Independent Class
• Refugee Class

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Family Class

• Family members are allowed to sponsor other
  relatives over to Canada, provided that the
  requirements are met.
• The commitment is formally referred to at an
  Undertaking of Assistance for Family Class.
• The family also has to be willing to take care of
  them for at least ten years.
• A number of persons one is allowed to get is how
  the sponsor is financially living.
• The sponsered relative must live outside of
  Canada.
• The sponsoring relative must be 19 years of age.

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Independent Class

• Independent class must be 19 years of age, and
  must apply on there own behalf.
• Successful applicants receive a document called
  an Immigration Visa and Record of Landing.
• Those who are excepted are allowed to bring there
  spouse and children with them.

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Leaving Canada
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Passports

• Canadian Citizens can apply for a passport at any
  local passport office or by mail

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Visitors Visa

• It can be a document or stamped passport
  authorizing visitations for a long period of
  time.
• A visa can be done verbally as is done between
  Canada and the United States.
• Visa are different in other places, some
  countries deny entry if the passports are stamped
  by countries with bad relations to the stamped
  country.

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International Drivers License

• Applicants must be 18 years of age.
• Some country's want an international license to
  operate a vehicle.
• Other countries just need the drivers license
  issued by the province of residents.

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Insurance

• Medical insurance should be checked before going
  anywhere, to see if you need to purchase any.
• Cancellation insurance is also bought to protect
  from loosing money with airlines.

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Travelling Abroad

• It is important to obey laws wherever you go.
• The host of the country is allowed to apply the
  laws of there country on travellers.
• Canadian travellers should contact a Canadian
  consulate or embassy as soon as possible when
  finding themselves in trouble.
• Canadians who commit crimes while travelling and
  return home before being caught are called
  extraditions. It is handing over by one state
  or country to another of people accused of
  crimes.

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Emigration from Canada

• It is a concern to many that Canadians keep
  leaving Canada and are going to the States.
• People are leaving Canada because if the economic
  opportunities not available in Canada.
• For some, the motivation for leaving is the
  uncertainties over Canadas future.
• Most of the people leaving Canada are highly
  skilled and well educated people, the people that
  have been hard to attract.