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Acadians crossed the Atlantic Ocean, settling on the eastern coast of Canada in the early 1600’s where their population began to grow. Starting the deportation of Acadia came when the English forced two options upon the Acadians. One being they help fight against the French, or two the deport from this land. From 1755- 1763 nearly 10 000 Acadians were deported from Acadia, to all ends of the world. Mostly America and France.
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The Hudson Bay Company is known as the oldest merchandising business that was used as a fur trading post in the English speaking world. They gained popularity as many Europeans were in search of fur clothing during the 17 hundreds. The Indigenous people used these trading posts to barter beaver fur in exchange for metal tools, guns, textiles, and cookware. The Hudson Bay Company was the start to Canada's strong economy.
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3,000 people fled the American Revolution most of them Black Loyalists (African American who sided with the British) some freemen and others slaves. They were some of the first Black Loyalists to free the United States. -
The War of 1812 was a 2 year long military conflict between Britain and the United States. Canada being Britain's colony close to the United States got heavily dragged into the war, which played out to be good for Canada. The Indigenous people of Canada and the United States heavily played a part in the war of 1812 although government figures seemed to forget this quite quickly. Surprisingly many great things for Canada came out of the war of 1812.
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In 1880 Canada began the establishment of Government-sponsored schools, which were designed to help young indigenous children “assimilate” into Canada with a Christian ideology. The last school closed in 1996, but within the 150,000 children in these schools nearly 6,000 of them died, many of them exposed to several types of abuse, neglect, and starving them of nutrition.
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Polish refuges fled from Russian oppressions. With an even bigger migration happening in 1858 to Canada and many other regions of the world.
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Confederation of Canada began when the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single federation known as the Dominican of Canada, on July 1st 1867. At this point, Canada only consisted of four provinces, including Quebec and Ontario.
Provinces joined:
Ontario-1867 Quebec-1867 New Brunswick-1867 Nova Scotia-1867 Manitoba-1870 Northwest Territories-1870 Prince Edward Island-1873 Yukon-1898 Alberta-1905 Saskatchewan-1905 Newfoundland-1949 Labrador-1949 Nunavut-1999 -
On February 16, 1881, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway began under the impression of physically uniting Canadians from coast to coast. On November 7, 1885, the ceremonial last spike marked the completion of the railway. Soon to be followed was trade, tourism, and immigration uses on the railway. Today the Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway is marked as one of Canada’s greatest engineering accomplishments to date.
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170,000 Ukrainians fled from the approaching communist oppressions in Austria-Hungary rule. This was the first of three major Ukrainian waves.
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Thousands of persecuted Jews fled to Canada from 1880 till 1914. They were fleeing from the Pale of Settlement (a permanent residence for Russian Jews).
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Fleeing the cruel violence of the Cultural Revolution in China. Many Chinese refugees fled communist rule. -
The Quebec Quiet Revolution was rapid change in Quebec in the 1960s, where liberals for the first time ultimately came out on top. It attempted to hold onto conservative ideology, which some defined as “outdated.” June 22nd, 1960 was when the liberals won the election, taking 51.1% of the vote with 51 seats. -
May 1, 1851 marked the start of the first World Expo, gathering in London. Every 5 years countries take turns hosting the 6-month long event where countries share the best of what they have to offer. The purpose of the event is to help countries learn while also paving a way for the future in fields of technology, medicine, architecture, and much more. The Canadian Expo happened in Montreal and is considered to be the most successful world fair of the 20th century with 62 nations participating.
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The October Crisis was a chain of events that began in 1970, where Provincial Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte and British Diplomat James Cross were kidnapped in Montreal by the FLQ(Front de libération du Québec), as well as an excessive amount of terrorist attacks, and riots. The FLQ was a Quebec independence movement.
