Most
Italians trace their immigration to the massive wave after World
War II, but the first settlement of Italians in Canada dates
back to 1665, when soldiers from various parts of what later
became Italy...[More]
During
the decade prior to WWI, the number of the Italians in Windsor
had only grown from 52 in 1901 to 95 in 1911. An increase in
industrialization and the expanding labour market attracted many
Italians to Canada...[More]
The
people who settled in the Windsor area c. 1900 - 1925 were mainly
from the northeastern Italian regions of Friuli and Veneto. But
there were also representatives from the northwest region of
Lombardia....[More]
Italian
immigrants who came prior to the First World War often faced
a terrible voyage across the Atlantic. The New Immigration published
in 1920 notes that in the ship “there is neither breathing
space below nor...[More]
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opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.
