When in the gardens at Rideau Hall, there's a part of them that's about all the different groups that make up Canada, starting with the First Nations and then with different groups for different time periods pegged to their first immigration--in which "Americans" and "United Empire Loyalists" featured prominently. I was amused.
Hmm, I wonder if a lot of the Loyalists happened to be Scottish? That would be an interesting effect. Or it might be that folks from Britain stopped immigrating to the US after 1776, but kept immigrating to Canada--whereas the Irish wouldn't have had those dynamics. (How politically integrated were Scotland and England at that time period? I'm realizing I have no idea.)
Any ideas about the Ukrainian/Polish divide monksandbones mentions above?
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Date: 2013-12-13 02:51 pm (UTC)Hmm, I wonder if a lot of the Loyalists happened to be Scottish? That would be an interesting effect. Or it might be that folks from Britain stopped immigrating to the US after 1776, but kept immigrating to Canada--whereas the Irish wouldn't have had those dynamics. (How politically integrated were Scotland and England at that time period? I'm realizing I have no idea.)
Any ideas about the Ukrainian/Polish divide