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To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Canadian Citizenship Act (1947), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in conjunction with private-sector parties, commissioned this book. A survey history, it traces the evolution of Canadian citizenship and the role played by immigration in the development of Canada from the end of the
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The full text of Forging Our Legacy can be found at http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/resources/publications/legacy/index.asp
Forging Our Legacy:
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900-1977
Forging Our Legacy (ISBN 0-662-28983-8) was published by Public Works and Government Services Canada in 2000.
nineteenth century until 1977, when the last major amendment to the Citizenship Act was made.
Forging Our Legacy
Valerie Knowles Canadian Writer
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