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There are quite a few people in the Boston area who are directly from the Maritimes or whose families had earlier immigrated from the Maritimes... both Acadian and non-Acadian. Metro Boston has historically been a magnet for employment for people from this part of Canada, but this is no longer the case due to changes in immigration and employment laws implemented in the States some time ago.
Yeah. For Atlantic Canadians (including Newfoundlanders) the Boston area and also Greater NYC were prime migration destinations. My own grandfather who was an Acadian Maritimer worked in NYC for a time in the 1920s, as did some of his siblings and cousins. Some stayed in the U.S. permanently and some did not.
(For Acadian Maritimers, Montreal has also long been a prime migration destination, within Canada. Though many Acadians, like my grandfather, also went to the NE US.)
This changed around the early 1960s I'd say, when borders and such started to become more important.
Very quickly Ontario became the main migration destination for Atlantic Canadians looking for work, and has remained so ever since. Though there have been recent periods where the Alberta oilpatch drew a lot of people as well.
For Acadian Maritimers, Quebec remains a big draw, though quite a few of them also go to Ontario and even to Western Canada - namely the Alberta oilpatch when it's booming.
Not so much. The Eastern Townships, which is the area east of Montreal along the border with the U.S., does have a New England-ish history, and in some cases even a familiar architectural vibe. But it's something like 95% francophone so crossing the border really does feel like going from one foreign place to another. (There is an anglo population that remains in the townships but it's no longer dominant anywhere outside of a few really small towns.)
In that sense the divide feels more like San Diego or Phoenix (cities that have some Hispanic presence but are still fairly Anglo) vs. Mexico, as opposed to some of the other American border cities that are 90% Hispanic and that some feel are like Mexico transplanted on U.S. soil.
Not so much. The Eastern Townships, which is the area east of Montreal along the border with the U.S., does have a New England-ish history, and in some cases even a familiar architectural vibe. But it's something like 95% francophone so crossing the border really does feel like going from one foreign place to another. (There is an anglo population that remains in the townships but it's no longer dominant anywhere outside of a few really small towns.)
In that sense the divide feels more like San Diego or Phoenix (cities that have some Hispanic presence but are still fairly Anglo) vs. Mexico, as opposed to some of the other American border cities that are 90% Hispanic and that some feel are like Mexico transplanted on U.S. soil.
Though it was considerably more english than it is today in the past....names of many of the towns gives a clue.
I don't know that Nova Scotia was ever under a common British administration with the 13 colonies to the south?
It's also true that from the 1710s to the 1750s there was a lot of flip flopping between French control and British control of various parts of the Canadian Maritimes.
Eventually though the British established effective control of the entire region, which is when they plotted and carried out the expulsion of the Acadians (beginning in 1755).
In addition to the jurisdictional instability, the Maritimes also differed from the 13 colonies in that demographically they were predominantly French for most if not all of that period.
What is today Quebec remained under French control until 1763.
When the Americans rebelled against the British in the 1770s, they made some overtures in what is now Canada (including French-speaking Quebec) in the hopes that the (future) Canadians would join the party, but they declined.
You’re right about the flip flopping....
Including the Fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton.
Orginally constructed, circa 1720, by the french, it was taken over by the british in 1745.
Now a National Historic Site, a major tourist draw in summer with re-inactments.
Including the Fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton.
Orginally constructed, circa 1720, by the french, it was taken over by the british in 1745.
Now a National Historic Site, a major tourist draw in summer with re-inactments.
I used to love going there as a kid. I haven't been there in a very long time but hopefully I will take my daughter some day.
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