Clifford Sifton was put in charge of immigration and created a policy of intensive immigration to attract settlers to the Canadian West. Consequently

Clifford Sifton

Americans were lured by newspaper advertisements. Thousands of Canadians from eastern Canada travelled westward to start a new life. Advertising campaigns in Europe attracted thousands of Britons, Poles, Germans, Russians, Ukranians and Jews emigrating to Canada. Many Jews, Italians and Ukranians settled in Montreal, making it a cosmopolitan city. Between 1901 and 1911 the population of the Prairies jumped from 420,000 people to 1.3 million. In 1905, two new provinces joined Confederation, Alberta and Saskatchewan.   (Return)