Immigration has gone through many different phases of change just as the nation of Canada has gone through many phases of change. The transformations of immigration during the post-war period have had a strong impact on society and immigration patterns today. These changes included the post-war immigration boom, less segregating immigration law, and increases in multicultural immigration and refugees. Post-war immigration patterns differed from previous waves of immigration due to their size and source of immigration, resulting in a major change in the "face" of Canada. During the post-war period, Canada benefited from an immigrant boom. After the war, 1.5 million immigrants poured into Canada, mostly European immigrants (). These immigrants consisted of war brides (about 48,000 immigrants []), skilled workers, and displaced persons (DPs). These immigrants arrived in Canada as a direct result of the Second World War. War brides are women who married soldiers during Canadian soldiers while overseas and returned with their spouses. Workers in the skilled trades were European, made up mostly of UK residents, who had immigrated to Canada in search of work as their factories had burned down. DPs are people displaced during the war such as Jews and former Nazi soldiers who do not wish to return to their home country. From 1947 to 1962, nearly 250,000 displaced persons and refugees were admitted to Canada. “To its credit, Canada decided to welcome displaced people even before the international community…” (Knowles, 68). However, the most important arrival of these was most likely that of the skilled workers who allowed Canada to emerge as an urban industrial power. However, to do so required infrastructure… middle of paper… migration patterns have shown growth through the reduction of racial and ethnic barriers. As a result of these changes, Canada looks and feels very different today than it did before the Second World War. This was mainly due to immigration law which provided opportunities to many different groups of immigrants rather than just Europeans. Changes to the law allowed for the introduction of the points system which allowed previously discouraged racial groups to immigrate to Canada and contribute to the economy and society. Changes in immigration patterns have changed the “face” of Canada from a European (UK) dominated country to a multicultural and diverse country. This also allowed more ethnic groups to immigrate to Canada and help create the urban industrial power we know today. Works Cited http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/specifique/immigration_e.html#1967