Italian immigration continued into the post- World War II era, where approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Italians immigrated to Canada each year between the early 1950s and the mid-1960s, many of the …

Italian Canadians are among the earliest Europeans to have visited and settled the country. The steadiest waves of immigration, however, occurred in the 19th an...

Substantial Italian migration and immigration to Toronto began in the late nineteenth century. The first migrants and immigrants were dispersed across at least four relatively dis-tinct, inner-city …

May 13, 2023 · In the 1960s, many of these Italian residents were more secure with their life in Canada, especially financially.

Nov 5, 2024 · Despite the unique challenges they each faced, they supported each other and, with the help of family, managed to overcome obstacles and build a successful life in Canada. The interview …

Toronto has a large Italian Canadian community, with 30.3 per cent of the ethnic Italians in Canada living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as of 2021. Toronto is home to the fourth largest population …

Italians in Toronto provides an insightful account of how village and regional groups transplanted their communities into the city that is now one of the largest ...

As more Italians permanently migrated to Canadian cities, they came to dominate the construction industry in certain urban centres. By the 1960s, more than 15,000 Italian men worked in Toronto’s …

Mass Italian immigration to Canada can be divided into three main periods: The 1870s to 1914; 1920 to 1930; and 1948 to 1970.

Shortly after Italy declared war on Canada in June 1940, the Government of Canada detained more than 600 Italian Canadians who were seen as potential threats. They were arrested without charge, …