SOC 470 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Green Paper, Pier 21, Balkans
25 Jan 2017
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Toronto was now growing in industry (1850), toronto was growing fast and the first capital of its rank. The commercial empire of the st. lawrence was bankrupt. Toronto was a good place to take advantage of shipping with new york, since. New york made money off britain through shipping rates, new york had a lot of goods and agri(cid:272)ulture. Toro(cid:374)to(cid:859)s e(cid:374)gage(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith other (cid:373)er(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ts i(cid:373)porti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)porti(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:272)reased. The population of the city continued to grow as did the industries. In 1999 a canadian immigration museum was inaugurated at pier 21 in halifax. Between 1928 and 1971 tens of thousands of european immigrants arrived at this pier. Immigrants not longer arrive by boat but fly in toronto is not only a port of entry, it is an immigration destination that is home to more than one third of immigrants arriving in.
