Immigrating to Canada Many people believe that immigration is the movement of people into a country from other countries. They say the greatest wave of immigrant's that came into Canada was experienced- between 1901 and 1911. But there still is a steady flow of people coming into Canada. Immigration rates aren't increasing or decreasing, instead they are staying at a steady state. In fact Immigrants's make up around 16% of Canada's population. First of all, Canada was looked at by people overseas in Europe and Britain as a fresh start. That is Canada was offering free land and great opportunities for these people. For example anyone could get free land and far