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IMMIGRATION POPULATION [19 records]

Record 1 2025-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
CONT

The most important city of the province of Quebec, but not its capital. It occupies all the Île de Montréal(or Montréal Island), the biggest island of the Hochelaga Archipelago, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence River and the Ottawa River. In 1535, Jacques Cartier visited the native village of Hochelaga on the slope of what he named "Mont Royal, "but by 1608, year of the foundation of Québec, all the Iroquoians were gone. At the same location, Ville-Marie was founded as a missionary colony by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve in 1642, though it was not until the conclusion of the "Grande Paix"(peace treaty) of 1701 that the colony stopped living in a permanent state of war. The establishment became the great centre of the fur trade and a starting point for expeditions by the coureurs de bois and voyageurs of the time. Trade from the port and agriculture on the surrounding plains contributed to the development of the city. By the 1820s, its population outnumbered that of the city of Québec. A dynamic merchant class began to invest and "St. James Street, "now "la rue Saint-Jacques, "became the country's financial centre. Around 1831, large-scale immigration enabled the population of British origin to be the majority in the city but, at the time of Confederation in 1867 and after, the francophones were again in the majority, gradually making the city the centre of the French culture in America. Erected as a municipality in 1832, the city underwent a steady growth with the addition of the territories of 35 towns over the years. If Toronto grabbed the title of "Business Capital" by the end of the 20th Century, Montréal remained the "Metropolis of Canada. "In 1996, the metropolitan region grouped some 111 municipalities located on three of the islands of the Hochelaga Archipelago, Montréal Island, Jésus Island and Bizard Island, and, on the South Shore, the city of Longueuil and the seven others that were to be part of it on the 1 January 2002...

OBS

Coordinates: 45°30’ 73°36’ (Québec).

OBS

In Canada (with seven exceptions as of December 31, 2004), the name of an inhabited place has the same form in English and French, which form is listed in the Gazetteer of the province or territory in accordance with the inscription in the Incorporation Act of the entity. This rule also applies for the historic designation of an inhabited place, even if the designation is not or no longer gazetteered.

OBS

The "city of Montréal" is the geographical entity: "The city of Montréal takes its name from a contraction of the name given to the mountain by Jacques Cartier in 1535, "Mont Royal", while "City of Montréal" refers to its governing body or administrative instance.

OBS

The inhabitant of Montréal is a "Montrealer" (since 1919), man or woman. The name of the city always takes an accent while the demonym, taking an English form with the addition of an English suffix, is written without the accent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
CONT

La plus importante ville de la province de Québec mais qui n'en est pas la capitale. Elle occupe l'île de Montréal, la plus grande des îles de l'archipel d'Hochelaga, au confluent du fleuve Saint-Laurent et de la rivière des Outaouais. En 1535, Jacques Cartier visite le village autochtone d'Hochelaga sur les pentes de ce qu'il nomme le mont Royal, mais en 1608, à l'époque de la fondation de Québec, tous les Iroquoiens ont disparu de l'emplacement. Le sieur Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve y fonde, en 1642, Ville-Marie, une colonie missionnaire chargée d'évangéliser les «Indiens», mais seule la Grande Paix de 1701 permet à la colonie d'échapper au climat de guerre dans lequel elle doit vivre. L'avantageux emplacement du site en fait un centre de la traite des fourrures et le carrefour des coureurs de bois et des explorateurs. Le commerce et l'agriculture qui se fait sur les plaines environnantes permettent à la ville de se développer. En 1820, elle devient plus populeuse que la ville de Québec. Son dynamisme fait que s'y installe le centre des affaires du pays, sur la «St. James Street» d'alors, devenue la rue Saint-Jacques par la suite. Vers 1831, l'immigration massive permet aux habitants d'origine britannique de devenir majoritaire, mais, à compter de l'époque de la Confédération en 1867, la population francophone redevient supérieure à la population anglophone, la ville devenant le centre de l'expression de la culture française en Amérique. Érigée en municipalité en 1832, elle prend des dimensions imposantes à la faveur de 35 fusions de villes réalisées au fil des ans. Si, Toronto lui ravit le titre de «Capitale des affaires» à la fin du XXe siècle, elle conserve celui de «Métropole du Canada» et de «Ville aux cent clochers». En 1996, la région métropolitaine comprend environ 111 municipalités, celles occupant l'île de Montréal, l'île Jésus et l'île Bizard de l'archipel d'Hochelaga, et, sur la Rive-Sud, la ville de Longueuil [...]

