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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Sails to America
Columbus sails to the Canary islands and present day Cuba. Initiating travel to the Americas. -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot Arrives
John Cabot sails to North America and lands on Newfoundland. He will later bring more Europeans to Canada -
Jul 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier Claims Land for France
Jacques Cartier, on the Gasped Peninsula, claims the area for France. -
St. Johns Founded
St. John's was founded as England's first major oversea's colony in Canada -
Champlain founds Quebec City.
Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec City. -
First H.B.C. Outpost
Englishman Ketch Nonsuch reaches Rupert River in James Bay, where crew will build first Hudson's Bay Company post. -
Treaty of Utrecht
Was a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by France and Britain after the War of the Spanish Succession. France surrenders Acadia and Newfoundland to the British. -
Expulsion of the Acadians
Expulsion of Acadians by British begins over 11 000 people were driven out. About 7 000 are deported to US states and about 4 000 are deported to France and Britain. -
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The Seven Years War
The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France begins, fought partly in their North America colonies. -
Loyalist's To Canada
Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during and after the American Revolutionary War. After the War, about 50 000 of the migrate to Canada. -
The Red River Colony
Lord Selkirk plans a settlement of Scottish settlers in red river near present day Winnipeg. -
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The Great Migration
This was a period of high immigration to Canada involving over 800 000 immigrants from Great Britain, China and the United States. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people of African descent in the U.S.A. to escape to free states and Canada
During this time it is estimated to have had more than 30 000 slaves escape to Canada. -
Cholera Damages French Colonies
Immigrants with Cholera land in Quebec. By September the disease kills 3 800 in Quebec and 4 000 in Montreal -
The Irish Potato Famine
Over 100 000 Irish people migrate to Canada in hopes of better farming and a higher quality of life during a time where Ireland was having an economic crisis. The immigration ended in 1849. -
Polish Mass Immigration
With the opening of the Canadian West the largest wave of Polish immigration began. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, over 100 000 Poles entered Canada. -
The Birth of Canada
Canada is officially founded. -
Immigration Act of 1869
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald developed an open immigration policy to encourage the settlement of the West, seeking to enhance access to the region’s natural resources and create a larger market for manufactured goods. -
Ukraine has a big wave of Immigrants
Ending in 1913 (when immigration closes due to war). The first major immigration of 170 000 rural poor, primarily from Galicia and Bukovina Ukrainians arrive in Canada -
Italian Immigration Wave
119,770 Italians entered Canada (primarily from the US) a year before the war interrupted immigration.
