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The Great Migration

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  • End of The War Of 1812

    End of The War Of 1812
    The Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed on December 24, 1814 to end The War of 1812

  • 1815: 680 Immagrants

    This was the very start of The Great Migration sparked by the end of the war only 680 immigrants arrived in Canada trying to escape the after math this year.
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    The Great Migration

    The Great Migration last 35 years from 1815 to 1850 caused by the end of the war of 18 twelve and the industrial revolution Europeans came to Canada for job and business opportunities.

  • 1816: 3370 Immigrants

    The number of immigrants per year was picking up as the British were coming to Canada looking for better job opportunities.

  • 1817: 9797 Immigrants

    Only 9797 immigrants arrived in Canada this year. The higher class of Europeans realizing Canada is fresh land good for expanding businesses.

  • 1818: 15136 Immigrants

    15136 immigrants arriving from Europe and US as Canada grows in popularity.

  • 1819: 23534 Immigrants

    23534 Immigrant arrived in Canada.

  • 1820: 17921 Immigrants

    17921 Immigrants arrived in Canada this year

  • 1821: 12955

    12955 Immigrants arrive this year.

  • 1822: 16013

    16013 Immigrants arrive in Canada.

  • Immigration Rate Falls

    Immigration Rate Falls
    Louis-Joseph Papineau, travels from Montreal to England to oppose an Act of Union identifying the French Canadians as a minority without language rights. The act is not passed in the British Parliament.

  • 1823: 11355 Immigrants

  • 1824: 8774 Immigrants

    French Canadian classified as a minority.

  • 1825: 8741 Immigrants

  • 1826: 12818 Immigrants

  • 1827: 12648 Immigrants

  • 1828: 12084 Immigrants

  • 1829: 13307 Immigrants

  • Charles X Antagonizes Much Of The French Population

    Charles X's reactionary policies antagonized much of the French population, who were used to liberal and republican reforms.

  • 1830: 30574 Immigrants

  • 1831: 58067 Immigrants

  • 1832: 66339 Immigrants

  • Immigrants Arrive With Cholera

    Cargo ships converted to hold passenger were not equipped with bathrooms. The poor hygiene caused half of all of the immigrants this year to be infected with cholera.

  • 1833: 28808 Immigrants

  • 1834: 40060

  • 1835: 15573 Immigrants

  • 1836: 34226 Immigrants

  • 1837: 29844 Immigrants

  • Lower Canada Rebellion

    The rebellion started in March of 1837 when Lord Gosford, the Governor of Lower Canada, was ordered by the British Government to ignore the need for Legislative approval of bills and pay for the expenses of the government directly from crown funds.

  • Lower Canada Rebellion

    On October 23, 1837 Papineau called for a meeting at St Charles, of all "patriotes", who were the reform minded French Canadians. The topic of the meeting was to oppose what Papineau and others felt was the violation of their rights

  • Lower Canada Rebellion

    Wolfred Nelson organized a force of men and led them against the British at Saint Charles on November 25th, 1837. They initially had success when they defeated the British but two days later the British counter attacked and defeated them on November 27th and then again at Saint Eustache on December 14th. The Lower Canada Rebellion lasted from October 1837 to November 1838.

  • 1838: 4577 Immigrants

    The low amount of immigrants this year was caused by the Lower Canadian Rebellion scaring the people away from Canada.

  • 1839: 12658 Immigrants

    Immigration rate builds up again as rebellion ends.

  • 1840: 32293 Immigrants

  • 1841: 38164 Immigrants

  • 1842: 54123 Immigrants

  • 1843: 23518 Immigrants

  • 1844: 22924 Immigrants

  • 1845: 31803 Immigrants

    The Irish potato famine starts

  • The Great Irish Famine

    The Irish potato famine lasted 4 years from September 1845 - 1849. The potato famine was cause by a disease called Late Blight which caused the potato plants to fail. The famine made it very hard for the farmers to provide for their families and for the market. Canada was growing in popularity so large numbers of the Irish immigrated to Canada to escape the hunger.

  • 1846: 43439 Immigrants

  • 1847: 109680 Immigrants

    After 3 years of the potato famine the Irish move in masses to Canada.

  • 1848: 31065 Immigrants

  • 1849: 41367

  • 1850: 32961 Immigrants

    The last year of the great migration

  • Graph

    Graph
    This is a graph showing the amount of immigrants arriving in Canada each year.

  • Bibliography 1/2

    Canada
    "Canada". Canadahistory.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016. Great Famine | Irish history
    "Great Famine | Irish History".Encyclopedia Britannica. N. p., 2016. Web. 24 Oct. 2016. Cranny, Micheal, Garvin Moles,  Graham Jarvis, and Bruce Seney
    Horizons Canada Moves West. Ontario: Toronto, 1999. Print.

  • Bibliography 2/2

    The Great Migration of Canada | Exodus: Movement of the People
    "The Great Migration Of Canada | Exodus: Movement Of The People".Exodus2013.co.uk. N. p., 2016. Web. 24 Oct. 2016. War of 1812
    "War Of 1812". Eighteentwelve.ca. N. p., 2016. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.

  • Ethnic Makeup of Canada in 1871

    French: 31.1%
    Irish: 24.3%
    English: 20.3%
    Scottish: 15.8%
    Other: 8.5%