Western Immigration of Canada

Read Western Immigration of Canada and check the IELTS Reading answers. By the mid-1870s Canada wanted an immigrant population of agricultural settlers established in the West. No urban centres existed on the prairies in the 1870s, and rural settlement was the focus of the federal government's atte…

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By the mid-1870s Canada wanted an immigrant population of agricultural settlers established in the West. No urban centres existed on the prairies in the 1870s, and rural settlement was the focus of the federal government's attention. The western rural settlement was desired, as it would provide homesteads for the sons and daughters of eastern farmers, as eastern agricultural land filled to capacity. As well, eastern farmers and politicians viewed western Canada, with its broad expanses of unpopulated land, as a prime location for expanding Canada's agricultural output, especially in terms of wheat production to serve the markets of eastern Canada.

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  1. 1. ii
  2. 2. iv
  3. 2-3: data
  4. 3. x
  5. 3-4: naringin
  6. 4. vi
  7. 5. i
  8. 6. vii
  9. 7. xii
  10. 8. homesteads
  11. 9. agricultural output
  12. 10. wheat
  13. 11. company
  14. 12. Police Force
  15. 13. ["transcontinental railway","railway"]

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