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The first occupants of the territory, crossed from Asia on the land bridge made of ice on the bering strait, which lead them over time to quebec
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Pierre Chauvin established Tadoussac as a trading post with the goal to centralize the trade between the Natives and the French.
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Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec making it the first permanent settlement aid the fur trade with the Amerindians.
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king of France mandates the company of one hundred associates to populate the colony
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Laviolette founded Trois-Rivières as a permanent colony for commercial purposes related to the fur trade.
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Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded Ville-Marie with the help of Jeanne Mance, who established the first hospital and Marguerite Bourgeois, who established the first public school.
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King Louis XIV took back control of New France and his intendant Jean Talon undertook the settlement of New France by carrying out the first census and policies to encourage population growth. These policies include immigrations of the engagés, the filles du roi, volunteers and soldiers.
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around 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. They helped populate the colony because there where more men than women.
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The Seven Year War was between Great Britain and France, it took place in Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia. The war was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris that made New France an officially a British Colony.
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A few british and many scottish settled in the province of Quebec. They were administrators or merchants who worked in the fur business.
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guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories, in what is now North America
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The treaty of paris ended the seven year war and made New France an official British colony. France gave up all territories in north america besides the island of St-pierre and Miquelon
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To ensure the loyalty of the Canadians from a political unrest like in the Thirteen colonies, the Québec Act allowed French civil laws to return with English laws for criminal cases. This act also allowed people to freely practice the Roman Catholic Religion.
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The Thirteen British Colonies gained their independence and became the United States of America, they declared their independence on July 4th, 1783 with the Treaty of Versailles.
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With the independence of the thirteen colonies, one third of the colonist remained loyal to the King and some 6000 loyalist migrated to the Province of Quebec.
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With the arrival of the loyalist, the constitution divided the province of Quebec in to two, Upper and Lower Canada, each part will have its own religions, laws and land division. The anglophones will settle in Upper Canada and the francophones in Lower Canada
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This emigration of French Canadians to the United States was caused by the shortage of farmland, railway-network being developed in the northeast of United States, proximity of the American border, industries offered better wages and the modernization of agricultural tools and techniques reduced the need for manual labor.
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passage of the British North America Act, the Dominion of Canada was officially established as a self-governing entity within the British Empire
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With the rise of big cities such as Toronto and Montreal, which became industrial centre thus attracting a surplus population from rural areas.
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Due to the lack of farmland in Quebec, many immigrants headed to the Prairies in Western Canada, where new farmland was available for free from the Government.
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was a global war originating in Europe . More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.
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fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia. 60 million people died in World War 2. Children as well as adults were affected by the war.
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After the Second World War, more then 2 million babies were born during 15 years and the arrival of 30 000 immigrants arrived in the province of Quebec.
