 | Canada Immigration and Settlement Simplified- LoonLounge.com Canadian immigration and settlement can be easier if you plan ahead and connect with others who can help on www.loonlounge.com. Listen to Loonie's story about the Canada immigration and settlement social network. |
 | Kings Landing, New Brunswick, Canada On the banks of the St. John River, Kings Landing Historical Settlement re-creates rural 19th-century New Brunswick. Typically authentic farms, homes, shops, mills and kitchens have been created to help keep the heart and soul of this area's vibrant history alive. It's basically an outdoor living history museum that is more like 25 museums all in one place. |
 | Canada: A People`s History - Champlain`s Gamble The first French attempt at creating a permanent settlement in Quebec. |
 | Canada: A People`s History - A Continent of Nations Descrption of the Native Nations of North America before European settlement and the European explorations. |
 | History of the ethnic Macedonians in Canada Macedonian Immigration to Canada At the turn of the 19th century, one of the largest groups of non-British settlers to arrive in Canada were villagers from the Balkan mountains, then part of the Turkish Empire. These early residents (and their descendants) call themselves Macedonians. They speak Macedonian, and have their own social and economic institutions including churches, fraternal and self-help organizations, and community-based enterprise, mainly in Metropolitan Toronto and the southern Ontario region. Migration and Settlement The majority of Macedonians who migrated to Canada arrived in the aftermath of the Illinden Uprising of 1903 - a heroic but unsuccessful attempt by Macedonians to end Ottoman domination. An internal group census in 1910 found about 1090 Macedonians in Toronto, principally from the provinces of Kostur (Kastoria) and Lerin (Florina), areas which were once important vilayets of the Ottoman Empire but are now identified as portions of northern Greece. By 1940 readers of various Macedonian political and nationalist almanacs were informed that there were upwards of 1200 families in Toronto. The exodus of Macedonians from northern Greece was to continue in the aftermath of WWII and the Greek Civil War (1947-49). Immigration from Vardar (formerly Yugoslav) Macedonia and Pirin Macedonia in Bulgaria also began in the postwar period. This exodus gained momentum in the 1960s and continues to the present. Government indices of population are not helpful in determining the size of the community because Macedonians fell under the general heading of those from Turkey, Greece, Serbia (or Yugoslavia) and Bulgaria. The most recent Canadian census (1996), which provides for self-declaration of ethnic origin records 30 915 Macedonians in Canada - the sum total of individuals making single- or multiple-group responses. Centered in Metropolitan Toronto, small groups of Macedonians could also be found elsewhere in Ontario in Cambridge, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener/Waterloo, Markham, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, St Catharines, Thornhill, Thorold and Windsor. Community spokespersons believe that there are actually 100-150 000 Macedonians in Canada. Many early Macedonian immigrants found industrial work in Toronto, either as factory hands or labourers in abattoirs, local sheet metal industries, or iron and steel foundries. From these jobs, they quickly progressed to the ownership of a great number of restaurants, grocery stores and butcher shops. Macedonian entrepreneurs and their descendants eventually employed their numerical strength within the food service industry as a catapult into a variety of larger and more sophisticated ventures. The majority of Macedonians today are employed in the professional, clerical and service sector of the economy. www.macedonianhistory.ca |
 | Gananoqué, Ontario, Canada Gananoqué, located midway between Toronto and Montréal, is known as the Gateway to the Thousand Islands. This popular resort town, on a scenic stretch of the St. Lawrence River, began as a Loyalist settlement and today is home to many shops, historic buildings, museums and art galleries that celebrate local culture. All activities seem to center around the river. The population of the picturesque town is small, at just over 5,000 people but it swells enormously in the summertime and the downtown streets bustle with tourists discovering fabulous little shops. |
 | Canada: A People's History - When the World Began The story of the settlement of North America 20 000 years ago by access of the Bering land bridge. |
 | The Residential Schools Settlement Farce This is a brief trailer on the attempted genocide of First Nation people of Canada. |
 | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Presiding over the Bay of Fundy, picturesque Saint John is the largest city in New Brunswick, which began as a settlement in 1631. It grew up around the ship-building industry, and cruise ships continue to make Saint John a port of call. There is a lot to explore here, such as the thriving ecosystem that is part of the Bay of Fundy, in the Irving Nature Park. |
 | Canadian Polish Congress - 150th Anniversary of Wilno, Canada 150th Anniversary of Wilno, Canada |
 | Bil'in - Legal proceedings in Quebec - Canada 10/07/2008 : In a continuation of their struggle for justice in the face of unlawful appropriation of their land, the people of Bil'in village yesterday commenced legal proceedings before the Superior Court of Quebec against Green Park International Inc. and Green Mount International Inc. The defendants are Canadian corporations registered in the Province of Quebec who have been involved in constructing, marketing and selling residential units in the illegal Jewish-Israeli settlement of Modi'in Illit in the occupied West Bank, on the land of the village of Bil'in. http://bilin-village.org |
 | Cosmos Global Documentaries Canada FROM COAST TO COAST CDG-DVD-199 - Halifax is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and the oldest British settlement in Canada. One of the most impressive ways to explore Canada is to travel by train. The journey across the second largest country in the world begins at the train station close to Halifax Harbour and travels from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast covering thousands of miles. The trains of today's Via Rail are both comfortable and nostalgic and their elevated panoramic windows provide an excellent view of Canada's remarkable scenery. Quebec was founded in 1608 by famous explorer Samuel De Champlain but the city's most well known and prominent landmark is the 19th century Chateau Frontenac Hotel, the traditional stopover hotel of the Canadian Pacific Railway that offers first class service plus a lavish and historical ambience. |
العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
Español
