Irish Immigrants in Canada

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This paper explains that, of all the ethnic groups to migrate to British North America, the Irish are perhaps the most neglected and ignored in Atlantic-Canadian history. This paper discusses the history of their arrival and their absorption into Canadian culture and society. It also examines where they lived and why these areas were chosen.

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"The Scottish settlers are widely acknowledged, after all Nova Scotia means New Scotland, and the French identity is strong from when the area was united under the title of Acadia. The English have a long Maritimes history basing most of the colonial war with the French, and the Aboriginal Canadians existed in the area at least one thousand years before any of the others. However, since European colonization began, the Irish have always been present, with the largest concentration in Saint John, New Brunswick, a primary immigration port in the New World, and a city with stronger connections to Ireland than Boston, Massachusetts. In fact Saint John was the destination for more than thirty thousand Irish fleeing the Potato Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1854, with roughly sixteen thousand of them arriving during 1847, called Black 47 due to the fact that it was the worst year of the famine."

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