Assignment #5

As we know it's really cold and we can barely walk a kilometre without getting frozen. Imagine how the early Canadians had to go through to survive this cold wheather. Well your about to find out.


There are alot of reasons why the early Europeans moved to Canada in the firist place. Here are some i researched.http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers1.html(I got this from that website.)

-"They were not allowed freedom and worship."

-"The goverment had control over their way of life."

-"Men were forced to serve in the army."

- "There were no jobs or the jobs were low-paying jobs."

-"Farmers wanted to own their own land."





The government of Canada was offering free land to those who were willing to settle on the prairies. Many of the immagrants were very happy about that because they had a chance to own their own land and start a new and better life. Also they had the chance to get a good job and provide money for their family.



But when they came there, they came probably when it was nice and warm and didnt know alot about the cold and winter. They had alot of problems going through the winter. They had to build their own houses for themselves and since it was winter when they started to build their house it was really hard doing it in the freezing cold. They firist had find the right wood, cut and trim the wood, and then start to build their houses.


After all that work they still had problems keeping warm. But luckly for them there was the fur trade and they got then the warm that they can need. Even though they still had like no glass or any thing like that for the windows and do not have that of a stable roof like we do now. They still used the fur to keep the snow and wind to come in the house and make it colder. But with their clothing it made them warm. The women layered overgarments (shawls, scarves or capes) over their dresses.The men wore deerskin or mooseskin jackets and pants, held up by a leather belt. The men wore a traditional woolen hat called a tuque. These hats often had a tassle at the tip and were brightly coloured. But both men and women wore leather moccasins and lined their outer clothes with fur for extra warmth.

Now I'm going to talk about why my family came to Canada and how we dealed with the cold. My whole family came from Former Yugoslavia. In 1992-1996 the war was going on in Yugoslavia. At the time my family had to leave the country in 1995. We didnt have time to choose where we would go and spend our lives. My family came to Canada because at that time, Canada was allowing alot of immagrant immigrants to come to Canada and Canada was and still is a free country now. When my family got here they had friends because people we knew from our Yugoslavia came to Canada too and some of them came before my family did. We didnt know alot about the winter and cold but we weren't to worried because there is winter and cold in Former Yugoslavia, but not as much as there is in Canada. But we lived and now have a good life.

Here are the website I found my information:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006303

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers1.html