Immigration Pamphlets from the Glenbow collections. In 1869, just two years after Confederation, Canada acquired the vast territory known as Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company. Over the subsequent decades, various government departments and several private companies engaged in an aggressive campaign to populate and develop the region. The Dominion Lands Act of 1872 established the homestead system, under which a settler was granted 160 acres of government land “free” for a $10.00 filing fee and upon completion of certain requirements, such as building a house and clearing a specific amount of land. In 1881, the Canadian Pacific Railway became the largest single landholder in the Northwest when, in exchange for the quick completion of a trans-continental railway line, it was given 25 million acres of land in a belt across the prairies. In 1883, the line was completed as far as the Rocky Mountains in the west, opening the Northwest Territories for settlement. Both the federal government and the CPR engaged in an aggressive advertising campaign to promote the Canadian Northwest. They sent railcars and wagons filled with samples of produce and hired agents to give illustrated talks in village halls to farmers and agricultural labourers in the United States, Great Britain and Europe. Posters and pamphlets were published in almost a dozen languages, depicting an idyllic and undeveloped landscape. While the campaign was ultimately successful in attracting immigrants (in 1911 more than 80% of the population of the Prairie Provinces was born outside Canada), the reality was not always so idyllic and many settlers left. However, despite the difficulties, others stayed and built rewarding lives in ‘Canada West : the new homeland’.

Image No: 971-2-C212c-1930-back Title: Cover of Canada West. Date: 1930 Remarks: Pamphlet published by the Canadian Government to promote the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to prospective immigrants and settlers. The cover features children and a dog running to greet their farmer father, who holds up his arm and a pitchfork in a field of stooks. Subject(s): Emigration and immigration / Immigration literature / Harvesting / Farm life Order this photo from Glenbow: ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/sea... Search for 99,999 other historical photos at Glenbow: ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosSearch.aspx

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Immigration Pamphlets from the Glenbow collections. In 1869, just two years after Confederation, Canada acquired the vast territory known as Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company. Over the subsequent decades, various government departments and several private companies engaged in an aggressive campaign to populate and develop the region. The Dominion Lands Act of 1872 established the homestead system, under which a settler was granted 160 acres of government land “free” for a $10.00 filing fee and upon completion of certain requirements, such as building a house and clearing a specific amount of land. In 1881, the Canadian Pacific Railway became the largest single landholder in the Northwest when, in exchange for the quick completion of a trans-continental railway line, it was given 25 million acres of land in a belt across the prairies. In 1883, the line was completed as far as the Rocky Mountains in the west, opening the Northwest Territories for settlement. Both the federal government and the CPR engaged in an aggressive advertising campaign to promote the Canadian Northwest. They sent railcars and wagons filled with samples of produce and hired agents to give illustrated talks in village halls to farmers and agricultural labourers in the United States, Great Britain and Europe. Posters and pamphlets were published in almost a dozen languages, depicting an idyllic and undeveloped landscape. While the campaign was ultimately successful in attracting immigrants (in 1911 more than 80% of the population of the Prairie Provinces was born outside Canada), the reality was not always so idyllic and many settlers left. However, despite the difficulties, others stayed and built rewarding lives in ‘Canada West : the new homeland’.

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