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Emigration Where Scots moved to? Scots in Canada!

Emigration Where Scots moved to? Scots in Canada! . Jenni Calder (Historian):.

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Emigration Where Scots moved to? Scots in Canada!

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  1. EmigrationWhere Scots moved to?Scots in Canada!

  2. Jenni Calder (Historian): ‘The New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Company, formed in 1831, acquired 550,000 acres in York County north of the Bay Fundy, and recruited settlers in the West Highlands…..The company claimed to have spent three years and £80,000 on preparing for settlement…. The crossed the Atlantic, taking 43 days to find a house awaiting with 5 acres of land cleared and painted.’

  3. Emigration to Canada • A location Scots moved to. • The development of ships allowed Canada to be accessible easily. • Unlike Australia, New Zealand and India, emigration to Canada did not take months aboard a disease ridden ship. • You could return from Canada. • Landlords paid for them to go.

  4. Canada • Landlords have several reasons why they wanted to get them off the land. • Landlords believed that the highlands was ‘over-populated’ and they wanted to make the land more profitable. • Eventually the opinion in the 1850s-1860s was that the highlanders should be helped.

  5. Canada • Persuaded by incentives. • North West Company- • Known for fur trading in the 18th Century. • Became part of the Hudson Bay’s Company. Created by Scots. • Huge and powerful trading company.

  6. Canada • Timber industry • Travel to Canada to cut down forests for a reasonable wage. Video clip BBC 4363

  7. Canada • Canadian Pacific Railroad opened up jobs. • CPR sent agents specifically to recruit emigrants from Scotland. • Provided ready made farms in Alberta with houses, barns and fences.

  8. Canada • Not only in the 19th century. • 1901-1914, 240,000 Scots left for Canada. • 1919-1930 another 300,000 people. • Newspaper coverage • Letters from family • Posters.

  9. Canada Two famous ships left for Canada • Marloch and the Metagama. (Left in 1923 with 300 emigrants aboard.) • Huge Liners-came form the Herbrides and picked up 600 people between them. • Many people wanted to have the opportunity of a better life. • Majority aged 22. How far question..

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