Summary of ways the Canadian Pacific Railway Company orchestrated the waves of immigration to Canada's West necessary to facilitate the company's gain, and meet labour needs. From the company's incorporation to the 1925 Railway Agreement.

While much of the CPR was built by Chinese immigrants, Penticton’s local branch, the KVR, was an exception. Immigration policies were...

Following numerous negotiations with the provincial governments of the day, and a decade after the first surveys, construction finally...