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During the war, Canada had sheltered Crown Princess Juliana and her family. The annual Canadian Tulip Festival held in May commemorates her with a generous number of tulips coming from The Netherlands. Due to these close links Canada became a popular destination for Dutch immigrants. The Canadian government encouraged this, recruiting skilled ...
Millions of Dutch descendants have traditionally lived in the United States (Dutch American), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Africa , the Caribbean (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles), and Suriname, and some Dutch immigrants to South America. [9] Map of the Dutch Diaspora around in the World
The Boer republics encouraged immigration from the Netherlands, as Dutch migrants were valued for their education and technical skills. [48] Another wave of Dutch immigration to South Africa occurred in the wake of World War II, when many Dutch citizens were moving abroad to escape housing shortages and depressed economic opportunities at home. [1]
Pages in category "Dutch emigrants to Canada" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Neerlandia is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Barrhead No. 11. [2] Neerlandia is situated at the intersection of Highway 769 and Township Road 615A between Mellowdale and Vega, approximately 20 kilometers north of Barrhead and northwest of Westlock. Neerlandia was founded by Dutch immigrants beginning
The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country. [1]
In the mid-1800s, Dutch immigrants came to Sheboygan seeking a better life. Most aboard the Phoenix ship were within sight of shore when they died. In the mid-1800s, Dutch immigrants came to ...
The main driver of population growth is immigration, [8] [9] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [10] or about 2.5 million people. [11] Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew by 1.7 million people, with immigrants accounting for two-thirds of the increase. [12]