Canada

Canadian history of racism

By kvarney
  • Hudson Bay discovered by two french traders

    Hudson Bay discovered by two french traders

  • Hudson Bay Company was created

    Hudson Bay Company was created

  • Indigenous gets smallpox

    Indigenous gets smallpox

    Indigenous people believe that the blankets supplied to them by the Hudson Bay Company gave them smallpox. It's believed that this was done by the British to get rid of them to get more land.
  • John A Macdonald elected Prime Minster

    John A Macdonald elected Prime Minster

  • Chinese come to Canada

    Chinese come to Canada

  • Residential school was created

    Residential school was created

    This was a school created to teach Indiginous children to be more "Canadian."
    Children were forced away from their families. They were physically and sexually abused.
  • Chinese Canadians forced to build the Canadian railway

    Chinese Canadians forced to build the Canadian railway

    Sir John A MacDonald forced Chinese Candians to begin building the railway under horrible conditions.
  • Finished railway in Canada

    Finished railway in Canada

  • Pearl Harbor attack

    Pearl Harbor attack

  • Hastings Park building was leased to the government

    Hastings Park building was leased to the government

  • Japanese Canadian were placed in Hastings Park

    Japanese Canadian were placed in Hastings Park

  • Japanese Canadians are released from Hastings Park

  • Obsan book published

    Obsan book published

  • Japanese Canadians get apologies from the Prime Minister

    Japanese Canadians get apologies from the Prime Minister

    Prime Minister Brian Mulroney publically apologises to Japanese Canadians for the distreatment in Hastings Park.

  • The last Residential School closes

  • Apologies to Chinese Canadian

    Apologies to Chinese Canadian

    https://tc2.ca/sourcedocs/uploads/BackgroundBriefs/HistoricalInjustices/BBChineseHeadTaxResp.pdf
  • Residential School apologies

    Residential School apologies

    https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015644/1100100015649