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ARCHIVED - Framing Canada:
A Photographic Memory

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Essays

The Canadian Mosaic

Gallery - The Changing Tides of Immigration Policy

The notion of the ideal Canadian immigrant changed dramatically between 1890 and 1945, the country's first and second major waves of immigration. While the government originally preferred to recruit British Anglo-Saxons to settle the country's farms and cities, other ethnic groups successfully challenged bureaucratic policies that affected who could come to Canada and how.

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Photograph of a large number of Sikh men on board the KOMOGATA MARU, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1914

Komogata Maru passengers, English Bay
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1914
Photographer: unknown
PA-034015
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Photograph of a Chinese man washing gold using a small sluice box, Fraser River, British Columbia, circa 1875

Chinese man washing gold
Fraser River, British Columbia, ca. 1875
Photographer: unknown
PA-125990
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Photograph of the exterior of the Canadian government emigration offices, London, England, 1910

Canadian government emigration offices
London, England, 1910
Photographer: John W. Minnitt & Co.
PA-124866
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Photograph of the eight-member Asahi Athletic Club ice hockey team with their manager, 1919-1920

Asahi Athletic Club ice hockey team
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1919-1920
Photographer: unknown
PA-117267
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Photograph of a display, on wheels, of Canadian icons such as wheat and wolves, reading YOU NEED CANADA NEEDS YOU, London, England, date unknown

"You Need Canada Needs You"
London, England, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
C-009671
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Photograph of a large number of Dutch immigrants on board a ship being greeted by a waving Dutch ambassador and his wife on the pier, Montréal, 1947

Dutch immigrants greeted by Netherlands Ambassador Dr. J.H. van Roijin and his wife
Montréal, Quebec, June 1947
Photographer: George Hunter
PA-123476
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