Making Canada home : how immigrants shaped this country

Hughes, Susan 1960- (author.).

Summary: People from every single country in the world call Canada home. From the very first arrivals as long as 30,000 years ago—the ancestors of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples—right up until today, people have settled in this country to build a better life.Making Canada Home chronicles the country’s major waves of immigration, from welcoming early European arrivals to becoming a modern-day safe haven for refugees. The book also acknowledges times when Canada has not been especially welcoming. It explores how each period of immigration has shaped the laws, values, and face of Canada on the way to today’s multicultural society.This book is a rich and thorough source of informational text, packed with primary sources including compelling personal accounts, historic documents, memorabilia, and archival photographs, as well as maps, sidebars, a timeline, and a glossary.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771472029 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
regular print
127 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 29 cm
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:february.17 Previously published under title: Coming to Canada, c2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Making Canada home -- Canada's founding peoples -- Building the nation -- Closing the doors -- Welcoming the world -- The Canadian kaleidoscope -- Our past is present