Quebec Quiet Revolution

Maurice Richard Riot

Mar 17, 1955

A riot occured during a hockey game because Maurice Richard was suspeneded, due to infereing the refere. This caused an outbreak among the Montreal Canadian fans and lead to fights outside. This began the quiet revolution as many felt that Maurice was suspended due his francophone culture.

Re-election of lliberals

Nov 15, 1962

This party aimed to modernize Quebec as a province and make it more relatable to the rest of Canada. They also nationalized hydro-electricity. These policies changed the way Canada worked; they were a unified country. They also made bilingualism in Canada and got a flag.

Expo 67

Apr 27, 1967

This was world fair in Montreal. It allowed the countries to come together and strengthen their relations. 50 million people came to this seven month long event. This strengtened the relationship between Canada and Quebec, as Montreal was representing Canada.

October Crisis

Oct 5, 1970

Two members of the FAQ (revolutionary organization) kidnapped the British Tade commisioner and Quebec Labour minister.

Bill 22- Official Languages Act

Jul 19, 1974

This bill brought in by the Liberals, made french the official language of Quebec. This made the gap between Canadians and Quebequios larger because they couldn't communicate as readily with eachother. This was a "first step" to sepparating Quebec from Canada.

Union Conflict Education

Jan 1, 1976

Throughout the 1970's, there was a conflict between the government and teachers union. This changed the education system, as the schools were split up into smaller grade categories because so many people were dropping out. It was a privledge to make it past 6th grade.

1976 Summer Olympic Games @ Montreal

Jul 17, 1976

Through representing Canada at the Olympics, Montreal became more connected to Canada. This was a hug success and showed the other countries how good Canada was.

Patriation of the Canadian Constitution

Apr 17, 1982

Prime Minister Trudeau tried again to get the constiution signed by Quebec. It finally happened in 1982 and Queen Elizabeth II attended this ceremony.

Failure of the Meech Lake Accord

Sep 1, 1984

Throughout this month, Mulrooney was elected into the Conservative party. He strived to bring Quebec into constitution and named it after Meech lake, which is where they met. This was a starting point to the refrendum in 1995. This would add to Quebec nationalism

Celine Dion makes her big break in music

Jan 1, 1990

In the early 1990's Celine Dion became very famous starting with her break-through by preforming in the US in 1990/

Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord

Oct 1, 1992

Another attempt to bring Quebec into Canada's constitution. The Quebec reccomended a referendum on federal constitutional afairs. This failed with a 50/50 vote (Quebec to Canada).

Bloc Québécois

Oct 25, 1993

Quebec decided to form a new political party called the Bloc Québécois and would represent french Canadians. The party won the official oposition.

Referendum in Quebec

Oct 30, 1995

Second and final (to date) time Quebec has voted to sepparate from Canada. The vote was about 50/50, so clearly enough of Quebec wanted to stay with Canada that they couldn't sepparate.