{"id":16814,"date":"2022-01-04T16:52:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/?post_type=cp_diaspora&p=16814"},"modified":"2022-01-04T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:03:10","slug":"the-first-azorean-emigrants-to-go-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"cp_diaspora","link":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/cp_diaspora\/the-first-azorean-emigrants-to-go-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FIRST AZOREAN EMIGRANTS TO GO TO CANADA!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Flag of Canada<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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From 1953 onwards Portugal started to supply Canada with labour. Due to the economic problems as well as the excess of population in the islands, emigrating abroad was a solution and for the Estado Novo it was a way to export a problem!<\/p>

The Azoreans saw Canada as a great opportunity due to the fact that until 1965 it was very difficult to emigrate to the United States because of the restricted immigration laws by quotas. The first Portuguese emigrants went to Canada in May 1953 and came from the Azores, Madeira and mainland Portugal. On May 13 of the same year 18 Azoreans arrived in Canada!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Map of Canada where it is possible to see the provinces where the Azoreans settled more: Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Azorean pioneers of emigration to Canada. Front row (left to right: Evaristo Almeida (Atalhada, Lagoa), Jos\u00e9 da Silva (St. Cruz, Lagoa), Jos\u00e9 Bento (Achadinha, Nordeste), Ant\u00f3nio do Couto (S. Pedro de Nordestino, Nordeste), Constantino Carvalho (Feteira, Ponta Delgada), Manuel Machado (Furnas, Povoa\u00e7\u00e3o), Guilherme Cabral (Matriz, Ribeira Grande) and Jaime Pacheco (Pedreira, Nordeste). Second row (left to right): Armando Vieira (\u00c1gua de Pau, Lagoa), Afonso Tavares (Rabo de Peixe, Ribeira Grande), \u00c9nio Vasconcelos (Salga, Ribeira Grande), Jo\u00e3o Martins (S.Br\u00e1s, Ribeira Grande), Manuel Arruda (Bretanha, Ponta Delgada) and Manuel Vieira (\u00c1gua de Pau, Lagoa). Third row (left to right): Vasco Moreira (Faj\u00e3 de Cima, Ponta Delgada), Jos\u00e9 Martins (Feteiras, Ponta Delgada), Dr. M\u00e1rio Ferreira da Costa (Immigration Inspector), Manuel Pav\u00e3o (Candel\u00e1ria, Ponta Delgada) and Vitorino Castro (Feteiras, Ponta Delgada). <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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These Azoreans went to Canada by boat, namely on the Saturnia ship! In the 60’s of the 20th century, in some years as well as in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, the number of emigrants to Canada was higher than the emigration to the USA!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Model of the ship Saturnia that took the first Azorean emigrants to Canada. Given by the pioneer emigrant Afonso Maria Tavares to the Museum of Azorean Emigration.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Graph with the percentages of Azorean emigrants to the USA, Canada, Bermuda and others.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Due to the Azorean presence in Canada nowadays there are 3 Azorean houses in Canada, namely in places where Azoreans settled, Montreal in Quebec, Toronto in Ontario and Manitoba in Winnipeg.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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House of the Azores of Quebec<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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House of the Azores in Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Holy Ghost musical group at the Casa dos A\u00e7ores in Winnipeg, Canada. Source: Casa dos A\u00e7ores of Winnipeg, Manitoba.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Azores House of Ontario in Toronto<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flag of Canada From 1953 onwards Portugal started to supply Canada with labour. Due to the economic problems as well as the excess of population in the islands, emigrating abroad was a solution and for the Estado Novo it was a way to export a problem! The Azoreans saw Canada as a great opportunity due …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16808,"template":"","diaspora_pais":[158,85],"class_list":["post-16814","cp_diaspora","type-cp_diaspora","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","diaspora_pais-canada-2","diaspora_pais-portugal-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp_diaspora\/16814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp_diaspora"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp_diaspora"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp_diaspora\/16814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16818,"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp_diaspora\/16814\/revisions\/16818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"diaspora_pais","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeazores.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/diaspora_pais?post=16814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}