Canadian Finns Genealogy

Immigrant history and genealogy

Month: May 2025

  • Immigration exemptions after 1929

    Immigration exemptions after 1929

    Immigration to Canada took a gradual downturn in the late 1920s, and became seriously harder in 1931. With the passage of Order-in-Council PC 695 on 21 March 1931, the government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett implemented the tightest immigration admissions policy in Canadian history. Further restrictions were deemed necessary after the onset of the Great…