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Record 1 2017-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
CONT

... the largest immigration wave occurred in the 1920s, when 20,000 Mennonites escaped famine and the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
CONT

Si la présence historique portugaise au Québec est très ancienne, la première vague d'immigration massive et la création d'une véritable communauté portugaise sont un phénomène relativement récent, qui date des années 1950.

Spanish

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