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immigration agent
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a government official appointed to assist immigrants to find land or employment on their arrival in Canada.
Quotations
1880
Such companies, spurred into activity by the prospect of profitable land sales, will probably be more zealous than Government immigration agents.
1904
There were no immigration agents, no one to lead and guide the pioneers to their locations, which were chosen and taken up in Little York without even seeing them.
1965
[Caption] These people in Langenburg, Saskatchewan, have just finished helping Mr. Riedle, the immigration agent . . . finish his home.
2
a Canadian official in another country who promotes immigration, screens applicants, etc.
Quotations
1900
The best immigration agent is a contented settler.
1923
A Canadian immigration agent, hailing from Calgary, Alberta, attempted to give a lecture in Lincolnshire, England, explaining the wisdom of workers migrating from the Old Land to Sunny Alberta.