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This was the begining of a multi century process of the making of Canada
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Which is how Canada eventually got its name
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Champlain created a french colony which began a wave of French immagration to New France
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Tens of thousands of British supporting loyalists came to Canada during and after the American revolutionary war
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Thanks to immagration, by 1830, Upper Canada had 260,000 people and Lower Canada had around 400,000
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It is believed around 100,000 slaves escaped the South, and settled in Canada between 1810 and 1850
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During the war of 1812, immigration came to an almost complete pause
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Over 400000 people immagrated to canada from Britan during this time
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Hunderds of thousands migrate to Canada during the irish potato famine
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New Bruinswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario are made provinces of Canada. Planting the seed for all things to come in the country, including immagration.
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Manitoba officially becomes part of Canada, encouraging immagrants to settle there as they are under protection of the Canadian government
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An immagration act is passed requiring all new chineese immigrants to pay a $50 head tax
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The newly cmopleted ccoast to coast railway allowed transportation of goods to a large area, opening more desireable space for immagrants
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For high treason
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Saskachewan and Alberta join canada and is setteled by a multitude of wheat farmers
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An act is passed excluding certain types of people
