Population and Settlement

By Coby Birenbaum
  • Asian migration across the Beringia land bridge
    30,000 BCE

    Asian migration across the Beringia land bridge

    The natives crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America.
  • First Aboriginal people in the St. Lawrence Valley
    10,000 BCE

    First Aboriginal people in the St. Lawrence Valley

    The natives explored the St. Lawrence Valley and the area around.
  • Founding of Quebec

    Founding of Quebec

    The french founded Quebec and made the first buildings.
  • Creating of the Company of the One Hundred Associates

    Creating of the Company of the One Hundred Associates

    The king allowed the Company of the One Hundred Associates to control the fur trade industry.
  • Founding of Trois-Rivieres

    Founding of Trois-Rivieres

    The french founded Trois-Rivieres to make it easier to trade furs.
  • Founding of Ville-Marie (Montreal)

    Founding of Ville-Marie (Montreal)

    The french founded Ville Marie to convert the natives to Christianity but it soon became the main trading post
  • Royal Government under Louis XIV

    Royal Government under Louis XIV

    The gouvernement was run by Louis XIV
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    Arrival of the filles du roi

    The population of New France was very small and few woman and too many men. So the king sent orphan woman to the new colonie to get married with the men already there and populate the land.
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    War of Conquest

    The war between France and Great Britain in North America
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    British military regime

    The British occupied New France but didn't officially own it until the end of the 7 year war.
  • Treaty of Paris and Royal Proclamation

    Treaty of Paris and Royal Proclamation

    The end of the 7 year war and the French giving New France to the British. And the first constitution of Quebec.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    Giving the Francophone people the French Civil laws and expanding the Province of Quebec.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    Giving the Francophone people French civil laws and expanding the Province of Quebec
  • The Constitutional Act

    The Constitutional Act

    The division of Canada into Upper and Lower Canada.
  • First wave of British and Irish immigration

    First wave of British and Irish immigration

    The British King encouraged people to immigrate to Quebec.
  • Beginning of the agricultural crisis

    Beginning of the agricultural crisis

    The French Canadiens emigrated to the United States.
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    French Canadian emigration to the United States

    Because of the agricultural crisis, a lot of French people went to the States.
  • Great Famine in Ireland

    Great Famine in Ireland

    Ireland had a potato famine which caused disease and when people from Ireland would come, they would put them on a quarantine island.
  • British North America Act (BNAA)

    British North America Act (BNAA)

    Creation of the federal dominion.
  • Beginning of urbanization

    Beginning of urbanization

  • Indian Act

    Indian Act

    Created regions where only the Natives could hunt and fish.
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    European immigration

    At the end of WW1 and WW2, a lot of europeans immigrated to canada to start a "new" life.
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    World War 1

    The first wold war involving, Germany, USA, Canada and many more.
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    World War 2

    The rise of Nazi Germany and Hitler. The second world war, involving, Germany, USA, Russia, Canada and more.
  • Beginning of the baby boom

    Beginning of the baby boom

    Soldiers returned to their families so many babies were made which started the baby boom, right after world war 2.
  • Falling birth rate

    Falling birth rate

    The birth rate in quebec fell, and is still currently falling, going down to 1.6 kids per woman.