Slovak immigration to Canada began at the turn of the 20th century, and in the almost 100 years that have followed, there now are more than 120,000 Canadians of Slovak origin. Growth has been slow, and it has taken three waves of immigration to get to 120,000 -- before the Second World War, after the Second World War and after the Russian invasion of Czecho-Slovakia. Today immigration from Slovakia has practically stopped".

With these words, John V. Stephens, Honorary Consul, Slovak Republic, kicked off his 20 part series on the future of Slovaks in Cnada. The original version of this thought provoking series was published in Kanadsky Slovak in 1996. Presented here is the electronic version of this series.