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=Immigration During the Post War Era 1945 - 1969 =  The War ended at 1945; however the Canadian regulations on immigration did not go through any changes from the restrictive rules which were set from the previous years of war. But shortly after the postwar economic boom, Canada re-opened it’s doors to immigration. Markets and factories opened and Canada was short on labour force, therefore Canada needed working people to fill in for these jobs.

Moreover, Canada introduced the new point system in 1960s. Canada was doing this for economic benefits, therefore they mostly accepted immigrants who were educated or taught skills which may be useful for working purposes. Ones who were able to get a job/employment immediately were accepted and the majority of them were Europeans; immigrants from Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Isarael ( jewish ),and France.

Furthermore, although Canada preferred to have people who could work and benefit the economy, they still accepted refugees. Since the end of WW2, refugees and others dispossessed by war and violence had no where to go. So Canada decided to accept them and they have become a significant part of Canada's immigration flow. In the postwar labour shortage Canada admitted tens of thousands of displaced persons. Individuals made homeless by the war or who, at war's end, found themselves without their country's citizenship. Therefore they refused to return. Among the displaced persons were Jewish Holocaust survivors who had no community or family to which they could return. Other displaced people refused repatriation back to countries which had fallen under Soviet domination. Many resettled in Canada they built new lives.

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