DCHP-3

immigration officer

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a government official appointed to assist immigrants to find land or employment on their arrival in Canada.

See: immigration agent(def. 1)

Quotations

1909
A wheat-grower's dwelling thirty miles back from the railroad was registered as wanting assistance, the immigration officer said.