Why did Italian Immigrants move to Canada post-WWII?????
Why does anyone emigrate? Opportunities. After World War Two much of Italy was in ruins – – – for many professionals there were no jobs and the future looked bleak. Canada seemed like a good option a nation unravished by war and more than willing to let them in. Instead of my word vomit here are links and snippets. Note 26 Italian Women were ‘War Bridges’ they came to Canada for the ‘bacon.’ http://www.canadianwarbrides.com/lavigne… http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/ba… “”The Second World War precipitated emigration to Canada from most European countries and certainly from Italy. While reconstruction began, there were insufficient jobs in both urban and rural communities. For one civil service or teaching job there might be up to 10,000 candidates who sat exams. Thus, emigration did not come just from the pool of unsk
