Family Immigration Report Being a first generation Canadian means that parents had to migrate from their homeland to Canada. Despite the many hardships they faced my parents were able to pull through. They first immigrated to Nigeria due to a job offer for my father, and then they lived all over east Africa. Because of this they were accustomed to living in a foreign country. They overall had an interesting immigration to Canada which I would like to share with you.
My parents arrived in Canada on August, 15, 2001 at Toronto Pearson airport. Coming from an overcrowded city such as Mumbai, India they were surprise as how low density the GTA was. They first lived in Scarborough. They came to Canada in search of better opportunity, and a better …show more content…
There they worked as I.T. consultants. My father had actually worked there before marrying my mom so he was exposed to the foreign lifestyle earlier than my mom. They left Africa because they wanted to go to a more developed country. They were left with the choice between The U.S.A. or Canada. They chose Canada because it is safer, has a better school system, and a better medical free and more reliable healthcare. Canada was also more welcoming to people with high qualifications; also there is very little discrimination which is a good for raising a …show more content…
They had never faced extreme cold, because coming from India where winter is twenty degrees it was a big surprise for them. They were also not accustomed to the many renting formalities of Canada. This also prolonged their renting process. This was because you had to present a deposit, job letter, etc. Also because of this they were unable to travel between cities oven. The only people they knew were a couple of friends. This meant that they had to research and find everything out by themselves, because of this it slowed them down. Another main problem they faced was the severe resection in the I.T. field during the 2000 “Dot-Com” bubble burst and the 2001 recession post 9/11
There are many differences between my parents’ homeland and Canada. First off, in India it much more crowded as the population is almost thirty-seven times larger. Also it isn’t as multicultural as Canada. Although it might have many different styles of living based on the sate you live in, but they had not experienced the traditions and cultures of many different countries across the world. Some of these new traditions included thanksgiving, Christmas, and Halloween. They are also more accustomed to the housing formalities of Canada and how to move between cities more efficiently (used to be a
My parents arrived in Canada on August, 15, 2001 at Toronto Pearson airport. Coming from an overcrowded city such as Mumbai, India they were surprise as how low density the GTA was. They first lived in Scarborough. They came to Canada in search of better opportunity, and a better …show more content…
There they worked as I.T. consultants. My father had actually worked there before marrying my mom so he was exposed to the foreign lifestyle earlier than my mom. They left Africa because they wanted to go to a more developed country. They were left with the choice between The U.S.A. or Canada. They chose Canada because it is safer, has a better school system, and a better medical free and more reliable healthcare. Canada was also more welcoming to people with high qualifications; also there is very little discrimination which is a good for raising a …show more content…
They had never faced extreme cold, because coming from India where winter is twenty degrees it was a big surprise for them. They were also not accustomed to the many renting formalities of Canada. This also prolonged their renting process. This was because you had to present a deposit, job letter, etc. Also because of this they were unable to travel between cities oven. The only people they knew were a couple of friends. This meant that they had to research and find everything out by themselves, because of this it slowed them down. Another main problem they faced was the severe resection in the I.T. field during the 2000 “Dot-Com” bubble burst and the 2001 recession post 9/11
There are many differences between my parents’ homeland and Canada. First off, in India it much more crowded as the population is almost thirty-seven times larger. Also it isn’t as multicultural as Canada. Although it might have many different styles of living based on the sate you live in, but they had not experienced the traditions and cultures of many different countries across the world. Some of these new traditions included thanksgiving, Christmas, and Halloween. They are also more accustomed to the housing formalities of Canada and how to move between cities more efficiently (used to be a