Co-published by the Multiculturalism Directorate. Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 229-240.

"Canada is a nation of immigrants. Today, fully a third of the Canadian population is comprised of peoples other than the charter-member groups - the French and the British - and the Native peoples. These "other ethnic groups" have come to Canada from all parts of the world; some have come to escape political and military oppression, others to seek economic betterment. All came to Canada for a better life, though many, especially the visible and religious minorities, suffered discrimination and hardship. "Coming Canadians", written by series editors Jean Burnet and Howard Palmer, surveys the social history of immigration to and settlement in Canada, reveals the similarities of experience across the many ethnic groups who comprise Canada's cultural mosaic, and examines the enormous part these peoples have played in many facets of Canadian life. This volume serves, as well, as an informative introduction to the series, Generations: A History of Canada's Peoples. Included are thirty-two pages of photographs.

Generations: A History of Canada’s Peoples
This authoritative series is devoted to objective, readable histories of the many ethnic groups contributing to Canada’s diverse heritage. Popular and scholarly at the same time, each volume is an original study by a recognized expert or experts. Published in association with the Department of Secretary of State of Canada. General editor Jean Burnet, Chief Executive Officer, The Multicultural History Society of Ontario, and Howard Palmer, Department of History, University of Calgary."

CONTENTS

Editors’ Introduction

Preface

1. Introduction

Part One: Immigration Settlement

2. Settlement to 1880

3. Settlement, 1880-1980

Part Two: Major Institutions

4. The Economic Structure

5. Kinship, Marriage, and the Family

6. Education

7. Religious Institutions

8. Ethnicity and Politics

Part Three: Other Institutions and the Maintenance of Identity

9. Ethnic Voluntary Association

10. The Media

11. Ethnic Identity

12. Multicultural Canada

Bibliography

Index