Category: Canada

The main products that South Korea exported to Canada are Cars ($2.75B), Special Purpose Ships ($546M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($195M). During the last 25 years the exports of South Korea to Canada have increased at an annualized rate of 4.46%, from $2.18B in 1995 to $6.49B in 2020. What does South Korea give to Canada? […]

Canada Imports from Japan Value Year Sugars and sugar confectionery $3.16M 2021 Manmade staple fibers $2.73M 2021 Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $2.46M 2021 Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal $2.26M 2021 What does Japan export to Canada the most? Japan Exports to Canada Value Year Glass and glassware $6.09M 2021 Meat, fish and […]

The Early Years They came from fishing villages and farms in Japan and settled in Vancouver, Victoria and in the surrounding towns. Others settled on farms in the Fraser Valley and in the fishing villages, mining, sawmill and pulp mill towns scattered along the Pacific coast. When did Japanese immigrate to Canada? The First Japanese […]

Visa and Consul Fees Visa Fees General Single Entry C$35.00 Double or Multiple Entries C$71.00 Transit C$8.00 Extension of Re-entry Permit C$35.00 Is Japan visa free for Canadian citizens? A Canadian citizen holding a Canadian passport does not need a visa to enter Japan as a temporary visitor (that is, a person who will remain […]

Canada Visa from Japan Japanese citizens are required to apply for a Canada eTA visa to enter Canada for visits upto 90 days for tourism, business, transit or medical purposes. Is Japan visa free to Canada? A Canadian citizen holding a Canadian passport does not need a visa to enter Japan as a temporary visitor […]

As Wilton Littlechild, a residential school survivor and one of the delegates, told me before we left for Rome, of the approximately 150,000 children who attended the schools, just 40,000 are still alive and as many as four survivors may be dying each day. What percent of people survived residential schools? Quick Facts on Residential […]

Korean immigration to Canada began with seminary students in the 1940s and accelerated during the 1990s. According to the 2021 Canadian Census, there were 218,140 Korean Canadians in Canada. Why did Koreans come to Canada? Many of the Koreans who came to Canada, came from the Korean population in China. In the 1990s, many Koreans […]

The majority of those interned were of Ukrainian descent, targeted because Ukraine was then split between Russia (an ally) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, an enemy of the British Empire. Why did Canada have Ukrainian internment camps? Canada registered more than 80,000 Ukrainian and other Eastern European immigrants as enemy aliens during the war. More than […]

In 1940, after Italy joined the Second World War as an ally to Germany, over 600 Italians were interned in camps under the authority of the War Measures Act and the Defence of Canada Regulations. Approximately 31,000 Italian Canadians were declared “enemy aliens”, and had to report to local registrars once per month. Where were […]

Aboriginal rights are protected under s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. There are areas in Canada where Aboriginal people’s claims to Aboriginal rights and title have not been dealt with by treaty or in any other legal way. How are Aboriginal rights protected in Canada? In a move towards addressing this gap, in 1982 […]