This category of immigrants encompassed populations of Hungarians, French, Icelanders, Romanians, Chinese, and Ukrainians. Economic and social situations in Europe were increasingly challenging in the mid to late 1800s.
Immigrants from Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Ukraine came to Canada to look for land for farming. They settled on the prairies where it is possible to farm. They moved to Canada because they were looking for a job and develop farming in this country.