Migrational history - Canada By jasperdas7 1939 Arrival Canadian soldiers and their war brides 1945 Post-war economic recovery 1945 Arrival of immigrants from the UK and Europe 1946 Deportion to Japan of 4000 Japanese Canadians 1946 Arrival war brides from England 1947 Proclamation of the Canadian Citizenship Act 1952 Proclamation of new immigration act 1956 Arrival Hungarian refugees 1962 Implementation of new immigration regulations 1966 Introduction of the White Paper on Immigration 1967 Introduction of new immigration regulations 1967 Arrival of West Indians 1967 Arrival of Japanese migrants 1967 Introduction of the points-based immigration system 1968 Arrival of Czechoslovakian refugees 1970 Arrival of Eritrean refugees 1970 Arrival of Latin-American refugees 1971 Arrival of non-European migrants 1971 Announcement of Multiculturalism Policy 1973 Creation of TWF Program 1973 Arrival of Chilean refugees 1975 Arrival of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian refugees 1976 Proclamation of new immigration act 1981 Arrival of Afghanic refugees Period: 1981 to 1983 Chinese immigrants invest 1.1 billion dollars in Canada 1984 Signing of the Chinese-British Joint Declaration 1984 Arrival of Hong Kongers 1986 Arrival of Sri Lankan migrants 1988 Proclamation of Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1990 Arrival of African refugees 1991 Arrival of Eritrean refugees 1999 Arrival of Kosovars 2001 Attack on Twin Towers 2001 Tightening of the Immigration Policy 2002 Adoption of the IRPA 2010 Arrival of Tamils 2015 Arrival of Syrian refugees