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Field name | Value |
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Title | Emigration Correspondence, 1865-1866 |
Date | 1865-1866 |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Reference | R194-64-6-E, Volume 2393, Folder 4 |
Library / Archive | Library and Archives Canada |
Collection Name | Department of Agriculture: Immigration |
Description | Letters and reports showing emigration returns, average wages paid for professions in Canada, number of emigrants and where they came from per province, the movement of 'Limerick Union Girls' from Ireland, expenditure of the emigration department and estimates of labour required in Canada. |
Series Description | Records created and maintained by the Immigration Branch of the Department of Agriculture. As immigration and colonization became increasingly important to the new Dominion government, the high volume of information flowing into and required from the Minister's office overwhelmed the docket system of record-keeping. |
Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland; Germany; Norway; France; Italy |
Country (to) | Canada |
Places | Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Ports | Montreal, Ontario, Canada; Limerick, Ireland; Portland, Maine, United States |
Nationality | English; Irish; Scottish; German; Norwegian; French; Italian; European; American |
Ships | SS St David |
People | Buchanan, Alexander Carlisle |
Keywords | health and sickness, cholera, employment, agriculture, labourer, domestic service, female emigration, wages, child migration, labour |
Language | English |
Copyright | Library and Archives Canada |