immigration to canada over the years By broan77697 Dec 31, 1497 the first expedition to canada Feb 22, 1760 65,000 europeans came to new france aka (canada) Feb 9, 1776 3,000 black loyalists Feb 9, 1783 35,000 loyalists from new york state Feb 9, 1815 170,000 scots come to canada 1815-1870 Feb 9, 1850 759,254 irish came to canada Feb 10, 1860 15,000-20,000 enslaved african americans Feb 9, 1900 29,000 chinese came to canada Feb 9, 1911 9,000 japanese came in canada Feb 9, 1913 170,000 ukrainians Feb 10, 1920 120,767 italians Feb 10, 1921 36,076 finn Feb 9, 1930 25,000 dutch Feb 10, 1952 250,000 europeans Feb 10, 1956 37,000 hungarians Feb 10, 1968 11,000 czech refugees Feb 10, 1969 69,707 caribeans Feb 10, 1970 7,000 chilean and other latin american refugees Feb 10, 1973 7,000 ismali muslims from uganda Feb 10, 1974 132,731 portugese Feb 10, 1980 60,000 vietnamese refugees Feb 10, 1989 2,300-3,000 Feb 10, 1990 100,000 trinidads and tobagonions Feb 10, 1990 20,000 soviet jews Feb 10, 1993 166,487 hong kong immigrants Feb 10, 1999 11,200 kosovars Feb 10, 2007 114,896 sri lankans Feb 10, 2013 326,000 chinese Feb 10, 2013 310,000 indians Feb 10, 2013 263,000 filopinos Feb 10, 2013 105,000 pakistanis