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Date: 1906
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The 1906 Report of the Superintendent of Immigration in Canada was a document that provided a comprehensive overview of the state of immigration in Canada during that year. The report was prepared by William Lyon Mackenzie King, who would later become Canada's longest-serving prime minister.
The report covered a range of topics related to immigration, including the number of immigrants who arrived in Canada that year, their countries of origin, and their reasons for coming to Canada. It also provided information on the various challenges that immigrants faced upon arrival, such as finding employment and housing.
One of the notable features of the report was its emphasis on the importance of promoting "desirable" forms of immigration. King argued that Canada should focus on attracting immigrants who were likely to become productive members of society, rather than those who were deemed to be undesirable or potentially problematic.
To this end, the report advocated for a range of measures to promote desirable immigration, including offering financial incentives to immigrants who had specific skills or qualifications, and implementing stricter screening processes to weed out potential troublemakers.
Overall, the 1906 Report of the Superintendent of Immigration in Canada was an important document that helped to shape Canadian immigration policy for years to come. Its emphasis on promoting desirable immigration continues to be a key feature of Canada's immigration system to this day.
The volume of work at headquarters has not shown any diminution. In the nine months ending March 31, 1906, 90,557 attachments were made to our files; during the similar period covered by this report the number of attachments was 102,956, and during this same period 226,358 requests for information, direct and indirect, were attended to, and 2,957,027 pamphlets, etc., were sent out.
The following is a statement showing immigration literature ordered during the nine months referred to:
Gaelic pamphlet 10,000
The Canadian West 1,500
Symposium of Ideas and Prophecies 1,500
The Canadian West 100,000
Reliable Information 2,000
Western Canada, A Land of Unequalled Opportunities 2,000
Great Growth of Western Canada 2,000
Western Canada, a Land of Unprecedented Progress 2,000
Book of Lectures 200
The Story of Western Canada Crop 300,000
Farm and Ranch Review 5,000
Canadian Year Book 5,000
Prince Edward Island pamphlet 30,000
Immigration Act 40,000
Canada in a Nutshell 100,000
Home Building in Canada 115,000
Classes Wanted in Canada 50,000
Land Regulations 50,000
Canada Wants Domestic Servants 50,000
A Travers le Canada 20,000
Illustrated Pamphlet of Winnipeg 1,000
Everyman's Geology of the Three Prairie Provinces of the Canadian West 5,000
Eastern Townships 30,000
Reduced Rates for Settlers 100,000
How to Succeed in Canada 200,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (English) 200,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (Danish) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (Norwegian) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (Finnish) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (German) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (Swedish) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (French) 20,000
Canada, Work, Wages and Land (Belgian) 20,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (English) 200,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (Swedish) 50,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (Norwegian) 50,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (Finnish) 50,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (Danish) 50,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (Flemish) 50,000
Canada, the Land of Opportunity (French) 50,000
Western Canada 500
Climate of Canada 500
Western Canada Early Days 500
Western Canada Crop Prospects 500
What Canada Possesses 500
Letters from Successful Settlers (French) 20,000
Hangers 50,000
Facts for Settlers 100,000
Last Best West 375,000
MAPS
School Map of Canada (English) 30,000
School Map of Canada (French) 5,000
Battleford Map 10,500
Where and How (Folder Map) 100,000
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Map 11,000
Small Dominion of Canada Map 5,000
NEWSPAPERS
Alberta German Herald 10,000
Morning Chronicle, Halifax 15,000
Le Courier de l'Ouest 10,000
Saskatoon Phoenix 10,000
Hungarian paper, Winnipeg 15,000
Polish Paper, Winnipeg 10,000
German Paper, Battleford 25,000
The Canada (Swedish Weekly) 18,000
Der Nordwestern (German) 36,000
Logberg (Icelandic) 36,000
Outdoor Canada 450
Canadian Life and Resources 4,500
Danebrog (Danish) 9,000
Canada, London, England 18,750
Christmas Globe 200
There has been an extraordinary demand in recent years for farm help in the Province of Ontario, and in order to assist as far as possible in meeting this demand the plan will be tried this year of employongt agents on commission. We have in view somewhere in the neighbourhood of 200 men, residing in agricultural centres in this province, who will, I think, be found willing and able to render valuable assistance in the distribution of immigrants of the farm laborer class. A wide distribution of the help coming in will thus be insured, and the expense to the department will be very moderate, as we will only pay for work actually done.
The operations of the department for the fractional fiscal year in the United States are reported on by the Inspector of Agencies, Mr. White, and the medical service id dealth with in Dr. Bryce's report.
I have received a report from the Women's National Immigration Society, 87, Osborne Street, Montreal, showing that during the nine months ending the 31st March, k1908, 393 immigrants passed through the home maintained by this societ at the above address, and the secretary states that the class of women arriving was most satisfactory, and that all are doing well.
The Ottawa Valley Immigration Aid Society, which received some financial assistance from the department, has continued to do good work during the year, the society's register showing an average of something over 200 visitors per month, and a large distribution of advertising matter. From the annual report I learn that the society arranged for ten lectures, and directed the placing of 661 settlers -- 350 in New Ontario, 190 in New Quebec, and 121 in the Western Provinces.
The active and useful work carried on for a number of years by the Quebec and Lake St. John Repatriation and Colonization Society for the Province of Quebec has now been taken over by our department and some other members of the staff of the society have become employees of the department. Offices in connection with this special work are now maintained in Quebec and in Biddeford, Maine, and the arrangement is, I think, likely to be productive of good results.
Your obedient servant, W. D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration
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