Question

As a major immigrant receiving country, Canada is in many ways a case study in a key concept in population geography: migration.movement. Considering some of the different forms of migration discussed in Knox et al. (2015) (and drawing on examples), what are some key push and pull factors of migration? What has Canada's response been historically to migration and what have been the effects?

Answer 1

Canada has become an attractive pole for the immigrants from all around the world who were looking for a host country that may provide them with opportunities.There are many economic , social, physical reasons they can be claffified to ;

- PUSH factors are those assosiated with area of orgin.

- PULL factors are those assosiated with area of destination.

Economic reasons - economic motives looms large in human movement

Pull factor includes- better jobs, higher wages , better life

push factors includes overpopulation

social reasons- tend to involve forced migration, push factors -principles of relegious tolerence

pull factors intolerence to certain cultural groups , active relegious persecution

Physical reasons - pull factors actractive environment like mountains seasides.

push factors include - natural disasters.

Histirical overview of immigration to canada- opening west - once farmers in ontario were fully cultivated, farmers in north west , western canada became national priority

conservatives who were elected offered 3 fold approch - tariff would protect the rising manufacture sector, the transcontinential railway would be completed, homestead landswould be available in largescale, over nintennth centuary million of immigrants from US , Britain, Europian countries arrives in canada.