OBS

Coordonnées : 45°30' 73°36' (Québec).

OBS

Au Canada (sauf sept exceptions au 31 décembre 2004), le nom d'un lieu habité a la même forme en français et en anglais, celle consignée au Répertoire de la province ou du territoire conformément à l'inscription sur l'Acte d'incorporation de l'entité. Cette règle s'applique également pour la désignation historique d'un lieu habité même si cette désignation ne figure pas ou plus au Répertoire.

OBS

Un nom de ville est féminin, même lorsque le pseudo-générique «ville» ne le précède pas : «Montréal est située sur une île, au cœur du Saint-Laurent».

OBS

La «ville de Montréal» est la ville géographique : La ville de Montréal doit son nom à la contraction de «mont Royal», nom que donne Jacques Cartier à la montagne dès 1535.». Par contre, «Ville de Montréal» signifie l'administration municipale ou la personne morale.

OBS

Le citoyen ou habitant de la ville de Montréal est un «Montréalais», une «Montréalaise» (depuis 1859); historiquement, l'habitant de Ville-Marie était un ou une «Ville-Mariste».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (Canadá)
OBS

Mayor ciudad de la provincia de Quebec, en Canadá y la segunda más poblada del país​ después de Toronto.

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Record 2 2024-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
  • Economic Planning
  • Social Problems
DEF

A situation where no increase in living standards is possible because the population is growing so fast that all available savings are needed to maintain the existing capital-labour ratio.

CONT

Canada is caught in a "population trap" for the first time in modern history and needs to limit immigration to escape it...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
  • Planification économique
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Situation dans laquelle aucune augmentation du niveau de vie n'est possible, parce que la population croît si rapidement que toute l'épargne disponible est nécessaire pour maintenir le ratio capital/travail existant.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
CONT

While patterns will vary across cities, future demand for affordable rental housing is expected to rise as the population ages, young professionals migrate to larger cities, and immigration continues to grow our communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

Bien que les tendances varient d'une ville à l'autre, la demande future pour des logements locatifs abordables devrait augmenter en fonction du vieillissement de la population, de la migration des jeunes professionnels vers les grandes villes et en fonction de la croissance de la population d'immigrants dans nos communautés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
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Record 4 2017-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

The Longitudinal Immigration Database(IMDB) traces the economic outcomes of immigrants to Canada. The IMDB combines landing information from Citizenship and Immigration Canada's administrative files with taxation records from Canada Revenue Agency. The target population consists of all immigrants who have landed since 1980 and who are taxfilers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

La Base de données longitudinales sur les immigrants (BDIM) permet de suivre les résultats économiques des immigrants au Canada. Elle combine les renseignements sur le droit d'établissement des dossiers administratifs de Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada avec les dossiers fiscaux de l'Agence du revenu du Canada. La population cible comprend tous les immigrants qui se sont établis au Canada depuis 1980 et qui produisent une déclaration de revenus.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Sociology
OBS

CCN is a national non-profit advocacy group working to secure the sustainable future of the United States.

OBS

CCN is a group of activists working to promote and conserve what’s right with America and to eliminate what’s wrong with America. Most of America’s main problems - from traffic, to classroom crowding, to pollution, depletion, welfare dependency, increasing taxes, and cultural fragmentation - have deep roots in [the] unsustainable population growth. Because of that, CCN focuses on stabilizing [the] population.

OBS

Carrying Capacity Network confronts the controversial issues, makes the difficult choices, and adopts the innovative approaches necessary to meet the challenges facing [the] nation. CCN's action-oriented initiatives focus on achieving national revitalization, population stabilization, immigration reduction, economic sustainability, and resource conservation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Sociologie

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Green Paper on Immigration and Population. Manpower and Immigration Canada, 1975.

Key term(s)
  • Green Paper on Immigration
  • Green Paper on Immigration and Population

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Livre vert sur l'immigration, Main d'œuvre et Immigration Canada, 1975.

