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immigration agent 
1 a government official appointed to assist immigrants to find land or employment on their arrival in Canada.
See also: emigrant agent emigration agent
- 1880 Such companies, spurred into activity by the prospect of profitable land sales, will probably be more zealous than Government immigration agents.
- 1904 (1917) There were no immigration agents, no one to lead and guide the pioneers to their locations, which were chosen and taken up in Little York without even seeing them.
- 1965 [Caption] These people in Langenburg, Saskatchewan, have just finished helping Mr. Riedle, the immigration agent . . . finish his home.
2 a Canadian official in another country who promotes immigration, screens applicants, etc.
- 1900 The best immigration agent is a contented settler.
- 1923 A Canadian immigration agent, hailing from Calgary, Alberta, attempted to give a lecture in Lincolnshire, England, explaining the wisdom of workers migrating from the Old Land to Sunny Alberta.
- 1880 Such companies, spurred into activity by the prospect of profitable land sales, will probably be more zealous than Government immigration agents.