Kanada ühiskond ja kultuur/Society and Culture of Canada
14. From which countries did most immigrants arrive in Canada in the following periods: (1) before 1760; (2)
1760 to the end of the 19 th century; (3) in the early 20 th century; (4) after World War II; (5) from the 1960s
to the present?
Before the 1760s mostly from France; 1760s to the end of the 19th century from Britain, either directly or by way
of the US (Loyalists); the early 20th century, from continental Europe (Germany, Ukraine, Scandiavia, Italy);
after WWII war refugees from many European countries, including Estonia; since the 1960-70s most immigrants
from Asia and other Third World countries.
15. Canadian policy of multiculturalism. Who was the Prime Minister when the Canadian government
officially endorsed this policy?
Pierre Trudeau was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March
3, 1980 to June 30, 1984