Population & Settlement By mbarg Jan 1, 1497 Discovery of Grand Banks Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1609 Aboriginal Period Jan 1, 1608 Port Royal to Quebec Jan 1, 1609 Quebec's Permanent Settlement Period: Dec 8, 1609 to Dec 9, 1763 French Regime Jan 1, 1627 Founding of Company of One Hundred Associates Jan 1, 1663 Royal Government Jan 1, 1760 Military Rule Jan 1, 1763 End of Military Rule Period: Jan 1, 1763 to Jan 1, 1867 British Conquest Jan 1, 1783 Loyalist Migration Jan 1, 1803 Napoleonic Wars Jan 1, 1815 End of Napoleonic Wars Jan 1, 1867 BNA Act Period: Jan 1, 1867 to Jan 1, 1945 Post Confederation Jan 1, 1876 National Policy Jan 1, 1879 End of National Policy Jan 1, 1885 CPR Created Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression Jan 1, 1939 End of Great Depression Jan 1, 1945 End of WWII Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 8, 2016 Contemporary Period Jan 1, 1946 Baby Boom Jan 1, 1960 End of Baby Boom Jan 1, 1960 Italien Immigration Wave Jan 1, 1961 German Immigration Wave Jan 1, 1991 Cantonese Immigration Wave Jan 1, 1994 NAFTA Jan 1, 1994 Nationalization of Hydro Quebec