Key term(s)
  • Livre vert sur l'immigration
  • Livre vert sur l'immigration et les objectifs démographiques

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

[Throughout] the last century, the Canadian population has continued to diversify, partly through immigration, but also to a certain extent through the intermingling of the [ethnic] groups that make up Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

[Tout] au cours du dernier siècle, la population canadienne n'a cessé de se diversifier grâce à l'apport de l'immigration, mais aussi, dans une certaine mesure, par le métissage des groupes [ethniques] composant le Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Ontario immigrants from countries in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa where HiV is endemic was estimated using a two-stage modeling technique that consisted of : a) a demographic profile of immigration, census, birth and mortality data for the Ontario immigrant population from 74 countries where HIV is endemic; and b) a statistical model to estimate gender specific HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence and AIDS-related mortality from several data sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)
  • Exhibition Themes (Museums and Heritage)
  • National History
OBS

Exhibition of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. "Created by two waves of immigration that ended more than 30 years ago, Canada's Italian community has reached an important moment in its history. While the immigrants who came during the first migratory wave(1880 to the late 1920s) have already disappeared, those who arrived during the second wave(1947 to the late 1960s) are an increasingly ageing population. As their numbers gradually decrease in the coming years, the last living witnesses of the multiple peasant cultures from which most Italian-Canadians descended will disappear as well. The exhibition offers the visitor a new look at these cultures that are too often relegated to the past. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)
  • Thèmes d'expositions (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Histoires nationales
OBS

Exposition du Musée canadien des civilisations. «Formée à partir d'une immigration qui a pris fin il y a plus de 30 ans, la communauté italienne du Canada se trouve à un moment important de son histoire. Alors que les immigrants arrivés lors de la première vague migratoire (1880 - fin des années 1920) sont déjà disparus, ceux arrivés lors de la deuxième vague (1947 - fin des années 60) se font de plus en plus vieillissants. Avec leur progressive disparition dans les années à venir, s'effaceront aussi les derniers témoignages vivants des multiples cultures paysannes desquelles les Italo-Canadiens sont majoritairement issus. L'exposition proposera au visiteur un nouveau regard sur ces cultures trop souvent reléguées à un passé révolu.»

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Corridor: term used in the Strategy in a general sense to refer to measures that are taken to ensure natural immigration and emigration of populations and species. This may be a physical corridor such as a terrestrial or marine migration route, a flyway, or it may refer to particular management practices that allows species and populations to continue patterns of movement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Comportement animal
CONT

Corridor : terme utilisé dans un sens général dans la Stratégie pour désigner les mesures prises pour assurer l'immigration et l'émigration normales des populations et des espèces. II peut s'agir d'un corridor physique, comme une voie de migration terrestre, marine ou aérienne, ou encore de pratiques de gestion qui permettent aux populations et aux espèces de garder leurs habitudes migratoires.

Spanish

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Record 11 1989-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... consider the following definitions extracted from various impact statements: "Major impacts - impacts of great visual or ecological consequence and which may be regional or long-term in nature. Such impacts may be difficult to prevent or mitigate."

CONT

A major impact affects an entire population or species in sufficient magnitude to cause a decline in abundance and/or change in distribution beyond which natural recruitment(reproduction, immigration from unaffected areas) would not return that population or species... to its former level within several generations. A major impact may also affect a subsistence or commercial resource use to the degree that the well being of the user is affected over a long term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

Le terme "impact" est accepté et il est largement utilisé.

OBS

Les impacts s'évaluent du point de vue de leur durée (à court, à moyen, à long terme; temporaire, permanente, etc.), de leur importance (forte, faible, positive, négative, bénéfique, nuisible, etc.) et de leur envergure (locale, régionale, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Population Movements

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Mouvements de population

Spanish

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Record 13 1988-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Author: N. Tienhaara; 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

implications and prescriptions, by David K. Foot, Ottawa, Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, 1986. Information found in DOBIS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

répercussions et recommandations. Renseignement retrouvé dans DOBIS.

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

A major impact affects an entire population or species in sufficient magnitude to cause a decline in abundance and/or change in distribution beyond which natural recruitment(reproduction, immigration from unaffected areas) would not return that population or species... to its former level within several generations. A major impact may also affect a subsistence or commercial resource use to the degree that the well being of the user is affected over a long term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Author: Kalbach, Warren E. Information found in the DOBIS data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Information retrouvée dans la base de données DOBIS.

Spanish

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Record 17 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Publ. by Employment and Immigration Canada, Immigration Division, 1983.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Information obtenue de la Bibliothèque de Emploi et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 18 1985-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Demography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Démographie

Spanish

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Record 19 1983-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
OBS

Household formation is... a function of several interrelated factors; population growth, marriages, divorces, immigration, income trends and changing social values. For statistical purposes, the term has been extended to mean "the net change in the number of households between two given years", this net change being "the difference between new households created and households dissolved".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
OBS

Le nombre de ménages dans chaque groupe d'âge dépend de l'état matrimonial des gens... et de la tendance à la formation de ménages propre à chaque statut.

Spanish

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