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Show Scrvcc222n Help Solve Canada's TJeed for Immigrants OTTAWA, CANADA. Service- i men provided a helpful answer in Canada's quest for increased populationthey popu-lationthey simply married the prospective immigrants. Immigration officials estimate that one out of every five eligible Canadians who got overseas during wartime returned with a wife. When the movement is completed, officials figure that some 45. CM0 women and about 20.001 .hiidren will have en- I tered Canada. The war brides, in effect, are the forerunners of wh.at Canadian officials of-ficials hope will be a continued and selected movement into this vast nation. na-tion. Indications are that Europeans in impressive numbers have "got the word about Canada." Except for residents of the enemy nations of Germany, Japan, Italy. Romania, Hungary and Austria, as well as Asiatics, there are hardly any restrictions to entry here. About all one has to show is a sound mind and body and the ability to support oneself. Immigration to Canada was heavy in the '20s, reaching a peak of 167.723 in the fiscal year 1923-29. It dropped to 83,223 in 1930-31. From 1931 to 1933 only about P' OOO entered en-tered and after that itn. migration practically stopped, with even illegal ille-gal entries negligible. |