Abstract
It is a historical fact that Canada has been settled by immigrant communities. The process has been shaped as much by the geography of Canada as by the historical changes shaped by immigrant communities. The influx of South Asians—mainly Sikhs—to Canada, from the closing years of the nineteenth century, was the part of free migration. Initially, they faced racial discrimination and struggled for their rightful place in the host country. The coming of Sikh women to Canada was entwined with the struggle of early immigrants. Gradually, changes in immigration policies and the historical legacy of early settlers hastened the process of integration of Sikhs in the society, polity and culture of Canada. At the historiographical level, though the history and the role of early Sikh immigrants, mainly males, have been widely codified, the legacy of women and their role has been marginalised.
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