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Migration Analysing statistics a) Study the graph and the historical details below. Take a text marker and highlight the important years in the graph so that you can refer to them later. (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/research-stats/facts2012.pdf ) 1913: 400,000 immigrants prior to World War I 1914–1918: World War I 1930s: Depression years 1939–1945: World War II 1950s: About 1,500,000 immigrants from Europe 1956: Defeat of revolution in Hungary 1962: New immigration regulations eliminate all discrimination based on race, religion and nationality 1967: Government introduces point system for the selection of skilled workers 1968/1969: Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia 1975: End of Vietnam War b) Complete the gaps below with suitable words. This bar (1) chart shows the (2) of new permanent residents in Canada. It (3) to the years 1900 and 1990. After the initial period of British and French colonisation in the late 15 th century, immigration to Canada took place in waves. Two of these waves are (4) in the graph. Let me first (5) your attention to the year 1913. As you can (6) , the number of new permanent residents (7) just before the outbreak ofWorldWar I. 400,000 immigrants entered the country at that time before numbers significantly (8) in wartime. During the depression we can notice a significant (9) in immigration to Canada. In the years ofWorldWar II, numbers were at an all-time (10) . But if we look (11) at the years after the war, we can (12) an overall increase in the number of new (13) residents followed by a strong (14) in 1957, shortly after the Hungarian revolution was defeated. c) Add a few sentences of your own commenting on other immigration trends to Canada caused by certain historical events. 1 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1 950 1 952 1 954 1 956 1 958 1 960 1 962 1 964 1 966 1 968 1 970 1 972 1 974 1 976 1 978 1 980 1 982 1 984 1 986 1 988 1 990 Canada: Permanent residents (without citizenship), 1900–1990 69 14 Migration Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv