Statistics Canada
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Student worksheet
- On the E-STAT sidebar select Search CANSIM.
- In the search field enter the table number 051-0006 and click Search. (The title of the table is "Immigrants to Canada, by country of last permanent residence, quarterly (persons).)
- At the Subset selection under Geography, select Canada.
- Under Last permanent residence, select Total Europe and Total Asia.
- Under Reference period: select From: Jan. 1955 to the most current time period.
- Click Retrieve as individual Time Series.
- Under the heading SCREEN OUTPUT formats select line graph and click Retrieve now at the bottom of the page.
Answer the following questions:
- Describe the trends shown in the line graph (2 — 3 sentences).
- What impact might these trends have on Canadian society? Here are a few suggestions: small businesses, grocery stores, the education system, cultural events.
- Produce another line graph, this time with Total Asia and United States.
- What year had the largest number of American immigrants? What was happening to the numbers of Asian immigrants around the same time?
- What conflict was occuring at this time that would explain these two immigration trends? Explain how this conflict would affect the number of American immigrants and Asian immigrants.
