Those who moved from another country to come to Canada, what is your story? Why did you?


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hollandgirl
Kelowna, British Columbia Canada

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Those who moved from another country to come to Canada, what is your story? Why did you?
Posted: Jul 29, 2008, 2:56 AM PST

After the war there were not enough homes left for people to live in.
You needed to be 60 years old together to be first in line when a home became available.
We were together only 40 so would have little chance.
The governement stated to show films from Australia, USA, South Africa, Canada, New zealand.
We chose Canada.
The governement asked if we wanted to come by plane or boat. We chose the boat.
A lot of the Dutch started to work in Germany as the money was better there. Who was now left to do the "dirty" work?
So people from Poland were brought to Holland.
They were to stay only two years, but guess what, they are still living in Holland

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canadian_angel46
St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

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Posted: Jul 29, 2008, 4:48 AM PST

my dad and his 2 brothers and mom and dad also came to canada after the war. My dad was 12 when he arrived here and was told as a child that they came here to make a better life for themselves.
They first moved to a place called Cedar Springs, thats close to London Ontario and there they lived on a farm and helped the farmer with all the daily stuff. They lived there til they had enough money to move to St. Catharines where they bought a small house and my Opa got a job working in the General Hospital in the kitchen.....
lt was a better life that they would have had in Holland.....
He met my mom and the rest is history....

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KHD100
Edmonton, Alberta Canada

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Those who moved from another country to come to Canada, what is your story? Why did you?
Posted: Jul 29, 2008, 4:48 AM PST

Good morning Hollandgirl.

Moved here, when I was a baby.... my parents were working in England, but come from Ireland. Wanted a better life, tried for Australia first, but ended up here.

It will be the anniversary of our moving to Canada in August.

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canadian_angel46
St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

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Posted: Jul 29, 2008, 4:51 AM PST

my dad will be a canadian of 58 years and when he came to canada he became a canadian and when he married my mom he believed that since he was a canadian, he acted like a candian...us kids, 3 of us never really learned Dutch because he believed that since he had married a canadian girl we all were canadian...on the other hand, my uncles all married dutch girls and they are truly all dutch with a little canadian in them.....strange how things happen and change your life....

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hollandgirl
Kelowna, British Columbia Canada

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Posted: Jul 29, 2008, 10:22 AM PST

When I first came in '58 someone said to me you DP's (displaced person) come to this country and buy up land etc.
Sir You do not even know what a DP is, I came as an immigrant.
Number two why did you not buy the land? You were here before me where you not?
I know I would never have been able to buy land or build my own home in my old country.
We came and saw the opportunities right away.
No one gave us anything we worked and worked hard for it all.

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